This month a group of private investors, led by Anthony Hucker, the current CEO and president of parent company Southeastern Grocers, and the grocer’s supply chain partner C&S Wholesale Grocers, acquired Southeastern Grocers and many of its Winn-Dixie stores back from Aldi.

Winn-Dixie’s iconic brand name will remain above more than 100 stores across Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama after its parent Southeastern Grocers was purchased from

The Great Aldi Conversion has slowed down a bit. The discount grocery chain is selling the Winn-Dixie, Harveys stores it bought less than a year ago.

At least one Winn-Dixie store in Pensacola is still planning to be converted into an Aldi despite selling stores back to 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.

A group of investors led by the CEO of Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers has bought nearly 170 Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores from Aldi.

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 discount grocer will keep 220 Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores it bought and convert them into Aldi locations.

Last year, Aldi acquired Winn-Dixie and Harveys from Jacksonville, Fla.-based Southeastern Grocers. The deal included grocery store locations across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.

As part of the deal, 220 former Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets will be converted into Aldi stores by 2027. Winn-Dixie has multiple locations across the Palm Beaches, the Trea