Winco Loves Vegans!

About three or four months ago a Winco grocery store opened in SLC. Winco is based in Idaho and seems to be a west coast chain? Anyway it's an employee owned store that has super low prices. They're like Aldi in that they don't have baggers and the cashier on't bag anything. They also don't take credit cards, only cash and debit. That way they aren't paying the card fees. These little things save them money an allow the low prices. I've never gone because I knew when they opened they'd be a complete madhouse. Plus the bus I have to take is my least favorite bus in the city so I just always stick to my little safe routine. Well, yesterday a coworker with a car was going to check it out and invited me! I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Are they really that cheap? Are they vegan friendly? Is it too much like Walmart for me to handle? The answer is yes yes and no. I didn't peruse every inch of the store because it's HUGE but the prices are crazy, and they have a lot of vegan goodies, and a pretty big produce section with great prices! I took lots of pictures because It's pretty amazing!

Pretty big booch selection

This case is full of tofu, jackfruit, tofurky and field roast products, and vegan cheese.

They sell Field Roast sausages for under five dollars, and this shook me to my core, daiya cheese is under four dollars. And these are the all the time prices. It doesn't seem like they have weekly sales, and thank gourd you don't have to have a freaking card to get the prices!

I just saw these on Instagram the other day and haven't seen them anywhere else, even Natural Grocers or Sprouts!!

Ten pounds of potatoes!! Seriously my dream!

Yes these prices are correct! I don't know of any ice cream that's this cheap, let alone vegan ice cream!

I've never seen daiya pizza under nine dollars unless it's on sale!

All of their gardein products are under three and four dollars!!

They also have a HUGE and I mean HUGE bulk section. I mean I almost cried if I'm being honest.

Best price in town!

I thought $.69 a pound was a great price!!

The bulk section was surprisingly busy so I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked. They have all kinds of things in bulk, peanut butter powder, spices, any kind of bean, grain, or pasta you could ever in your life imagine. They have shapes of pasta I never knew existed! And they have a huge dried fruit section, and so much candy! They have a ton of gummy/jelly types of candy with no gelatin! Lots of red, yellow and blue dye but no animal products!
I didn't go down every aisle because I can't tolerate grocery stores the way I used to and there is a bit of the people of Walmart vibe to it. But I will be back because of the bulk section and potatoes alone!

Tortilla chips, salsa, corn, Haagen Dazs, extra firm and smoked tofu, Fritos, red potatoes, burrito shells, plums, garlic, bulk black beans and chocolate chips

I didn't need much but some of the stuff I had to get. I watch a few vegan Yutubers who live in Canada and they rave about the smoked tofu. I've never seen it anywhere and when I saw it I was almost star struck! I'm really glad I gave Winco a chance. I'll have to figure out a way to fit them into my shopping routine every now and again because I'll lose my budget card if I don't!!