A St. Augustine Winn-Dixie identified for conversion into an Aldi will close Aug. 17, according to owner Southeastern Grocers LLC.
The grocery store is at 181 Blackford Way in Shores Village Plaza.
Staff was told May 19.
On May 14, owner Southeastern Grocers LLC said the store was remaining open with normal business operations but did not say for how long.
The county received a permit application Feb. 5 for the build-out at the address.
It is a 37,728-square-foot space, which, like other Southeastern Grocers stores, is larger than the typical Aldi layout, indicating it could be divided for more than one tenant. Interplan LLC of Altamonte Springs is the architect.
For the conversion, “SEG will continue to work diligently with Aldi to provide support and opportunities to each associate at converting stores, including having the first opportunity to apply to roles at newly converted Aldi stores or remain with Winn-Dixie and transfer to another store,” a spokesperson said in a May 14 statement.
The first converted Aldi opened March 20 at 2261 Edgewood Ave. W. in Northwest Jacksonville in a former Harveys. A Downtown Harveys also was identified for conversion May 14. Another appears to be converting at the Beaches.
Careers.Aldi.us has posted openings for full-time jobs at 1209 Atlantic Blvd. in Neptune Beach, where Winn-Dixie has been operating in the Penman Plaza shopping center. It would be the first Aldi among Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach.
Aldi has taken steps to convert at least six more Winn-Dixie stores in Northeast Florida — in the Brierwood, Fort Caroline and Girvin neighborhoods in Jacksonville in Duval County; in Fernandina Beach in Nassau County; in Fleming Island in Clay County; and in Grand Cypress Marketplace in St. Johns County.
In March 2024, Aldi bought Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers Inc., which operated about 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Aldi then began converting some stores to its banner.
In February 2025, Southeastern Grocers LLC, bought back 170 stores from Aldi. A February news release said Southeastern Grocers will continue to operate the remaining stores identified for conversion to Aldi until they are closed for renovation.
Aldi has about 2,400 U.S. stores and said the Southeastern Grocers acquisition was part of a plan to add 800 stores nationwide by 2028 through new openings and conversions.
As of May 14, Aldi had at least 14 stores open in Northeast Florida — nine in Jacksonville and five in Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties.