Winco Store Brand Reviews!

I love grocery shopping. It’s one of my favorite pastimes. I do the majority of my shopping at Winco, and like most other post-college poor people I buy a LOT of store brands. Below is a list of Winco products and a simple review: The name of the product, a yes or no as to if I’d recommend it, the product it is replacing, and a one sentence review.

• Winco Bulk Items. Yes. I’d avoid many spices and powders (like granulated garlic) because they don’t taste fresh, but the majority of what they have is just super.
• Winco Butter. No. The lowest I’ll go is Dairygold, and Winco’s butter does not make the cut for me.
• Winco Cheezeta. Yes. Imitating Velveta. It worked just the same for making dips and the likes.
• Winco Chili Lime Chips. No. No idea what this is imitating, and it was, to say the least, awful.
• Winco Corn Chips. No. These seemed exceptionally low quality to me.
• Winco Cream Cheese. Yes. Just like any other.
• Winco Dehydrated Refried Beans. Yes. These are way better than the can, but they ain’t cheap.
• Winco dry pantry ingredients. Yes. Items such as salt, baking powder, and even flour have proved fine for all my baking needs (but, as you know, cheap flour will have a taste if you pay too much attention to it…)
• Winco Garlic Bread. Yes. This is the extra buttery stuff and I prefer it compared to other brands (including Franz/Seattle International).
• Winco Potato Chips (plain, and sour cream and onion). Yes. A replacement for Lays. These were a good thin, crispy, chip just like you’d expect at Dad’s BBQ.
• Winco Mac and Cheese. Yes. Imitating Kraft. It’s just like Kraft in the blue box in every way.
• Winco Milk. Yes. It’s no local or organic milk, but it’s like every other store brand milk.
• Winco Shells and Cheese. Yes. While this isn’t my preferred mac by any means, it’s just like the others.

My favorite Winco deli items: Enchiladas, chicken potato bowl, hot Crispitos, Italian subs.

Pub notes: First published on September 22, 2018. Edit 3.