FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – A former Winn-Dixie in Fernandina Beach will open Thursday after being converted into an Aldi, according to our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.
A new option for grocery shopping is on the horizon in Fernandina Beach, where Aldi plans an April 2 opening of its converted Winn-Dixie store at 947 Amelia Plaza.
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The Germany-based grocer has set a ribbon-cutting for 8:45 a.m., offering gift bags with Aldi products and a gift card to the first 200 customers.
JR Perry, regional vice president for Aldi, said in a March 30 news release that the new store would “bring more people a high-quality grocery they want and need at the lowest possible price.”
In March 2024, Aldi completed a deal with Southeastern Grocers Inc., now The Winn-Dixie Company LLC, to buy about 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores to convert into its discount concept.
Eleven months later, a consortium of private investors led by Southeastern Grocers Inc. CEO Anthony Hucker and supplier C&S Wholesale Grocers acquired SEG and 170 remaining Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores in the five states to continue the banners.
Winn-Dixie has begun converting Harveys stores to the Winn-Dixie brand in a strategy to focus on the company’s home state of Florida and the Northeast Florida region after selling its stores in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and much of Georgia.