Winco is good, I always find what I need for a great price. However, I do not like the long lines at check out, how cold the store is, and how they do not take credit cards. Also I wish they were open late. read more

Winco is a huge warehouse grocery store. Best prices around!! Huge parking lot very easy access. Why shop anywhere else when you can get 3x as much here!! read more

the only reason i go here is because food is dirt cheap but the quality is so bad! tons of parking right next to the mall.

Winco is great for fresh produce, and prices...prices...prices!! I shop between Winco and Costco.

I like to shop at Winco because the prices are at least 25% lower than Safeway or Ralleys. I like the bulk food section and generally quick checkout. Bagging my own groceries is also an advantage because I can separate them according to where I keep them at my house. read more

A great place to shop for groceries! Not only do they have great prices but their bulk food section is unmatched for its amazing variety of items from beans, seeds, dried fruit, spices, pasta, candy and much, much more! They even have terrific greeting cards. Great store!!! read more

Not a big fan of this grocery store. They may have great prices but its usually crowded. I feel like a cow being herded through the stalls. I've always enjoyed the bulk food section and would go just to get bulk items. But, the last three times I've gone to get a specific bulk item it is always out and they don't carry it in the regular section either. A trip wasted and I've given up trying to buy my bulk items there. read more

Best prices in town. You should usually try and avoid going to the store after 5 during weekdays and in the early/late afternoon on weekends. I tend to try and go during the morning on weekdays and usually have the whole store to myself. read more

Always good prices here, maybe the best in town. Very good selection of groceries and other stuff. I come here all the time.

Winco has amazing processed foods at amazing prices! I am not even been sarcastic, I shop at other grocery stores too and I am not completely unhealthy, but we all need quick and cheap food to stock up on sometimes and Winco has that. Winco does have some good healthy food too, however I try to avoid some of the produce because of bad experiences in the past. The glorious section that sells extremely cheap cat food that I unfortunately have to put into a clear plastic bag that makes it difficult for me to pour into my very annoying Cat's food bowl without spilling. I could of course put my cat food into a bin of some sort and scoop it out with some sort of scoop, but I don't get enough of the .50 per pound cat food to justify that measure. Near the catfood in similar bins there is gummy candy and couscous, also local honey candy corn. Winco one of the only places you can buy both candy corn and local honey. I pay so much less shopping at Winco than I do at other grocery stores. At other grocery stores I don't have to worry about a giant forklift blocking my entrance into an isle or a situation where two groups of people with large carts of food are traveling on opposite directions directly toward each other, then proceed to stop in the middle of the isle completely clogging the lane. When I get in this situation I often times try to turn around and yet another cart has come in and blockaded me into the isle. Often times this happens in the isle where Jarritos are sold. I love Jarriots and I appreciate their availability at Winco. There is a strategy to shopping at Winco. At all costs avoid other Winco customers. Its not that they are bad people, they just seem to be very slow moving and lack the ability to give you room when you need to pass them in an isle. Winco is also a busy place and there tend to be 10 people with over 300 dollars worth of groceries in front of you whenever you get in line if you go during the day. The trick is to go at night and leave your cart at the end of the isle to grab stuff from each isle and take it back to your cart. This way you never get stuck in an isle and at night there are usually Winco employees stocking the shelves. Winco employees are great the cashiers are friendly and no one else every really bothers you, all employees seem really busy running around doing stuff, although I don't know what exactly. Oh yeah and you know those corn tortilla chips that say 2$ right on the bag, well they are a dollar fifty at Winco, how awesome is that! In the end you have to bag your own groceries. This process always makes me appreciate bag people at other grocery stores. I have no idea what I am doing when I bag. First off I wish I knew if it was paper or plastic that was better for the environment because I almost always change my mind and switch from paper to plastic mid way through. Also sometimes I for some reason put one item in a bag because I am afraid it will get crushed then I proceed to put that item into the bottom of the cart then set the heaviest thing I bought on top of it. The absolute worst part of Winco's customer service experience is the customer service experience I give myself when I bag my own groceries. Bag people don't have jobs at Winco and that is sad, it would help our economy if Winco would just simply hire some bag people. It comes out in the wash though because the whole place is employee owned(I think) which is good because all the hard work that the people at Winco do in order for me to pay less money on my imitation Honey Hut Cheerios, Jarritos and inexpensive cat food for my annoying cat will eventually benefit them to some degree. Winco is a unique experience coming out of the store is like resurfacing from a voyage to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. read more

Huge selection, but bad produce. EVERY time we try to buy produce here we are disappointed. Within days it rots and goes bad. I don't know if its because they get really old stuff or because they don't store it properly but I'm sticking with the farmer's market from here on. Yuck! read more

I've been visiting the store for 20 years I need to know what is holding value and volume and good customer service to come on the store for good prices on the quality thank you Winco read more

I really like Winco. My only complaint is that it is super busy pretty much all the time. But that's because it's no secret how good this place is. read more

Always love shopping here!! The food, the prices, the employees are all great!! Never a bad experience

Winco DOES now take debit cards, in addition to checks and cash, so now it's truly the PERFECT supermarket...and I mean "SUPER".... Absolutely nothing else matches, let alone beats, WINCO's....I've lived in the Chico area now for 6 years and Winco's prices and quality and inventory are so superior to any other grocery store I've ever been in... read more

Produce isn't the super best regarding longevity but it's almost always less expensive and lasts fine for the most part. Meat is decent & the deli has excellent customer service. Groceries are getting more expensive & it's nice to be able to feed my family for a reasonable price. read more

Whoo Winco rocks! It's big and a little intimidating but take the time to get to know and love it. Produce section has good variety and it's not all sad and past due like at food maxx, I would say comparable to safeway. Behind produce is bulk which is the best section. Budget shoppers this is your new favorite place. Get anything by the pound. Candy, chocolates, dried fruit, baking stuff, tea, coffee, pasta, dried beans, rice, cereal, dogfood, natural peanut butter... On and on! I love it. Meat section isn't too hot but dig for good cuts and it's comparable to safeway. Dairy is next, this is very middle America so no Greek yogurt or anything swish. Frozen has a decent selection, bakery had great fresh bread. They have a water by the gallon machine. Dry/boxed goods are good prices okay selection. Good amount of cleaning and household supplies. Love the good prices all over the store. Does not take credit cards but YES on debit. Bag your own groceries (that's how the prices stay low, the service is minimal). Cashiers are quick but lines are often long. Open 24 hours but be prepared for forklifts zipping all over the store at night. Five star budget grocery! read more

oh winco, i miss you so. moving away from chico and back to the real world, my heart hurt having to pay so much for groceries. your bulk food was such a great thing, especially the spices and the candy. your fresh turkey sausage tasty, and cheap. ok, everything you stock is ridiculously cheap, it made my stingy heart sing. plus you are open 24 hours, so i could visit your endless aisles of goodness when i had insomnia. read more

DO NOT USE WinCo MoneyGram services, they clerks there do not know what they are doing and will not give you your money even if you have followed all the rules and it is rightfully yours. I am out $300 because of this and I will never use Moneygram again either, they don't train their people to know what to do. read more

As a student, I love what Winco has to offer and how cheap the prices are there. The only cons are that they don't accept credit cards but they do take debit. I'm sure the reason why they don't take credit cards is to keep the costs low. The produce isn't of the highest quality (I bought a bag of lemons and they got covered in mold after a few days) but it's not like it's a whole foods. I don't shop anywhere else when it comes to groceries. read more

what ever you do...........don't buy the fish from the counter. bought some and it turns to mush...my cats wouldn't eat it! i baked it in a tin foil wrap...then i took the other half and pan fried it..................same thing. buy the cans goods..whatever...don't buy the fish... read more

Very cheap and huge selection. The major downside is there is no express line to if you just want a couple of things is not a good place to go. read more

Winco for the Win! The selection of food is fantastic! I love good savings and Winco is as cheap as it gets.

For canned goods, this is the place to go. Just stay far, far away from their meat section and the dairy section. I don't know what it is about the dairy products, but they seem to go bad long before their expiration date. And yes, my fridge works just fine, and other milk, cream, cheese, etc that I've bought elsewhere stays good well past the expiration date. It's great that they have such a vast bulk section, but after seeing kids putting their hands down in the bins (literally "mixing up" whatever was in it) I decided to avoid them. read more

While I live in Paradise, I drive down to Chico to shop for groceries at Winco--I may spend a little more in gas, but the savings at Winco compared to shopping on "the hill" are more than worth it! I'll take Winco over our local grocery stores anytime! read more

The meat department is sooooo awesome. Tom in the meat department was knowledgeable and helped me make the right choices for the perfect Bar B Que !!! He was polite and so knowledgeable of the cuts of meats and the ones that were best for my family. I will go back just because of Tom and the excellent prices!!!! right on Tom read more

on 5\1\2014 I went to Chico Winco, at the checkout I asked the checker Corina where to find something. she told me were to look. I said I hadn't tried it before she let me know how it might taste. I asked about reusable bag she showed them to me and demonstrated it for me. then let me make my decision. she got me a cart to carry my grosser's to the car. I am handicapped and elderly and she treated me with grace and dignity. thank you Corina for making me day. read more

awwww mannnn doesnt get any better than winco. crackhead prices even compared to walmart down the street. only downside is you'll feel uncomfortable shopping with amongst their clientele... ever heard of peopleofwalmart.com, this place takes the cake... real talk. bring cash they dont take credit, thats how their prices are at crackhead levels. fire sale baby read more

Winco is ok not great just ok. They are able to sell the product lower for a reason just investigate a little bit. If you notice most of the cheaper products are Knock-off meaning they say on the front of package there name brand but if you look in back its generally in a foreign language. It has a lower than wal-mart feel to it. I feel like I am at food swap meet. Do not buy the produce as it has zero flavor and the bakery sucks just got some bagels and they are rock hard. The pull dates are real close for instance a bag of chips was within 30 days of expiration. That means they are at least 6 months old not worth saving .60. I would never buy meat dairy or anything like that here not worth the risk. Some might say the prices are low because the employees own the company. This is not true, just an oversized bargain market. Bleh even the bulk candy sucks always stale and now its priced close with other stores. Not worth being seen in here anymore. read more

Going to Winco is not an easy experience. It is crowded and huge, and parking is hard to find. I like the customer service and nice setting of Raley's and Safeway, but, as everyone else says, the prices at Winco are unbelievable low. Especially if you get the green tag items. I think the other stores can be almost as cheap if you stick to the sale items, but it's harder to do that. Like I said, Winco is huge, and it is more of an ordeal than shopping at those other stores. Sometimes I think the products seem a little old--the baby food and yogurt have a different consistency than the ones I've bought at safeway. Don't go late at night--they are stocking the shelves, and it's impossible to maneuver your cart. The checkout lines can be crowded, but they are supposed to open a new one if there are more than three people in line. It's a little like Costco in this way. On the plus side, their produce is great quality, and the bulk selection is spectacular. I like to get progresso soup, and cans that cost $3 at Safeway are just over $1 at Winco. They have delicious cakes and baked goods. If you're willing to deal with a slightly traumatic shopping experience (and, I HATE grocery shopping, so my perspective is somewhat biased), the low prices are definitely worth it. The employees are helpful, for the most part. read more