WinCo Foods is an employee owned supermarket chain which is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We will take a look at warehouse opportunities at WinCo here.

Company History –
WinCo Foods traces its history back to the year 1967, when Ralph Ward and Bud Williams opened a discount grocery under the name Waremart in Boise, Idaho. Waremart employees got an ownership stake in the company owing to an employee stock purchase plan which was headed by president Bill Long. Waremart changed name to WinCo in the year 1999 (WinCo standing for ‘Winning Company’). Today, the company has more than 80 locations and employs more than 14,000 people.

Jobs at WinCo warehouses –
Following are some of the entry-level jobs you can work:

Order Selector: As an order selector with WinCo, your job is to pick order by selecting items from distribution center according to a pick list created from store orders. You will ensure that all the orders filled are complete and correct. You will check inventory information on the computer system and place items on a pallet to ensure product integrity and safety. You will stage completed pallets at assigned dock doors for shipment. You will frequently be lifting weights up to 50 lbs and lifting 80-100 lbs occasionally. You will be working in environments including concrete floors and in temperatures ranging from -12° F to 34°F.

Variety Stocker: As a stocker, your job is to stock, rotate, discard outdated and spoiled products and maintain stockroom. You will order products, cut cases, stack, price and mark merchandise. You will build product displays and operated appropriate equipments like hand trucks and pallet jacks. You will be frequently lifting weights of up to 30 lbs and up to 50 lbs occasionally. You need to know basic math and learn and memorize location of products, checkstand and keyboard procedures. You will also conduct visual inspection of merchandise being placed on shelves. You will use equipments such as pallet jacks, hand trucks, garbage and card board compacter, box knife and electronic forklift as needed.

Maintenance Clerk: As a maintenance clerk, your duty is to maintain floors by waxing, stripping wax, sweeping and mopping. You will be responsible for rounding up and bringing in all shopping carts from the parking lot. You will clean as well as sanitize all restrooms, dust and vacuum store facilities and assist with replacement of lamps in light fixtures. This position entails lifting of weights of up to 30 lbs and use of all types of approved chemicals and solvents to get the job done. You will be using equipments such as automatic floor scrubbing machine, floor polisher, electric pallet jack, electric shopping cart caddy and various hand tools.

Benefits offered by WinCo Foods –

WinCo Foods offers benefits like Medical, Vision, Dental as well as prescription coverage. They also offer paid vacation, holidays, sick days, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program and a 401(k) plan.

Applying online for a warehouse job at WinCo Foods –
To apply for warehouse jobs at WinCo, you can directly follow this link which shows you available warehouse positions currently at WinCo Foods: https://wfa.kronostm.com/index.jsp?SOURCEINFO=JobFamilies.Distribution+Centers&locale=en_US&applicationName=WinCoNonReqExt&SEQ=positionSearchResults
Or, you can go here: http://www.wincofoods.com/about/careers/ and search by location as well. Once you search for the jobs and the results are displayed, you can click on the job title, which will take you to a page describing the responsibilities and requirements of the job. At the very bottom of the page, you will see the button titled ‘Choose a location’. Clicking on it will take you to a page asking you to select the state and city to apply for the job. It will only show the places where the job is available at the time of the search. Once the state and city have been selected, click on the button right next to the dropdown list and it will begin the application process.

Below are some additional pointers to help you get a better idea of WinCo warehouse employment:

• The average salary of a Stock clerk at WinCo Foods is $15/hr.
• The average annual salary of an order selector at WinCo Foods is $25,000.
• Sample interview question – “Why do you want to work for WinCo?”
• Sample interview question – “Tell me about a time you faced adversity at school/work.”
• Sample interview question – “What is a great quality about you?”

That is it about employment at WinCo warehouses. The employee response is quite mixed. However, nearly 60% approve of the C.E.O Steven Goddard.