According to the Skagit Valley Herald, Winco has canceled plans to build a store in Mount Vernon. Here is a (link) to the story. (thanks to a reader for the head’s up).
The company went through the planning process, getting approval by the Mount Vernon City Council. In a press release, the company told the paper “company resources would be better utilized in other locations.”
So far there has been no announcement about Winco trying again to build in Bellingham. It had originally been interested in a spot near the Bakerview Fred Meyer, but the plan was rejected by City Council.
Yep good ol Bham. Those were decent paying Union jobs that are needed in this economy. But the city council and this paper were all paying attention to the NOAA possibly moving here, and gave them the big NO. We see how well NOAA worked out. Jobs gained, ZERO. That store would have brought in many jobs, but the City Council and the Herald gave it ZERO support.
Yep, 200 jobs lost
Why does this city hate big stores o wait the make jobs something this city and state hate
My husband works in Everett, and we knew Winco from our time in Boise. What he spends in gas he more than makes up for at Winco in Marysville. It is right on his way to work, and we find it very much worth our while to do the bulk of our grocery shopping there. It is a small chain with a reputation for treating it’s employees very well. A little competition in grocery stores would be a good thing.
i agree with Anita, I go out of my way to shop at winco but I save way more there than what I spend on gas.
I am from British Columbia I would like to have a Winco store in Bellingham better than to go to Marysville
WinCo is non-union. It would destroy more jobs than it would create by putting other grocers out of business.