The ever shrinking Winn-Dixie
Posted: 29 Jul 2010 02:59
July 28, 2010, Winn Dixie announces the closure of 30 "Underperforming" stores. This includes two stores close to where I live in Central Georgia that are each far from the remaining core markets where Winn-Dixie still maintains a presence. (My notes about store location in blue )
The list of stores closing (posted on WESH.com and later on Winn-Dixie's website)
Alabama
Helena
Store 469 - 335 Helena Market Place, 35080
Florida
Boca Raton
Store 263 - 291 W. Camino Real, 33432
I grew up in the area so I remember this store opened sometime in the early 1970's. It shared the shopping center with a SuperX drug store and was across the street from a "white columns" style Publix Market with Eckerd Drug Store. The Winn Dixie was a standard build for the 1970's and had minimal updates over the years (fresh paint etc.) Their competition Publix moved into a new location a mile east in the late 1990's and the original Publix building became a FRESH MARKET store with mimimal exterior remodeling. By then the Winn Dixie saw remodeling with the shopping center making upgrades. By 2005 this store had modern Winn Dixie sinage and minimal upgrades inside but not up to par with the modern shopping traditions of a very upscale Boca Raton Florida. I was very surprised this store was still open on my last visit to the area at Thanksgiving 2009.
Boynton Beach
Store 256 - 4770 N. Congress Ave., 33426
Store 257 - 9840 Military Trail, 33436
Clermont
Store 2334 - 1100 US Hwy 27, 34711
This store was a 1990's vintage "Marketplace" store, possibly the original Winn Dixie to what used to be a mostly rural area near Orlando.
Deerfield Beach
Store 265 - 1101 S. Military Trail, 33442
This store was a mid 1990's "Marketplace" store that replaced TWO locations, Pompano Beach corner of W. Sample Road and Military Trail and Deerfield Beach corner of Military Trail and W. Hillsboro Blvd. The two stores replaced were 1970's vintage Winn-Dixies and this store # 265 was located on Military Trail at Sawgrass Expressway half way between the other two stores. This store competed with a small 1980's vintage Publix a 1/2 mile south and served the CENTURY VILLAGE retirement community.
Delray Beach
Store 268 – 1565 S. Congress Ave., 33445
Deltona
Store 2241 - 1200 Deltona Blvd., 32725
Ft. Lauderdale
Store 230 - 2420 North Federal Hwy., 33301
This store was built in the 1980's on the site of a former JEFFERSON'S (Jefferson Wards) department store replacing a 1960's/1970's vintage store 2 blocks north. The original store was a Quick Chek store in the early/mid 1970's and signs were changed to Winn-Dixie by the late 1970's, but the building was definitely a familiar WD style for that time. Since the mid 1980's the original WD store has been a Walgreens and after renovations in the 1990's, it bears no resemblence to the former supermarket.
Greenacres
Store 356 - 6356 Forest Hill Blvd., 33415
Jacksonville
Store 6 - 10915 Baymeadows Road, 32256
Lake Worth
Store 260 - 6600 Hypoluxo Road, 33462
Store 281 - 4105 State Road 7, 33467
Store 337 - 6406 W. Lake Worth Road, 33463
Leesburg
Store 2347 - 1103 W. North Blvd., 34748
Loxahatchee
Store 288 - 5060 Seminole Pratt-Whitney Road, 33470
Orlando
Store 2216 - 2103 Americana Blvd., 32839
Store 2281 - 4400 Hoffner Road, 32812
Store 2652 - 4520 S. Semoran Blvd., 32822
Store 2654 - 10537 E. Colonial Drive, 32817
Pembroke Pines
Store 278 - 15859 Pines Blvd., 33027
Plantation
Store 222 - 901 North Nob Hill Road
Poinciana
Store 2265 - 900 Cypress Pkwy., 34759
Sarasota
Store 668 - 3500 N. Tamiami Trail, 34234
Titusville
Store 2209 - 700 Cheney Hwy., 32780
Georgia
Bonaire
Store 1854 - 785 Hwy 96, 31005
I have lived in this area for 16 years so THIS IS (WAS) MY LOCAL WINN DIXIE since it opened in 1998. Looking back, it was doomed from the start. When it opened it was one of two Winn Dixie stores in the Warner Robins area the "original" location in Warner Robins closed in 2001. A "Marketplace" store, when it was built, #1854 was the ONLY supermarket in a growing residential area. The FIRST shopping along Houston County's stretch of Ga HWY 96. The ONLY grocery and the only Pharmacy within a 5 mile radius. The closest store was a small Food Lion on the other side of the "Feagin Mill" neighborhood. It's pricing was always on the high side because of the lack of close competition. And Bonaire is a community where everyone drives a great distance to work and other shopping. If they worked at nearby Robins Air Force Base, they passed Kroger, Publix, Food Lion, a former Foodmax and now a Walmart along the way. If Bonaire residents commuted to Macon they had the same options there. Most shopping could be done on the way home instead at the "hometown supermarket". Winn Dixie was treated like a last resort neighborhood store or the place you would go to if you just didn't feel like driving 10-15 minutes anywhere else on a weekend.
This store started with great opportunities missed. It contained the first bank in the area, CB&T Bank had an in store branch that moved out of the store less than two years later joining other banks building in the area and the bank was never replaced. And traffic at this store decreased over the years with the building of a CVS Pharmacy across the street, a Publix in 2005 2 miles west, Walgreens in 2007 and the final nail in this Winn Dixie's coffin came just a few months ago with a new Kroger (including starbucks and fuel center) directly across the street.
Dublin
Store 1812 - 2101 Veterans Blvd., 321021
This was a 1990's vintage "Marketplace" store that shared a center with Walmart. And its competition was two FoodMax stores, a Kroger and an independently owned Piggly Wiggly, all of which were smaller stores. When the 2005 Bankruptcy closings occurred, this Winn Dixie survived as the lone store in the chain, far from any remaining store in the chain. The closest was the Bonaire store 50 miles west then Americus which was over 100 miles away. It seemed insane for WD to maintain a store so far away from its core marketing area.
The Kroger was replaced with a store twice its size with starbucks and a fuel center. The FoodMax stores became Southern Family Foods and one store immediately closed. Then Winn-Dixies neighbor Walmart moved into a supercenter in 2009. The second Southern Family Foods closed 6 months later and now on schedule, 6 months after Southern Family closed, the Winn Dixie is closing. Besides being so far from the closest branch, this store would have suffered greatly from traffic because the new Walmart built in a location along the new US 441 bypass that will detour all major shopping traffic away from the Winn Dixie's somewhat hidden location.
Winn Dixie's Georgia closings make it official. The chain now only serves the Columbus, Albany and Valdosta areas. However only the Columbus and Valdosta area stores had seen any remodeling since the bankruptcy.
Louisiana
Marrero
Store 1416 - 5969 Lapalco Blvd., 70072
Mississippi
Meridian
Store 536 - 2120 Hwy 19 North, 39305
Store 2621 - 1700 North Frontage Road, 39301
The list of stores closing (posted on WESH.com and later on Winn-Dixie's website)
Alabama
Helena
Store 469 - 335 Helena Market Place, 35080
Florida
Boca Raton
Store 263 - 291 W. Camino Real, 33432
I grew up in the area so I remember this store opened sometime in the early 1970's. It shared the shopping center with a SuperX drug store and was across the street from a "white columns" style Publix Market with Eckerd Drug Store. The Winn Dixie was a standard build for the 1970's and had minimal updates over the years (fresh paint etc.) Their competition Publix moved into a new location a mile east in the late 1990's and the original Publix building became a FRESH MARKET store with mimimal exterior remodeling. By then the Winn Dixie saw remodeling with the shopping center making upgrades. By 2005 this store had modern Winn Dixie sinage and minimal upgrades inside but not up to par with the modern shopping traditions of a very upscale Boca Raton Florida. I was very surprised this store was still open on my last visit to the area at Thanksgiving 2009.
Boynton Beach
Store 256 - 4770 N. Congress Ave., 33426
Store 257 - 9840 Military Trail, 33436
Clermont
Store 2334 - 1100 US Hwy 27, 34711
This store was a 1990's vintage "Marketplace" store, possibly the original Winn Dixie to what used to be a mostly rural area near Orlando.
Deerfield Beach
Store 265 - 1101 S. Military Trail, 33442
This store was a mid 1990's "Marketplace" store that replaced TWO locations, Pompano Beach corner of W. Sample Road and Military Trail and Deerfield Beach corner of Military Trail and W. Hillsboro Blvd. The two stores replaced were 1970's vintage Winn-Dixies and this store # 265 was located on Military Trail at Sawgrass Expressway half way between the other two stores. This store competed with a small 1980's vintage Publix a 1/2 mile south and served the CENTURY VILLAGE retirement community.
Delray Beach
Store 268 – 1565 S. Congress Ave., 33445
Deltona
Store 2241 - 1200 Deltona Blvd., 32725
Ft. Lauderdale
Store 230 - 2420 North Federal Hwy., 33301
This store was built in the 1980's on the site of a former JEFFERSON'S (Jefferson Wards) department store replacing a 1960's/1970's vintage store 2 blocks north. The original store was a Quick Chek store in the early/mid 1970's and signs were changed to Winn-Dixie by the late 1970's, but the building was definitely a familiar WD style for that time. Since the mid 1980's the original WD store has been a Walgreens and after renovations in the 1990's, it bears no resemblence to the former supermarket.
Greenacres
Store 356 - 6356 Forest Hill Blvd., 33415
Jacksonville
Store 6 - 10915 Baymeadows Road, 32256
Lake Worth
Store 260 - 6600 Hypoluxo Road, 33462
Store 281 - 4105 State Road 7, 33467
Store 337 - 6406 W. Lake Worth Road, 33463
Leesburg
Store 2347 - 1103 W. North Blvd., 34748
Loxahatchee
Store 288 - 5060 Seminole Pratt-Whitney Road, 33470
Orlando
Store 2216 - 2103 Americana Blvd., 32839
Store 2281 - 4400 Hoffner Road, 32812
Store 2652 - 4520 S. Semoran Blvd., 32822
Store 2654 - 10537 E. Colonial Drive, 32817
Pembroke Pines
Store 278 - 15859 Pines Blvd., 33027
Plantation
Store 222 - 901 North Nob Hill Road
Poinciana
Store 2265 - 900 Cypress Pkwy., 34759
Sarasota
Store 668 - 3500 N. Tamiami Trail, 34234
Titusville
Store 2209 - 700 Cheney Hwy., 32780
Georgia
Bonaire
Store 1854 - 785 Hwy 96, 31005
I have lived in this area for 16 years so THIS IS (WAS) MY LOCAL WINN DIXIE since it opened in 1998. Looking back, it was doomed from the start. When it opened it was one of two Winn Dixie stores in the Warner Robins area the "original" location in Warner Robins closed in 2001. A "Marketplace" store, when it was built, #1854 was the ONLY supermarket in a growing residential area. The FIRST shopping along Houston County's stretch of Ga HWY 96. The ONLY grocery and the only Pharmacy within a 5 mile radius. The closest store was a small Food Lion on the other side of the "Feagin Mill" neighborhood. It's pricing was always on the high side because of the lack of close competition. And Bonaire is a community where everyone drives a great distance to work and other shopping. If they worked at nearby Robins Air Force Base, they passed Kroger, Publix, Food Lion, a former Foodmax and now a Walmart along the way. If Bonaire residents commuted to Macon they had the same options there. Most shopping could be done on the way home instead at the "hometown supermarket". Winn Dixie was treated like a last resort neighborhood store or the place you would go to if you just didn't feel like driving 10-15 minutes anywhere else on a weekend.
This store started with great opportunities missed. It contained the first bank in the area, CB&T Bank had an in store branch that moved out of the store less than two years later joining other banks building in the area and the bank was never replaced. And traffic at this store decreased over the years with the building of a CVS Pharmacy across the street, a Publix in 2005 2 miles west, Walgreens in 2007 and the final nail in this Winn Dixie's coffin came just a few months ago with a new Kroger (including starbucks and fuel center) directly across the street.
Dublin
Store 1812 - 2101 Veterans Blvd., 321021
This was a 1990's vintage "Marketplace" store that shared a center with Walmart. And its competition was two FoodMax stores, a Kroger and an independently owned Piggly Wiggly, all of which were smaller stores. When the 2005 Bankruptcy closings occurred, this Winn Dixie survived as the lone store in the chain, far from any remaining store in the chain. The closest was the Bonaire store 50 miles west then Americus which was over 100 miles away. It seemed insane for WD to maintain a store so far away from its core marketing area.
The Kroger was replaced with a store twice its size with starbucks and a fuel center. The FoodMax stores became Southern Family Foods and one store immediately closed. Then Winn-Dixies neighbor Walmart moved into a supercenter in 2009. The second Southern Family Foods closed 6 months later and now on schedule, 6 months after Southern Family closed, the Winn Dixie is closing. Besides being so far from the closest branch, this store would have suffered greatly from traffic because the new Walmart built in a location along the new US 441 bypass that will detour all major shopping traffic away from the Winn Dixie's somewhat hidden location.
Winn Dixie's Georgia closings make it official. The chain now only serves the Columbus, Albany and Valdosta areas. However only the Columbus and Valdosta area stores had seen any remodeling since the bankruptcy.
Louisiana
Marrero
Store 1416 - 5969 Lapalco Blvd., 70072
Mississippi
Meridian
Store 536 - 2120 Hwy 19 North, 39305
Store 2621 - 1700 North Frontage Road, 39301