About 220 Winn-Dixie and Harveys groceries stores to close and reopen as ALDI
/ALDI USA is disposing of roughly 42% of the approximately 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets locations it acquired in 2024 and found unsuitable to convert to the ALDI brand. The balance of the stores ALDI acquired (about 220) will be reopened with the ALDI format and brand, with roughly 100 slated to reopen as ALDI stores by the end of 2025. Meanwhile Winn-Dixie and Harveys will continue to operate under their respective brands until they close.
The 170 stores ALDI has divested will go to a consortium of private investors led by Anthony T. Hucker, the current president and CEO of Southeastern Grocers (former owner of the Winn-Dixie chain), and C&S Wholesale Grocers. If you recall, C&S had been slated to acquire nearly 600 supermarkets from Kroger and Albertsons in connection with those retailers’ failed plan to merge.