The Winn-Dixie Company LLC is starting work toward converting the Harveys Supermarket in the Englewood area into its Winn-Dixie brand.
The city is reviewing permits for Winn-Dixie to make refrigeration repairs to the store at 5909 University Blvd. W. at an estimated project cost of $873,700. Williams & Rowe Co. Inc. of Jacksonville is the contractor for work at the 52,056-square-foot store.
The site is at southwest University Boulevard and Terry Road, between Beach Boulevard and Interstate 95.
Also under review is a permit for the Winn-Dixie sign at the store. Thomas Sign & Awning Co. Inc. of Clearwater is the contractor for the project at an estimated cost of $6,428.
Thomas Sign & Awning Co. will remove and discard the Harveys sign and put up one for Winn-Dixie.
American Commercial Realty of Palm Beach Gardens owns the 96,127-square-foot shopping center property, named University Boulevard West and anchored by the supermarket. The center was built in 1962.
Jacksonville-based Winn-Dixie announced March 16 that it would convert two Harveys Supermarkets in Jacksonville and one in southern Georgia to its banner as part of a strategy to bring its grocery stores together under one name.
In addition to the store at 5909 University Blvd. W., it will convert the Harveys Supermarket at 5250 Moncrief Road W. in Northwest Jacksonville, and others in the state and in Folkston, Georgia.
A permit is not in review yet for the Northwest Jacksonville store.
“The Winn-Dixie Company is converting seven Harveys Supermarkets to the Winn-Dixie banner, including the Jacksonville stores located at 5909 University Blvd. W. and 5250 Moncrief Road W. Both locations will remain open to continue serving customers during the transitions to Winn-Dixie stores. We look forward to sharing more details once plans are finalized,” said Meredith Hurley, senior director of communications and community, in an emailed statement April 6.
In Folkston, Winn-Dixie plans to convert the store at 3606 S. Second St. Another four stores in Lake City, Lakeland and Ocala also will be changed to the Winn-Dixie banner.
Jacksonville’s two other Harveys Supermarkets are closing mid-May.
Winn-Dixie confirmed March 28 that it will close the Harveys Supermarkets at 49 Arlington Road S. in Arlington and at 201 W. 48th St. in North Shore north of Brentwood.
The conversions are part of Winn-Dixie’s plan to focus on its home state of Florida and the Northeast Florida region after selling its stores in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and much of Georgia.
The new owners registered The Winn-Dixie Company LLC with the state Division of Corporations on Feb. 5, 2026.
Previously named Southeastern Grocers Inc., the company completed a deal in March 2024 to sell its primary banners Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets to German grocer Aldi.
Aldi bought about 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets stores to convert into its discount concept.
In February 2025, a consortium of private investors led by Southeastern Grocers Inc. CEO Anthony Hucker and supplier C&S Wholesale Grocers acquired SEG and 170 remaining Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores in the five states to continue the banners.
According to the March 16 news release, the Harveys conversions reflect Winn-Dixie’s strategy to create “a more unified grocery experience for customers across Florida and southern Georgia.”
Winn-Dixie.com shows 24 stores in Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties, including three liquor stores, as well as a Chaffee Road supermarket that will be converted into Aldi. With the two Harveys conversions and Chaffee removed, that gives Winn-Dixie 25 Northeast Florida locations.
The Chaffee Road Winn-Dixie will close in late April to begin its conversion to an Aldi store, Hurley said April 3.
She said in the April 3 statement that Winn-Dixie will continue operating about 130 grocery stores across the Florida market and in South Georgia.