WinCo Foods
Retail GroceriesIdaho, United States5001-10000 Employees
WinCo Foods is a family of employee-owned grocery stores in the retail groceries industry, based in Boise, Idaho, at 650 North Armstrong Place. The company traces its origins to 1967 when Ralph Ward and Bud Williams founded a discount warehouse in Boise under the name Waremart, later operating as Waremart Food Centers and Cub Foods until 1999 when the storefront and corporate name were changed to WinCo Foods, an acronym for Winning Company. WinCo Foods is owned by its employees through the WinCo Foods Employee Stock Ownership Trust, which purchased a majority interest from the Ward family in 1985. The company operates its own distribution and transportation network and runs over 140 stores across Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma and Montana. It maintains a website at wincofoods.com and reports a workforce in the 5001-10000 range.