Aldis Selling Back to Winn Dixie

[dougawhite]

Aldi is returning 170 of the 390 stores they bought last year back to Winn Dixie!

Investor group buys Winn-Dixie parent from Aldi | Jax Daily Record (https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/feb/07/investor-group-buys-winn-dixie-parent-from-aldi/)

[UpNorth]

Won't change anything around here.

[Normal]

Aldi is returning 170 of the 390 stores they bought last year back to Winn Dixie!

Investor group buys Winn-Dixie parent from Aldi | Jax Daily Record (https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/feb/07/investor-group-buys-winn-dixie-parent-from-aldi/)

So, Aldi conversions already started will be completed, all others will return to the investment group? In other words, Aldi bought everything, got what they wanted for their best interests, then returned the rest for sale to the group of investors. I wonder who got the better end of this deal.

[ROCKETMAN]

Aldi had a great plan. Convert the Winn Dixie’s that had no Aldi close to them and then sell the ones remaining back to what amounts to Winn Dixie.

[Bay Kid]

Big business.

[Two Bills]

Big business.

Big clever business even!

[coffeebean]

Big business.

So, WD in Pinnelas Plaza will remain a WD? Hopefully it will. That does change things in The Villages considering we were expecting all Winn Dixies to go away.

[gorillarick]

I was hoping Winn Dixies would improve under Aldi ownership. Nope.

So I guess they won't improve in the future either ?

[asianthree]

So, WD in Pinnelas Plaza will remain a WD? Hopefully it will. That does change things in The Villages considering we were expecting all Winn Dixies to go away.

There is a Aldi across the street from pinnelas plaza so it was to remain a grocery

[Cuervo]

I'm not a big fan of either Aldi or Winn Dixie.
When it comes to food with people getting fatally ill and there being constant recalls.
If I'm going to die, I would like to die with at least brand name I've heard of.
This is just business; people are not considered when it comes to the bottom line.

[Rocksnap]

I'm not a big fan of either Aldi or Winn Dixie.
When it comes to food with people getting fatally ill and there being constant recalls.
If I'm going to die, I would like to die with at least brand name I've heard of.
This is just business; people are not considered when it comes to the bottom line.
You obviously are a Boars Head fan. They had the last big outbreak/recall. Boar'''s Head listeria outbreak was due to poor sanitation, USDA report finds | FOX 5 Atlanta (https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/boars-head-listeria-outbreak-poor-sanitation)

[Priebehouse]

Aldi had a great plan. Convert the Winn Dixie’s that had no Aldi close to them and then sell the ones remaining back to what amounts to Winn Dixie.
I was kinda interested to see how the new floor plan for the LSL Wynn-Dixie/Aldi conversion was going to work out. I hope they still do the conversion even if it stays a W-D. What I saw in the site plan looked interesting.

[Justputt]

My wife is a fan of Aldi for a number of items. I like Winn Dixie's deli because the meats don't get slimy right away like others we've tried. The prices are better at Walmart, and Publix is only a deal when they have BOGOs. I wish we had a Kroger here and not just the home delivery trucks.

[MandoMan]

Aldi is returning 170 of the 390 stores they bought last year back to Winn Dixie!

Investor group buys Winn-Dixie parent from Aldi | Jax Daily Record (https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/feb/07/investor-group-buys-winn-dixie-parent-from-aldi/)

That’s great news. SouthEastern Grocers will continue to provide the house brand foods at a great price. They are often excellent. I shop at WinnDixie. Aldi products, meanwhile, in some cases are getting very low ratings from Consumer Reports. I don’t go there. Once was enough. But I’m sorry that the WinnDixie at Lake Sumter Landing will be an Aldi. That was my favorite one.

[Bilyclub]

Just a friendly reminder to some visitors here: Those white stripes on the pavement leading into and out of the Pinellas Plaza WD designate a pedestrian crosswalk.

[Kathryn Putt]

I for one, am very pleased !!

[coffeebean]

I was hoping Winn Dixies would improve under Aldi ownership. Nope.

So I guess they won't improve in the future either ?

Did you think Aldi company was going to keep some Winn Dixies as is with the WD brands? I was under the impression, SE Grocer would be a thing of the past and all the store fronts with the Winn Dixie name were going away.

[jmaccallum]

The Aldi plan from the start was to convert WD and Harvey stores that fit their expansion plans into Aldi stores, with the remaining 170-180 WD & Harvey’s stores to remain under those names - with Aldi running them. However, running stores of the WD & Harvey type is really outside the Aldi “color-wheel.” So in a smart move they sell those unwanted stores back to Southeastern Grocers to run. Hopefully not all those locations are “low hanging fruit” and Southeastern Grocers doesn’t go back into bankruptcy. Time will tell. :shrug:

[Bill14564]

Did you think Aldi company was going to keep some Winn Dixies as is with the WD brands? I was under the impression, SE Grocer would be a thing of the past and all the store fronts with the Winn Dixie name were going away.

The news releases at the time of the sale informed us that *some* of the Winn Dixie stores would be converted to Aldi's and the rest would remain Winn Dixie.

I don't recall anything being mentioned about the Winn Dixie brand products and I was interested to see what might happen.

[pcntech]

I see Kroger delivery trucks in my Village every day of the week. I am sure they are all over TV making deliveries. How about a Kroger where the WinnDixie is in Pinellas Plaza? Or in the spot in Middleton that we will for a grocery store?

[LuvtheVillages]

I see Kroger delivery trucks in my Village every day of the week. I am sure they are all over TV making deliveries. How about a Kroger where the WinnDixie is in Pinellas Plaza? Or in the spot in Middleton that we will for a grocery store?

It's not up to us. Kroger is the one that decides where and how they want to expand. Contact them and tell them you would like to see them here.

[thelegges]

Did you think Aldi company was going to keep some Winn Dixies as is with the WD brands? I was under the impression, SE Grocer would be a thing of the past and all the store fronts with the Winn Dixie name were going away.

Looks like the plan was in the works, keep the stores that Aldi had no footprint.

Sell what wasn’t in their business plan, making a tidy profit.

So stores not of interest to Aldi, sold to whoever won the bid, giving new ownership the right to change name to whatever they please.

While it would benefit greatly for Kroger to step into the market, why would they. Our driver says 10 plus hours a day multiple full trucks 7 days a week in TV

[DAVES]

Aldi is returning 170 of the 390 stores they bought last year back to Winn Dixie!

Investor group buys Winn-Dixie parent from Aldi | Jax Daily Record (https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/feb/07/investor-group-buys-winn-dixie-parent-from-aldi/)

A bit of asenior sport-food shopping and eating. That win dixie store pber the past 12 years was ? Albrects, Winn Dixie, Aldis with no change, apparently mpw according to post now buying group and still called winn dixie.Fortunately for us, no shortage of places to buy groceries.

[Stu from NYC]

I see Kroger delivery trucks in my Village every day of the week. I am sure they are all over TV making deliveries. How about a Kroger where the WinnDixie is in Pinellas Plaza? Or in the spot in Middleton that we will for a grocery store?

If they wanted to be in this area with a brick and mortar store think they would have done it by now. Wonder if their delivery system is profitable?

[thelegges]

If they wanted to be in this area with a brick and mortar store think they would have done it by now. Wonder if their delivery system is profitable?

We have been using Kroger delivery up north, for 5 years, and in TV 3 years. If it’s not profitable Kroger would have dumped it. If I am traveling south to north in TV I have counted no less than 10 trucks and that only on BV or Morse

[Stu from NYC]

We have been using Kroger delivery up north, for 5 years, and in TV 3 years. If it’s not profitable Kroger would have dumped it. If I am traveling south to north in TV I have counted no less than 10 trucks and that only on BV or Morse

They might have given it some amount of time to make money.

Personally we go food shopping with a list and what we buy often does not look like the list. So this is not for us.

[coffeebean]

If they wanted to be in this area with a brick and mortar store think they would have done it by now. Wonder if their delivery system is profitable?

Kroger probably doesn't want to go head to head with Publix. Just my guess.

[Normal]

Kroger probably doesn't want to go head to head with Publix. Just my guess.

Publix has 1439 stores Number of Publix locations in the USA in 2025 | ScrapeHero (https://www.scrapehero.com/location-reports/Publix-USA/) and Krogers has 4,150 stores (however some go under the name Ralph’s and Harris Teeter). Also, Krogers has an active home delivery distribution operation.

It would be no contest in terms of revenue and distribution logistics.

[kingofbeer]

Kroger probably doesn't want to go head to head with Publix. Just my guess.
Kroger has no intention of opening stores in Florida. Ocado group based out of the UK is using the Kroger name for recognition. "The expansion to South Florida, including Miami represents an extension of a collaboration between Kroger and Ocado Group, a world leader in technology for grocery e-commerce. In 2018, the companies announced a collaboration to establish a delivery network that combines artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and automation in a bold new way, bringing first-of-its-kind technology to America."

[asianthree]

They might have given it some amount of time to make money.

Personally we go food shopping with a list and what we buy often does not look like the list. So this is not for us.

That would be a reason to try either Kroger or Walmart+ delivery. Probably cut your grocery bill by half. We aren’t impulse buyers. Rarely buy processed food, so can be in and out of a grocery in less than 20 minutes, faster if you can scan and go

[Stu from NYC]

That would be a reason to try either Kroger or Walmart+ delivery. Probably cut your grocery bill by half. We aren’t impulse buyers. Rarely buy processed food, so can be in and out of a grocery in less than 20 minutes, faster if you can scan and go

We figure as long as we can afford it and will eat it why not impulse buy. Find new things we like all the time. When we do buy something and do not care for it we just say oh well and go on to the next thing.

[Pairadocs]

Won't change anything around here.

That's what I understood, that the ones they did NOT pick up the option on were NOT in our area.