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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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33. There's a Winco in my neighborhood

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2015, 06:58 PM

May 2015

Great store with affordable prices and it's employee owned.

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Walmart's 'Worst Nightmare' Competition Has Cashiers And Produce Clerks With $1 Million Pensions [View all] steve2470 May 2015 OP

WinCo is fantastic!!! Arugula Latte May 2015 #1

That sounds alot like our Trader Joes/Aldis Ruby the Liberal May 2015 #2

And no self-checkout lanes n/t IDemo May 2015 #3

All the lanes have cashiers, but everybody bags their own groceries. Arugula Latte May 2015 #15

We've been regulars for years IDemo May 2015 #27

I know. Sometimes I panic ... bag faster, faster! Arugula Latte May 2015 #31

Publix here in Florida is fighting the good fight against Walmart too FLPanhandle May 2015 #4

+1 for Publix! Dr Hobbitstein May 2015 #7

+2 nt steve2470 May 2015 #8

Publix is always cleaner than most other chains. lpbk2713 May 2015 #10

I didn't know they were employee owned. Grew up shopping there lostnfound May 2015 #12

they need to start paying 2 cents onethatcares May 2015 #21

My brother worked there many years ago in the produce dept -- he said it was Nay May 2015 #28

WinCo in central California. It is all that it's advertised to be. onecaliberal May 2015 #5

and they give you 5 cents a bag for the ones you bring in SoCalDem May 2015 #9

WinCo: employee-owned and ethical. Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #6

The downside is that WinCo has also killed off a lot of local, union grocery jobs. Xithras May 2015 #11

If they're putting other stores out of business SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #13

WinCo also pays more and has better benefits than their union competitors. dilby May 2015 #14

It makes an employee question why they should join a union. kcr May 2015 #17

from what I have read Winco doesn't care if the employees unionize. dilby May 2015 #18

To be clear, I'm not making the accusation that they are kcr May 2015 #23

Nothing at all wrong with that stance SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #26

There's nothing wrong with that as long as you understand the consequences of kcr May 2015 #29

I worked for Publix in high school and the first couple of years of college SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #22

Not everyone wants or needs a union kcr May 2015 #24

I can be supportive of unions SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #25

Not really. kcr May 2015 #30

Shopping at a non-union store is not union busting SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #34

Same with Aldi employees are all paid the same with yearly Exilednight May 2015 #32

Yep. I'll support union every time. kcr May 2015 #16

I Had One of the Happy Little Unionized Grocery Store Jobs Once Leith May 2015 #19

Winco is great! QED May 2015 #20

There's a Winco in my neighborhood Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #33

In my OTR days... DAMANgoldberg May 2015 #35