WinCo Foods

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WinCo Foods, Inc.
FormerlyWaremart (1967–1998)
Company typePrivate, employee-owned
IndustryRetail
Founded1967 (1967)
FoundersRalph Ward and Bud Williams
HeadquartersBoise, Idaho, U.S.
Number of locations
138[1]
Area served
10 U.S. states
Key people
Gary Piva, Chairman
Grant Haag, President/CEO
Nathan Tucker, COO
Isaac Kimball, CFO
ProductsBakery, grocery, produce, delicatessen, seafood, bulk foods, snacks, health and beauty products, general merchandise [2]
ServicesSupermarket
RevenueUS$8.2 billion (2021)[3]
Number of employees
20,000 [4]
Websitewww.wincofoods.com

WinCo Foods, Inc. is a privately held, majority employee-owned[5][6][7] American supermarket chain based in Boise, Idaho, with retail stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas,[8] Utah, and Washington. It was founded in 1967 as a no-frills warehouse-style store with low prices. The stores feature extensive bulk food sections.

Until 1998, it operated as Waremart and Cub Foods, the latter under a franchise agreement. However, WinCo began re-establishing Waremart Foods in 2017. As of 2022, WinCo has 138 retail stores and six distribution centers, with over 20,000 employees.[1][9][10] As of May 2022, WinCo Foods was No. 46 in Forbes.com's list of the largest privately owned companies in the United States.

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  2. ^ "WinCo Careers – Join our Winning Team at WinCo Foods".
  3. ^ "WinCo Foods". Forbes. 2019.
  4. ^ "WinCo Foods". Forbes.
  5. ^ Zwiebach, Elliot (June 24, 2013). "WinCo's Employee-Owners Speak Out". Supermarket News.
  6. ^ "WinCo Foods LLC Company Profile". Hoovers. Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  7. ^ "WinCo Foods". March 7, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2013. Eighty percent of the company is employee owned.
  8. ^ Zwiebach, Elliot (January 31, 2014). "WinCo sets first two Texas openings". Supermarket News.
  9. ^ Zwiebach, Elliot (June 24, 2013). "WinCo Goes for the Win". Supermarket News.
  10. ^ "Variety & Seasonal - WinCo Foods". Archived from the original on March 18, 2011.