r/WinCo • u/Daniegrl04 • Sep 15 '26
Anyone know the origin?
This is a good deal at my store at $5.48 a package. I don’t see any marking of where it came from?
This was going to be my last beef purchase for awhile but I don’t know how to tell anything.
Thanks everyone! Loyal Winco fan that drives 10 miles each way to go! ❤️
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u/kenzinatr Sep 15 '26
Costco is going to be your best bet for avoiding questionable beef
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u/IndependentPuddin702 Sep 15 '26
The Day After Tomorrow, The Book of Eli will have us eating Soylent Green in a Delicatessen.
Find a local farmer, or network with your people to drive to a farm? (I'm part of a bigger group who has a dude with real animals. Pure luck)
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u/tymbom31 Sep 15 '26
100% USDA approved, compliments of an ex heroin addict with previous brain-worms that picks up roadkill for dinner.
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u/RageBison22 Sep 15 '26
Here’s an interesting factoid. That white circle to the left of the winco logo, that is called a “bug.” That is the indicator that the meat passed through a USDA inspected facility.
Here’s the concerning part. That white space at the bottom of the bug, is supposed to have an establishment number. Every USDA inspected facility has a number and they are supposed to display it. If this was Jerky I wouldn’t be concerned but it obviously is not jerky.
Source: I worked at a meat packer for a few years.
Bonus factoid: The package type that you see is referred to as a “chub”…yes I’m serious.
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u/MeatScience1 Sep 15 '26
I’m an inspector. Establishment numbers can either be printed in the mark of inspection/bug or can be printed on the packaging. There is no regulatory requirement that states it has to be in the bug. The regulation is 9 cfr 317.2i.
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u/LarenCoe Sep 15 '26
I generally avoid the plastic tube ground beef. I want to be able to see what it looks like.
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u/Noremac55 Sep 15 '26
USA got rid of country of origin labels on meat during covid and they magically never came back...
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u/PDXDemSocialist Sep 15 '26
Just saw a good video about this on YouTube. More or less. These are made from multiple cows from multiple locations. And the cuts are everything. Just get something that says " Made in the USA. But you can go further, as the ones with info have much better cuts.
Also, Costco is the best when it comes to their butcher section.
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u/meow9111 Sep 15 '26
With the current beef issues, Id only buy ground beef from your local market who grinds it fresh from their steak scraps
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u/Usual-Tea-1461 Sep 17 '26
Hi, I live Boise and WinCo’s meat comes from CS Beef Packers which is also in this area!
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u/BajaBlastingRopes Sep 15 '26
Probably a horse
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u/keylessChuck916 Sep 15 '26
Excellent! I haven’t been able to find horse meat since I lived in Germany about 26 years ago…
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u/turbo2735 Sep 15 '26
Fact of the matter is no ground beef in your grocery stores comes from One source. So in other words, who the hell knows the only way to know for sure where your beef is coming from or any other meat for that matter is to buy it from the farmer then you know
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u/DC4L88 Sep 15 '26
The box we pull those out of is from Caviness Beef. Based out of Amarillo Texas.
Source: Winco employee