WinCo Foods will soon make its Colorado debut as plans to construct a nearly 84,000-square-foot grocery store were submitted to the City of Thornton earlier this year.
The Idaho-based grocery store, known for its warehouse-style stores with low prices and a variety of bulk items, will be at the southeast corner of East 164th Avenue and Washington Street on undeveloped land.
Site plans reveal the store will be a single-story building, painted in a neutral bronze color and will feature two signs. The 16.8-acre property will also include about 455 parking spaces, landscaping and future pad sites.
Most of WinCo Foods’ employee-owned stores are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, only closing on part of Thanksgiving, part of Christmas Eve and all of Christmas Day. WinCo stands for “Winning Company,” according to the firm’s website.
The two parcels of land, at 16380 and 16350 Washington St., are owned by Clyde E Webb Family LLC.
However, to develop the store, the two parcels will need to be combined and re-zoned as the existing Business Park zoning does not allow for grocery stores above 3,500 square feet, according to pre-application documents submitted to the city.
The documents further showed Thornton city staff has identified the Regional Commercial zoning district as the most compatible with the proposed use and the existing future land use designation.
The zoning amendment will also require a neighborhood meeting and three public hearings, one at Thornton’s Planning Commission and two others before City Council.
This may not be the grocer’s only expansion plan in Colorado. Last month, WinCo Foods purchased land in Firestone for $3.6 million, according to records filed in Weld County and reports from several media outlets.
Founded in 1967 in Boise, Idaho, WinCo Foods employs over 20,000 individuals and operates 141 stores in states such as Idaho, Arizona, California, Utah, Washington and more.
Representatives from WinCo Foods did not respond to requests for comment from The Denver Post.
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