This is by far my favorite grocery store in the valley. I do the bulk of my shopping here, buying meat (some of the best prices I've seen so far in town), vegetables, bulk, and inner isles. I don't buy berries here because I can find better berries and grapes elsewhere, but their produce overall tends to be higher quality than other stores I've bought produce from.
Winco has some of the best prices in town. Their staff is constantly working to restock and clean, making the store a pleasant place to be. There are always people stocking produce and keeping everything fresh, and the produce stockers are friendly and helpful. The cart guys are awesome and I appreciate that Winco gives them a cart pushing machine to make the work easier for their outdoor employees. Especially in the brutal summer heat.
The cashiers are great and I've not ever had a problem with them. The few times I've needed to go to customer service for WU or other issues I have been treated professionally.
I don't know what their bathrooms are like--I don't ever use them.
The deli is the only part of the store where I've had problems. The oven that bakes the rotisserie chickens doesn't fully cook the chickens, which is a health hazard. An older gentleman who works in the deli always adds time to the preset cooking time to ensure that the chickens are cooked properly. But when some of the younger guys work the deli the rotisserie chickens are not properly cooked. I spoke with the older gentleman and he assured me that he had spoken to the young guys about it before. I also spoke with his manager to let her know that I've bought undercooked chickens there before. I haven't bought a rotisserie chicken since then so I don't know if the younger guys have started adjusting the cooking time. I haven't wanted to risk it since most of the time when I shop it's in the afternoons when the younger guys are on shift. I don't mind purchasing them if the older gentleman is on shift and has cooked them, though. His rotisserie chickens have been consistently cooked well.
There are some essentials that I buy here besides food. They have an isle for toiletries that is useful.
They have a good ice cream selection, especially with Tillamook. The Winco brand bottled water is the best tasting store brand bottled water I've tasted so far.
I have a lot of good things to say about it, overall.
One thing to note--which is hard for Winco to control--is that the area has a lot of homeless passing through their parking lot all of the time. Often the parking lot smells like weed, but I don't blame Winco for that. It's just the way it is in Medford, unfortunately. You can smell weed randomly throughout the city. I do hope another Winco comes into the area--maybe in Central Point or northern Medford.
I also really like that I get to bag my own groceries. I'm a bit particular about how I like my groceries separated and like that I am responsible for doing my own bagging. read more