No. 3: Southeastern Grocers’ CEO, C&S Wholesale Grocers buy Winn-Dixie from Aldi

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A radical of backstage investors, including the existent president and CEO of Southeastern Grocers (SEG) arsenic good arsenic C&S Wholesale Grocers, has acquired Southeastern Grocers and its Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners from Aldi U.S., the consortium announced precocious Friday.

Details of the transaction were not disclosed. The woody includes astir 170 market stores successful Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida, arsenic good arsenic the existing Winn-Dixie liquor store business.

Aldi had purchased the grocer little than a twelvemonth ago, successful March 2024. Batavia, Ill.-based Aldi volition continuie with its antecedently stated plans to person astir 220 Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores to Aldi locations, a process that is underway and is expected to reason successful 2027.

Southeastern's CEO Anthony Hucker volition service arsenic chairman, CEO and president, and the Jacksonville, Fla.-based consortium volition instantly presume day-to-day operations of Winn-Dixie market and liquor stores and Harveys Supermarkets, the radical said.

"We are profoundly grateful and profoundly honored to proceed serving the communities we cherish," Hucker said successful a statement. "Our civilization and way guardant are firmly grounded successful our 100-year legacy—a bequest built connected beardown values and a shared intent of caring for 1 another. Throughout this transformational journey, our committedness to thoughtful, purpose-driven maturation remains beardown and propels america guardant with renewed momentum. As we reinvest successful the store fleet, we are inspired by listening loudly to the voices of our customers, to elevate and revolutionize our lawsuit acquisition and store offerings, truthful that each measurement we instrumentality volition bespeak our dedication to our radical and our communities.” 

SEG and Aldi volition enactment unneurotic to "ensure a creaseless transition, with dedicated leaders overseeing the store conversion and hiring process," the institution said successful a statement.

"SEG volition proceed to run the remaining stores identified for conversion successful the mean people of business, with the aforesaid level of attraction and absorption connected prime and service, up to and until each respective store is closed for conversion," the consortium said.

C&S, based successful Keene, N.H., has been the wholesale spouse of SEG for 2 decades.

"Our unrelenting absorption connected semipermanent maturation continues with an breathtaking opportuning for C&S to put successful and collaborate profoundly with the retail market," CEO Eric Winn said. "C&S volition leverage our best-in-class capabilities to supply worth and prime to shoppers arsenic we proceed advancing our bequest of braggingly blessed customers."