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Southeastern Grocers Buying Back About 170 Winn-Dixie, Harvey’s Locations From Aldi
February 9, 2025
Southeastern Grocers is buying back about 170 Winn-Dixie and Harvey’s locations from Aldi.
Aldi completed the purchase of Southeastern Grocers and their Winn-Dixie and Harvey’s Supermarket stores in the Southeast back in March 2024, including all Winn-Dixie stores in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
Friday night, a consortium of private investors, spearheaded by the current CEO and President of Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), Anthony Hucker, and C&S Wholesale Grocers, announced it has acquired Southeastern Grocers and its Winn-Dixie and Harvey’s Supermarket banners, including about 170 grocery stores in five southern states, including Florida.
Aldi still plans to complete its previous conversion plan with a total of approximately 220 Winn-Dixie and Harvey’s Supermarket stores to be converted to the ALDI format over a multi-year conversion process that began in March 2024, and is expected to conclude in 2027.
Earlier this week, an Aldi vice president told NorthEscambia.com that the former Winn-Dixie on Nine Mile Road, which closed for renovations in later September 2024, will reopen as an Aldi “sometime in the spring”. The Germany-based Aldi has not announced any other store conversions in Escambia County. It was not known after Friday night’s announcement exactly which local Winn-Dixie Stores will be part of the Southeastern Grocers acquisition.
Aldi said Friday it expects to open 225 new stores in the U.S. during 2025, partly by converting some of the Winn-Dixie and Harvey’s locations.
“Weare profoundly grateful and deeply honored to continue serving the communities we cherish. Our culture and path forward are firmly grounded in our 100-year legacy—a legacy built on strong values and a shared purpose of caring for one another, said Anthony Hucker, chair, CEO and president of Southeastern Grocers. “Throughout this transformational journey, our commitment to thoughtful, purpose-driven growth remains strong and propels us forward with renewed momentum. As we reinvest in the store fleet, we are inspired by listening loudly to the voices of our customers, to elevate and revolutionize our customer experience and store offerings, so that each step we take will reflect our dedication to our people and our communities.”
Pictured top: The Winn Dixie store in Cantonment.
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17 Responses to “Southeastern Grocers Buying Back About 170 Winn-Dixie, Harvey’s Locations From Aldi”
Keep Winn Dixie in Cantonment. Great to have Aldi’s on 9 mile rd. It’s not as good as WD. We need a choice on this side of town besides Wally World.
I gave Aldi a try, and although their selection is smaller, their produce is fresher, their dips and deli case are better, and prices are lower. I shop at Aldi more than Winn-Dixie now.
I think Aldi got the message. They really aren’t liked that well around here.
I am absolutely thrilled to hear this!!! Aldi’s is good for some things and if I grew up with the products they offer, I probably would have been thrilled for Aldi’s being here as well. But I didn’t grow up with them and it’s hard for me to pay money for something that I have no clue what it may taste like. My fear is getting these unknown products home and prepare them, only for it to be thrown out due to taste or texture. I don’t have extra money like that. Winn Dixie offers brands that I am familiar with, grew up with and know I’m not going to waste my hard-earned money. I am happy for the people that grew up with Aldi’s German Based food store, and now have it available, but I also love our American Based food stores. Thanks for saving Winn Dixie!!!
Hope the Milton WD stays a WD…We don’t need a low class German based grocery…Aldi is mostly off brands and most are low quality…tried it a couple times and said no way…I love the WD weekly savings too!!!
I travel to Cantonment to shop at WD. The new Aldi’s will be right down my street but still be going to WD
Leave the remaining Winn Dixie’s in Escambia alone please.
This is great news! Leave our Cantonment WinnDixie alone! For those of you craving sub-par products and a lack of selection, there are multiple Aldi stores you can shop at. Don’t forget your quarter though, it will be tough carrying all those low quality products up to the cashier without a buggy.
I am THRILLED by this decision. I love Winn Dixie, and it was always a pleasure to shop there, especially with their sales, buy one, get one.
Good news Go Winn Dixie
This is sad news. Winn-dixies quality and prices don’t nearly compare to Aldi. High quality low priced food is exactly what our communities need more of and less time and money being wasted buying back stores that were just sold. This just screams of dirty money moving behind closed doors at southeastern grocers.
I love my Winn Dixie hope they keep the one on 9th avenue been shopping there for years!!!!
Fred on Feb 8:
Just savings…
Aldi is a horrible grocery store with low quality foods and terrible meat choices. Winn Dixie in cantonment needs to remain the same. Or I’d rather have a kroeger or a hyvee like up north has. Those stores are awesome
Hopefully the Lake Placid location remain a Win Dixie it relied on in this rural area. There yesterday and the store was packed. We love our Win Dixie here in Lake Placid.
Can’t wait for Aldi to open on Nine Mile Rd. Aldi has much better fresh produce and far lower prices than Winn Dixie. Winn Dixie needs quality control for its fresh produce department. More often than not, Winn Dixie’s fresh fruit and vegetables are low standard, wilted or ready for the compost pile, but their fresh produce prices are expensive compared to other food stores – why?
Let’s keep and patronize our Winn Dixie stores. Aldi is no big deal, and really offers no improvement.