ALDI will take over a store that was once operated by Winn-Dixie, following its multi-billion dollar buyout.
Construction is now underway on the store located in St. Johns County, Florida, to convert the Winn-Dixie into an Aldi location in the coming months.
Aldi is taking over a Winn-Dixie spot in St. Johns County, Florida[/caption]
Aldi had previously converted other Winn-Dixie spots in the state, include in Panama City, Deltona and Jacksonville, as part of its aim to shift around 220 stores to the Aldi format by 2027.
This came after Aldi purchased around 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets in 2024 from the chain’s shared parent company, Southeastern Grocers.
The Winn-Dixie in St. Johns County closed on August 10, but no opening date for the Aldi store was given.
Another Winn-Dixie conversion is currently taking place in Ormond Beach, Florida.
Matt Thon, regional vice president for Aldi, told The Daytona Beach News-Journal that shoppers can expect the new store by the end of the fall.
It will mark Aldi‘s second location in the city.
The chain will take over roughly 38% of the vacant lot, which stands at 62,377-square-foot.
The rest of the space will be left available for other tenants.
EXPANSION PLANS
By the end of 2025, Aldi aims to open 225 new stores, which includes some of the Winn-Dixie and Harveys conversions.
This would mark the largest number of stores Aldi has opened in the US in a single year.
By the end of 2028, Aldi plans to open 800 new locations in the US.
According to the chain’s website, there are 35 new stores across nine states coming before the end of the year, with exact opening dates for many of them not known.
They are coming to states including Alabama, Arizona, Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The closest new store opening is set for tomorrow, September 18 in Tuscaloose, Alabama.
New Aldi stores opening
Alabama
Tuscaloosa, 9750 Highway 69 S. – Opening Sept. 18
Rainbow City, 3331 Rainbow Drive – Opening Sept. 25
Selma, 1952 W. Dallas Ave. – Date TBA
Arizona
Surprise, 17038 West Waddell Road – Opening Oct. 2
Florida
Milton, 5428 Dogwood Drive – Opening Oct. 2
Bushnell, 1122 N. Main St. – Date TBA
Englewood, 4100 S. McCall Road – Date TBA
Englewood, 1951 S. McCall Road – Date TBA
Fort Lauderdale, 941 SW 24th St. – Date TBA
Gainesville, 300 SW 16th Ave. – Date TBA
Jacksonville, 6060 Fort Caroline Road – Date TBA
Leesburg, 27405 U.S. 27 – Date TBA
Orlando, 1403 S. Hiawassee Road – Date TBA
Ormond Beach, 353 W. Granada Blvd. – Date TBA
Deerfield Beach, 2301 W. Sample Road – Date TBA
Lehigh Acres, 61 Bell Blvd. N. – Date TBA
Naples, 13725 Immokalee Road – Date TBA
New Port Richey, 12124 Moon Lake Road – Date TBA
New Port Richey, 6400 Massachusetts Ave. – Date TBA
North Fort Myers, 5690 Bayshore Road – Date TBA
Palm Harbor, 1360 Tampa Road – Date TBA
Port Saint John, 6257 U.S. 1 – Date TBA
St. Petersburg, 3327 9th Street N. – Date TBA
Sarasota, 4230 Bee Ridge Road – Date TBA
Georgia
Cordele, 1011 East 16th Ave. – Date TBA
Illinois
Chicago Ridge, 9640 Ridgeland Ave. – Date TBA
Louisiana
Hammond, 2302 W. Thomas St. – Opening Sept. 25
Slidell, 2985 Gause Blvd. E. – Opening Sept. 25
Zachary, 5005 Church St. – Date TBA
Maryland
Charlotte Hall, 37548 Traveled Lane – Opening Sept. 18
Mississippi
Ridgeland, 750 Highland Colony Parkway – Opening Sept. 25
Gulfport, 11312 Highway 49 – Date TBA
Long Beach, 109 N. Cleveland Ave. – Date TBA
Pennsylvania
Dillsburg, 1350 Gettysburg Pike – Date TBA
Harrisburg, 2020 EG Drive – Date TBA
Another is opening in Rainbow City, Alabama on September 25, with more coming in October across Arizona and Florida.
BUY BACK
Aldi has just made the decision to sell 170 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets back to Southeastern Grocers, in combination with C&S Wholesale Grocers.
The stores that have been sold back are in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, and included the existing Winn-Dixie liquor store business.
Aldi will keep the 220 Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores it plans to convert.
Southeastern Grocers will continue to operate the stores that have been identified for conversion until they close for the switch to an Aldi format.
Aldi said that it sold the 170 stores back so it could focus on the 220 ones it was planning to convert.
