City Of Cheyenne Annexes Property For New Grocery Store

The City of Cheyenne recently annexed 17 acres for a new grocery store, according to the President of the Cheyenne City Council.

Dr. Mark Rinne made the comments on Friday in a ''Council Chronicle" new release. That release took the place of the usual "Mayoral Minute" column, authored by Mayor Patrick Collins.

Annexed Property North And West Of Sam's Club

That column is normally released on Friday morning.

In the column, Rinne wrote the following: ''Recently, the City annexed approximately 17 acres to the north and west of Sam’s Club. This development action is called the Winco Development and is for a Winco Grocery. I knew nothing about Winco so I did a little research. They are headquartered in Boise and they have approximately 138 locations around the United States. Most of their locations are in the West. However, they have been moving into Texas and Oklahoma and now, Wyoming. Winco is a no-frills, warehouse style store and they have a large selection of bulk foods. One thing that I found interesting is that they do not accept credit cards.''

According to Wikipedia, Winco is mostly employee owned and features bulk food sections. It keeps prices down by purchasing directly from farmers and manufacturers. It's a no-frills outlet, with the lack of frills including not offering a bagging service and not accepting credit cards. It does accept debit cards, according to Wikipedia.

Rinne did not provide a time frame for the opening of a store in Cheyenne. A call to Winco's corporate office seeking more details was not immediately returned.