WinCo Foods will hire about 180 people for the supermarket it plans to open in Coeur d'Alene in the first half of November, a company official said Wednesday. Management staff for the store will be made up of individuals who have been transferred from other stores, said Michael Read, vice president of public and legal affairs for WinCo. The Coeur d'Alene store is at 1485 W. Appleway Ave., just east of Ramsey Road and north of Interstate 90. Read said the company is already accepting applications online for the Coeur d'Alene store. The company website is www.wincofoods.com. He said the company is looking for new employees for every aspect of store operations. He said the company usually pays slightly above the prevailing wage for each position in the industry/David Cole, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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