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Miami Herald
a day ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Secrets at the supermarket? See what your Miami store is cooking up
Business Secrets at the supermarket? See what your Miami store is cooking up Miami supermarkets are changing how customers shop and dine. Winn-Dixie stores are being converted to Aldi in several Miami locations, while some existing stores are set for upgrades and possible new layouts. Publix recently introduced a softer sub roll, responding to customer feedback and adding to its popular deli lineup. Many stores are quietly offering more, such as custom seafood prep, special deli requests or in-store product slicing, if you ask for it. Take a look at the supermarket secrets. Grocery stores are more flexible than you think when it comes to customized requests. NO. 1: WILL YOUR MIAMI SUPERMARKET DO THAT FOR YOU? HERE ARE 5 SECRETS AT THE GROCERY STORE Ask, and see what they say. | Published January 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald File The Winn-Dixie storefront on Coral Way at 3275 SW 22nd Ave. The 57,124 square foot supermarket has a liquor store component and was built in 1990. The ground once was the site of the Twin Gables and later Triple Gables movie theater from 1970 to the late 1980s. By Howard Cohen NO. 2: WHAT DOES A NEW DEAL WITH ALDI AND WINN-DIXIE MEAN FOR MIAMI SHOPPERS? HERE'S A RUNDOWN Yes, many of the red-festooned stores will disappear. But many will be saved. | Published February 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen Publix shared an image of its popular Chicken Tender club folded into its new soft white roll. The softer white bread option was introduced in February 2025 at Publix grocery stores in the eight southeastern states it operates in. NO. 3: 'WE TAKE PRIDE IN SURPRISING CUSTOMERS.' PUBLIX ROLLS OUT A NEW SOFT PUB SUB ROLL 'We're following the latest trends.' | Published February 15, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Changing Crescent City Winn-Dixie to Aldi could spark food desert, cost dozens of jobs, mayor says
A small town in Putnam County is on the verge of losing its only full-service grocery store. Winn-Dixie has served Crescent City for nearly three decades — since 1997 — but now, it's on a list of 170 locations being converted into Aldi outlets. Mayor Michele Myers and the City Commission this week presented a resolution last Tuesday urging Southeast Grocers and Aldi to reconsider, saying that the closure would threaten more than 80 local jobs and risk turning Crescent City into a food desert. 'Without a full-service grocer, families here would be forced into 40-mile round trips just to buy produce and staples,' Myers said. 'We have smaller local stores, but they can't replace fresh food or the jobs this store provides.' [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] Steve Cummings, dean at Crescent City High School, added that Winn-Dixie is the town's second-largest employer. 'Students and parents work here,' he said. 'Walking through those doors feels like coming home.' The resolution will be sent to both Southeast Grocers and Aldi. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] The mayor said she hasn't reached out to state officials just yet. There is still time before the companies move forward with the planned conversion. Crescent City officials hope a show of community unity will persuade corporate leaders to keep their decades-old anchor store open. Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Publix, Aldi and Whole Foods plan summer openings in South Florida. See details
Aldi plans to open five new locations in South Florida by fall 2025, including at least two conversions from former Winn-Dixie stores. Publix plans a new Fort Lauderdale store. And Whole Foods Market primes a June delivery for its Miami Midtown store. it will anchor a long-awaited residential tower in the city's Edgewater neighborhood, and the Amazon-owned grocery aims to carry merchandise from Florida growers, bakers and providers. Here are the planned supermarket arrivals — just in time for hurricane season to help you stock up on supplies. MORE: How much will a hurricane kit cost? See prices as you get ready for storm season Aldi Aldi hasn't announced opening dates for its coming-soon stores, but will release details closer to the grand openings, said spokesperson Maya Sullivan. The new locations are expected to open summer into the fall: Miami-Dade ▪ 20417 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura. This former Winn-Dixie was one of the Jacksonville-based chain's two full-service kosher stores via its deli and bakery departments. The other is at 7024 Beracasa Way in Boca Raton. Aldi may carry kosher items, but the stores don't have cold and hot deli counters or butchers who customize cuts. Aldi carries pre-packaged meat, poultry and fish. Broward ▪ 941 SW 24th St., Fort Lauderdale. This location was also a Winn-Dixie. ▪ 2301 W. Sample Rd., Deerfield Beach. Palm Beach County ▪ 5062 Seminole Pratt Whitney, Westlake. Treasure Coast ▪ 1105 NE Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach. Other Florida openings Aldi plans several new stores in Fort Myers and Naples into the fall. ▪ 61 Bell Blvd. North, Lehigh Acres. ▪ 13725 Immokalee Rd., Naples. ▪ 5690 Bayshore Rd., North Fort Myers. New Publix Publix opens a new store location in Fort Lauderdale on June 19 at 2985 N. Ocean Blvd. The 29,495-square-foot store in Lauderdale Beach will feature traditional departments including deli, bakery, floral, produce, seafood and meats and cheeses. New Whole Foods Whole Foods Market opens a new 53,400-square-foot store at 2910 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood. The grocery store anchors a 39-story, 588-unit residential tower, Nema Miami, and opens June 26. The new location touts more than 500 local items from more than 130 Florida suppliers. Also, look for a coffee bar stocked with Cuban-style coffee. The ground-level store features designs of local flora and bird motifs. Local features at the new Midtown Miami: Full-service seafood counter with options that include red snapper and grouper from Greg Abrams Seafood in Panama City. The Gulf shrimp and Key West pink shrimp come from Tampa's Cox's Seafood Co. Spiny lobster tails make their way north from Marathon's Key's Fisheries. Some locally serviced produce and floral offerings include lychee and passion fruit from EcoRipe Tropicals in Medley. Orchids are sourced from the Silver Vase nursery in Homestead and watermelons are from Jim Rash Inc. in Lake Wales. Locals get into the specialty departments, too. Hand-wrapped fresh mozzarella from Pompano Beach's Italian grocer Mozzarita. Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Bars from 5150 Chocolate Co. in Delray Beach. Rosemary flatbread from Jennifer's Homemade in Miami. Cold-pressed kombucha from Miami's Radiate Kombucha and juices from 305 Squeezed in Miami. The new Edgewater Whole Foods also includes a full-service meat counter culling ground beef from Adams Ranch Natural Beef in Fort Pierce. A spirits section boasts more than 240 craft beers, many of which are from local brewers, and 700 wines. The bakery department sells items from South Florida's Zak the Baker, Bunnie Cakes, Simply Delicious Bakers and Gelato Fino. Opening morning lures: The store's grand opening is 9 a.m. June 26, when customers can sip complimentary coffee from Fort Lauderdale's Wells Coffee and breakfast treats from Miami's Zak the Baker. The first 300 customers in line can score a custom tote bag and Secret Saver coupon featuring offers up to $100 off. Gelatys of Miami will pass out complimentary gelato pops to afternoon shoppers. Regular store hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
18 Florida Aldi stores coming to Florida. Here's the list of where, current locations
Don't have an Aldi near you? Just wait, one is probably coming. The discount grocery store chain sold most of the unconverted Winn-Dixie and Harvey's locations the company bought last year, but they're still moving forward with the locations that were in progress along with new stores. There are currently 18 Aldi locations due to open soon across Florida, according to the company's coming-soon webpage, including Fort Lauderdale, The Villages, St. Cloud, and one opening in Ocala on Thursday, June 5. The first 100 customers will get gift bags with some fan-favorite products and a gift card, with a chance to win a $500 gift card through the weekend. "At our new Ocala ALDI store, shoppers will find that every decision we make, from our product selection to store layout, is to provide our customers with the best products at the lowest possible prices of any national grocer," said Matt Thon, Aldi regional vice president. "Our customers can save up to 36% on an average household's shopping list." About 220 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores will be converted to the smaller, simpler Aldi format by 2027, Aldi said. The company plans to open 225 new store locations in the United States in 2025, the most they've ever opened in a single year. The no-frills German grocery chain acquired Southeastern Grocers Inc (SEG), the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets, and announced an ambitious five-year, $9 billion plan to add 800 stores nationwide through new stores and store conversions. In less than a year, it turned around and sold most of them to a consortium of private investors led by SEG president Anthony Hucker, but kept the ones where conversion plans were underway. On Aldi's grand opening page, the chain lists 18 new locations, most of them former Winn-Dixie sites: Arcadia, 1737 East Oak St. Aventura, Promenade Shops, 20417 Biscayne Boulevard Boynton Beach, Cobblestone Commons, 8855 Boynton Beach Blvd., Suite 310 Bushnell, Walker Ridge Square, 1122 North Main Street Crystal River, Crystal River Shopping Center, 1651 Southeast US Highway 19 Deerfield Beach, Crossroads Shopping Center, 301 W Sample Road, Building #2 Fleming Island, Town Center at Eagle Harbor, 1545 County Road 220 Fort Lauderdale, Southland Shopping Center, 941 Southwest 24th Street Jensen Beach, Palm Breeze Plaza, 1105 Northeast Jensen Beach Blvd Lake Wales, Lake Wales Shopping Center, 1860 State Road 60 East Lehigh Acres, 61 Bell Boulevard North Lutz, Sunset Plaza, 18407 US Highway 41 Melbourne, The Ocean Springs Shopping Village, 961 E. Eau Gallie Blvd. Ocala, Marion Oaks Shopping Center, 184 Marion Oaks Blvd. Orlando, Metro West Marketplace, 1403 South Hiawassee Road St. Cloud, 3318 Canoe Creek Road Tampa, 15692 North Dale Mabry Highway The Villages, 820 Old Camp Road (former Winn-Dixie) Westlake, Grove Market, 5062 Seminole Pratt Whitney Road (former Winn-Dixie) Several more Winn-Dixie conversions are still ongoing, including locations in Leesburg, Ormond Beach, Port St. John, and Sebastian. The company also continues to open brand new Aldi stores, such as another being built in Port Orange. Several Aldi Florida locations, most of them former Winn-Dixies, have opened this year, including: Apollo Beach, 252 Harbor Village Lane Avon Park, 802 U.S. Highway 27 South Deltona, 2880 Howland Blvd. Fort Walton Beach: 798 Beal Parkway Jacksonville: 2261 Edgewood Ave. W Lakeland: 6902 Florida Avenue South Lithia: 16751 Fishhawk Blvd. Panama City: 3157 West 23rd St. Panama City Beach: 23200 Front Beach Road Pensacola: 312 East 9 Mile Road Port St. Lucie: 10300 Southwest Discovery Way Quincy: 1632 W. Jefferson St. Tampa, 2100 West Swann Ave. Aldi is an international chain of no-frills grocery stores with no coupons and few, if any, big-name brand products. Unlike Winn-Dixie, Aldi does not offer a meat counter, a deli, a pharmacy, a bakery, or a liquor store. There are no elaborate displays, no overhead music, a much smaller selection with few duplicates of item brands, lots of house brands, and fewer open hours. The goal of all of these is to keep prices low, the company says. You pay a quarter to get a shopping cart (you get it back when you return the cart), and you bag your own groceries with empty boxes from the store, bags you bought there or containers from home. There is a double-your-money-back "Twice is Nice" guarantee on its store brand products, and the chain regularly offers "FINDS," limited-time offers that change weekly or seasonally, and other discounted deals. The company does not offer a membership program. The Aldi chain was founded by Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 (Aldi is an abbreviated form of "Albrecht Diskont"). After the brothers got into an argument over whether the stores should sell cigarettes, in 1960, they split the company into Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd, which both operate stores internationally in different regions. U.S. stores, including the new Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores, are operated by Aldi Süd. Aldi Nord also owns Trader Joe's. Aldi U.S. is based in Batavia, Illinois. This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Aldi still converting Winn-Dixie locations. Where in Florida
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Aldi doesn't own Winn-Dixie, but it continues converting stores in Florida. Here's where
Discount grocery store chain Aldi may have sold most of the unconverted Winn-Dixie and Harvey's locations the company bought last year, but they're still moving forward with the locations that were in progress. The company has 10 more coming to Florida, according to their grand openings page, including a new listing for one in Deerfield Beach. About 220 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores will be converted to the smaller, simpler Aldi format by 2027, Aldi said. The company plans to open 225 new store locations in the United States in 2025, the most they've ever opened in a single year. The no-frills German grocery chain acquired Southeastern Grocers Inc (SEG), the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets, and announced an ambitious five-year, $9 billion plan to add 800 stores nationwide through new stores and store conversions. In less than a year, it turned around and sold most of them to a consortium of private investors led by SEG president Anthony Hucker, but kept the ones where conversion plans were underway. In Volusia County, an Aldi opened in Deltona on May 1 at a previous Winn-Dixie location, but plans for a converted Winn-Dixie in Port Orange hit a snag when, on May 9, the city's building and fire departments marked the application as "deficient." Several Aldi Florida locations, most of them former Winn-Dixies, have opened this year, including: Apollo Beach, 252 Harbor Village Lane Avon Park, 802 U.S. Highway 27 South Deltona, 2880 Howland Blvd. Fort Walton Beach: 798 Beal Parkway Jacksonville: 2261 Edgewood Ave. W Lakeland: 6902 Florida Avenue South Lithia: 16751 Fishhawk Blvd. Panama City: 3157 West 23rd St. Panama City Beach: 23200 Front Beach Road Pensacola: 312 East 9 Mile Road Port St. Lucie: 10300 Southwest Discovery Way Quincy: 1632 W. Jefferson St. Tampa, 2100 West Swann Ave. On Aldi's grand opening page, the chain lists 10 new locations, most of them former Winn-Dixie sites: Arcadia, 1737 East Oak St. (former Winn-Dixie) Boynton Beach, Cobblestone Commons, 8855 Boynton Beach Blvd., Suite 310 (former Winn-Dixie) Deerfield Beach, Crossroads Shopping Center, 301 W Sample Road, Building #2 Jensen Beach, Palm Breeze Plaza, 1105 Northeast Jensen Beach Blvd. (former Winn-Dixie) Lake Wales, Lake Wales Shopping Center, 1860 State Road 60 East (former Winn-Dixie) Lutz, Sunset Plaza, 18407 US Highway 41 (former Winn-Dixie) Melbourne, The Ocean Springs Shopping Village, 961 E. Eau Gallie Blvd. (former Winn-Dixie) Ocala, Marion Oaks Shopping Center, 184 Marion Oaks Blvd. (former Winn-Dixie) Orlando, Metro West Marketplace, 1403 South Hiawassee Road (former Winn-Dixie) Tampa, 15692 North Dale Mabry Highway Several more Winn-Dixie conversions are still ongoing, including locations in Leesburg, Ormond Beach, Port St. John, and Sebastian. The company also continues to open brand new Aldi stores, such as another being built in Port Orange. Aldi is an international chain of no-frills grocery stores with no coupons and few, if any, big-name brand products. Unlike Winn-Dixie, Aldi does not offer a meat counter, a deli, a pharmacy, a bakery, or a liquor store. There are no elaborate displays, no overhead music, a much smaller selection with few duplicates of item brands, lots of house brands, and fewer open hours. The goal of all of these is to keep prices low, the company says. You pay a quarter to get a shopping cart (you get it back when you return the cart), and you bag your own groceries with empty boxes from the store, bags you bought there or containers from home. There is a double-your-money-back "Twice is Nice" guarantee on its store brand products, and the chain regularly offers "FINDS," limited-time offers that change weekly or seasonally, and other discounted deals. The company does not offer a membership program. The Aldi chain was founded by Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 (Aldi is an abbreviated form of "Albrecht Diskont"). After the brothers got into an argument over whether the stores should sell cigarettes, in 1960, they split the company into Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd, which both operate stores internationally in different regions. U.S. stores, including the new Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores, are operated by Aldi Süd. Aldi Nord also owns Trader Joe's. Aldi U.S. is based in Batavia, Illinois. This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Aldi converting more Winn-Dixie stores in Florida, here's the list
