Last time we talked about it, on another thread, someone said it was similar to Aldi's. So I got the impression the pricing would be reasonable like Aldi's. Based on that, I figure they will have to locate outside of TV to maintain their overall cost structure.

Customers always ultimately pay for all costs in the final analysis (including taxes paid buy the business) There is really no other way .:shrug:

Of course customers always pay all costs. It's no surprise to me but I mentioned it because people always say how wonderful Winn Dixie looks with the renovation, as if it's a free gift to their customers. I don't care what the store looks like. I'd rather have the old worn-out look and get a better deal on fruits and vegetables. The new flooring in the produce dept. is beautiful but I can't take it home and eat it. :laugh:

Very well said!! Anytime you go into a store and the sign by the door says "Excuse our dust", get out your checkbook!!

I quit going to Winn Dixie because their specials are only for those that carry a Winn Dixie card around with them. Why can't all their customers get the same price? I found in S. Florida that much of their can goods were expired. Maybe it was just that certain store but I haven't been back since going to the store in Wildwood in response to chicken breasts on sale and only to find I needed their stupid card.

Ohhhhhhhh....really?

Three days later, it's official. The Daily Sun says Sweetbay will become Winn Dixie, including the one being built at Pinellas Place.

Personally I like to shop in a clean, modern environment. It may cost a few pennies more but I would feel more confident in my food coming from a pristine enviorment.

Aldi's had four beautiful ears of corn for a dollar and they were on a tray with cellophane over the top. But, not to worry, the store is reasonably clean. Every time I go there on saturday I see them going over the floors with a special machine. Bananas are usually .44 cents a pound and .35 cents on sale. About a month ago I got a 5 lb. bag of potatoes for a dollar. They seemed to be reasonably clean but of course it's a good idea to wash them anyway. There are many bargains, to numerous to mention, and I don't feel woried that it's not clean enough.

At one time or another everyone has been to a farmers market like Market of Marion. It's not a "pristine environment". But, heck, you have to wash the vegetables whether they come from Winn Dixie, Aldi's or a farmers market.

And Winn Dixie is not just a few pennies more in my estimation, unless you're buying just the sale items. For people who are not "price sensitive" it's undoubtedly a great place to shop. But for me, old habits die hard. I still remember the old days when I didn't have much money. I look for value, it's in my bones. ;)

If I read correctly, Sweetbay will stay Sweetbay. The stores were bought by Bi-Lo and at the closure it was stated that each grocery chain they purchased would still exist. Now, that's what is happening as of this date....time will tell us for sure if that will change.

That's the way I read it too. Again, if I read it correctly, the article simply states that Sweetbay and Winn-Dixie are now under common ownership and that both the LSL and Pinellas Plaza locations will both carry the Sweetbay name.

Oh yeah---the cards. CVS, Walgreen, Winn Dixie and other stores with their so called rewards cards. Remember S & H Green Stamps? I guess the only good thing about some of them is they are free but they are a nuisance. Maybe under new management Winn Dixie/Sweetbay will do away with those nuisance cards. Just give us the best price without the nuisance of a card.

Aldi is the parent company of Trader Joes

Yes, I think you got it right, it will still be Sweetbay. The employees will be the same, stock on the shelves and pricing will likely be the same too.

Thanks, I keep forgetting that. I guess that means Trader Joes will not locate anywhere near Aldi's on 441. Otherwise, they would end up competing with themselves. And there's another Aldi's on 441 in Leesburg, so they wouldn't go in that direction. So the problem is where to locate without being inside TV. How about hwy. 301, a little south of 466?

I never understood the Sweetbay biz model. To me it was part discount (leftover from it's Kash & Karry past) and part Publix wannabe. They could not decide what they wanted to be and the result was failure.

The LSL location is a rare profitable anomaly.

according to the Daily Sun it was in yesrterdays paper that it has been sold It was bought by winn dixie or the company that owns them
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The article I read said Bi-Lo bought Winn-Dixie last year and just recently purchased Sweet Bay.

Our trader joes and aldi is few miles away from each other...sooooo maybe not

That is more like it. Aldi is a big German Chain. Ones in Germany are arranged nicer than in Germany, but US ones do not an Euro, Quarter, or a decorative piece of a keychain to be inserted to get the carts.

Per WIKIPEDIA
Acquisition of Delhaize banners [edit]

On May 28, 2013 it was announced that BI-LO was acquiring the Harveys, sweetbay and Reid's banners from Delhaize Group for USD$265 million. All stores are expected to remain open. 10,000 employees were acquired as well.

Absolutely agree.
 

I just returned from Cincinnati yesterday will a few bags full of Traders Joe's non perishable goodies. I told them we need them in TV. If you go to their website there is a place to indicate where you think a store should be built. Vote early and often!

We shopped at the Hunt Valley store almost weekly for 4 years. We miss it mightily. When Wegman's built their store in Johnson City NY (near Binghamton) back in the 80's it was at the time, the largest grocery store in the US. The one in Hunt Valley is the size of a 747 hanger and makes the JC store look like a Circle-K! God I miss Wegman's!!

Yeah..they do. See my earlier post. They are currently in northern Virginia in the DC area.

I read an article in the Ocala newspaper this week, that SweetBay has been bought by the parent company that owns Win Dixie....

:shrug:...

I'm not a big fan of Sweet Bay. Maybe the new owners will make the store better.

It's interesting that Delhaize did not include the Sweetbay distribution center in Plant City in the sale of the stores to Bi-Lo. Buying this distribution center would set up the perfect opportunity for Wegmans to get into the Florida market.

According to Wegmans website, they have many new stores under construction. The most southerly city is Charlottesville, VA.



http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/n...9bb2963f4.html

I would assume that it was more of Bi-Lo not needing or wanting that distribution center due to the current Winn Dixie ones.