WinCo Foods

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver was unloading boxes when he noticed something peculiar: every fifth can of beans had been neatly rearranged into alphabetical order. He shrugged it off as a quirky coincidence until it happened again—this time with soup cans. Soon enough, all kinds of items joined in: canned fruits sorted by color, vegetables arranged by height, even boxes of cereal lined up by nutritional value. The delivery driver started leaving notes for his manager: 'Dear Boss, today’s special is alphabetized beans!' Eventually, word spread through the neighborhood. A regular stopped by one day and asked, ‘Who’s doing this?’ To which everyone replied, smiling, ‘WinCo itself, I guess.’

2. In the middle of an ordinary shopping trip, a young child stopped dead in his tracks and pointed excitedly. His mother looked down curiously to see what had caught his attention—a bag of groceries seemed to be moving on its own. Upon closer inspection, they saw that it was just a delivery driver rearranging items for easier scanning. The boy giggled and said, 'Mom, he’s like our secret grocery hero!' Everyone laughed, and the unusual moment became a family story.

3. In the chilly pre-dawn hours, a delivery driver arrived at WinCo Foods with a truckload of fresh produce. As he unloaded crates into the dimly lit aisle, he heard a soft whimpering sound. Peering around the corner, he saw something unexpected—a small dog, its eyes wide and curious, sniffing curiously at the rows of canned goods. The delivery driver smiled, picked up the little fellow, and carried him over to the nearest employee station. ‘Found another one of these critters,’ he said jokingly. The dog wagged his tail happily as a nearby worker teased, ‘Looks like someone’s got himself a new grocery buddy!’ And so began an unlikely friendship between a canine explorer and the night-shift workers of WinCo Foods.

4. At closing time one night, a security guard noticed something odd—an aisle of canned goods seemed to be rearranging itself. Curious, he approached and saw that each can was gently rotating in place, as if dancing to an unheard tune. Just then, a delivery driver walked by and laughed, saying, ‘That’s just old WinCo, entertaining us again.’