WinCo Foods is the bag-your-own discount grocer with 12 stores around Puget Sound, from Renton, Kent and Tacoma to Everett, Edmonds, Bremerton and Silverdale. Its employee stock ownership plan bought control of the company in 1985, and each year the company puts shares worth 20 percent of an employee's pay into their account.

At a glance

Ownership: ESOP
Employee-owned since: 1985
Founded: 1967
Location: Renton, Kent, Federal Way, Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Everett, Edmonds, Marysville, Bremerton, Silverdale
Address: 800 Garden Ave N, Renton; 21100 91st Pl S, Kent; 160 SW Campus Dr, Federal Way; 1913 S 72nd St and 6201 6th Ave, Tacoma; 9518 176th St E, Puyallup; 6621 Wahl Rd E, Sumner; 9900 19th Ave SE, Everett; 21900 Hwy 99, Edmonds; 3947 116th St NE, Marysville; 4969 Kitsap Way, Bremerton; 10315 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale
Region: South King County and Tacoma, North End and Everett, Kitsap and Bainbridge
Website: www.wincofoods.com
Category: Groceries, bakeries and food

How it's owned

An employee stock ownership plan: a trust holds company shares for employees, usually as a retirement benefit, with conventional management.

In the company's own words: “one of the largest ESOP companies in the nation.”

Information verified October 2026 by FYP Seattle. Know something we got wrong, or a business we missed? Tell us and we'll fix it.