This month a group of private investors, led by Anthony Hucker, the current CEO and president of parent company Southeastern Grocers, and the grocer’s supply chain partner C&S Wholesale Grocers, acquired Southeastern Grocers and many of its Winn-Dixie stores back from Aldi.

At least one Winn-Dixie store in Pensacola is still planning to be converted into an Aldi despite selling stores back to Southeastern Grocers.

Winn-Dixie’s iconic brand name will remain above more than 100 stores across Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama after its parent Southeastern Grocers was purchased from

The Great Aldi Conversion has slowed down a bit. The discount grocery chain is selling the Winn-Dixie, Harveys stores it bought less than a year ago.

As part of the deal, 220 former Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets will be converted into Aldi stores by 2027. Winn-Dixie has multiple locations across the Palm Beaches, the Trea