Winco – Hasso Hering

Tesla follows through on Albany supercharger

Written July 8th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

On Wednesday evening the bike took me to 3080 Pacific Blvd. SE, which is in the parking lot on the west side of the Winco supermarket.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: charging stations, EV chargers, Pacific Boulevard, Tesla, Winco

Albany seeks to improve riverside trail

Written December 22nd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Albany city officials have an idea for an improved walking and biking trail along the south side of the Willamette River. The “multi-use path” would follow the route of an existing dirt track that links Bowman and Simpson parks.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, Albany Public Works, Bowman Park, community paths, ODOT, ostco, Periwinkle Creek, riverside trail, Simpson Park, Waverly Park, Winco

Old gas station site gets attention

Written September 15th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

A flurry of Facebook chatter in late August has prompted Albany city officials to take note of a former gas station site on Southeast Pacific Boulevard. Mayor Sharon Konopa says she would like the property better maintained or redeveloped.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 3110 Pacific S.E., BP gas station site, Winco

Change coming on grocery front

Written June 20th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Change and innovation are about to hit the Albany grocery-buying scene in a couple of different ways: the opening of a huge new supermarket and the start of parking lot service at a long-established one.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany grocery stores, Clicklist, Frd Meyer, Winco

Update on the supermarket beat

Written September 14th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

It’s not as though residents of Greater Albany have no place to buy groceries. Nobody is wasting away, getting down to skin and bones because there’s nowhere to buy food. Still, people keep wondering about what’s going on with two former supermarkets and one being planned. So I checked.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany supermarkets, North Albany Village, Safeway, Winco

The Answer Man on WinCo plans

Written July 24th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Whatever happened to the plans by WinCo Foods to open an Albany store at the site of the closed Kmart? It’s still in the works. That’s the short answer to the reader who asked me about it this week.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Planning Division, Kmart, Winco

Taking Kmart’s place is … what?

Written November 10th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

A request to divide the tax lot occupied by the former Kmart store in Albany has touched off rumors in City Hall and elsewhere about what if anything might go there. The big question: Is Winco Foods involved? Good answers were impossible to come by on Monday night.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, Kmart, Ray's, Safeway, supermarkets, Winco