A consortium of private investors, including SEG’s longstanding supply chain partner, C&S, acquired the Southeastern Grocers business from ALDI; Anthony Hucker, will serve as Chair, CEO and President.

The German discounter will sell the grocery company, its banners and 170 stores to a consortium of investors led by C&S Wholesale Grocers and the head of Southeastern Grocers.

After less than a year under the ownership of Aldi, Florida-based supermarket chain Winn-Dixie is being sold again, its parent company announced Friday.

Some Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores will be going back into the hands of their original parent company. According to a news release from Southeastern Grocers, “a consortium of pr

The New Hampshire-based company has made a deal to buy 170 Winn-Dixie grocery stores and another 170 Winn-Dixie liquor stores from Aldi, according to a report from Reuters citing sources close to the emerging deal.

When Aldi announced its plans to purchase Southeastern Grocers, the fast-growing supermarket chain said it would convert many of the Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores. Aldi said it would convert about 220 of the stores to its format over the next two years. At least four former south Louisiana Winn-Dixies are currently being rebranded as Aldi stores.

The consortium will immediately take over the day-to-day operations of Winn-Dixie grocery and liquor stores, as well as Harveys Supermarket. Some locations will be converted to ALDI stores through 2027, as previously agreed.

The consortium said it will immediately assume day-to-day operation of Winn-Dixie grocery and liquor stores and Harveys Supermarkets; some Aldi conversions will continue through 2027.

A group led by C&S Wholesale Grocers is closing in on a deal to buy nearly 350 Winn-Dixie grocery and liquor stores from German discount chain Aldi's U.S. unit, according to people familiar with the matter.

This includes about 170 grocery stores in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida. It also covers the current Winn-Dixie liquor store business.

The company established its headquarters in Jacksonville in 1944 and was named Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. in 1955.