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.

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.

The discount grocer will convert roughly 220 Winn-Dixie and Harvey's Supermarket stores to its brand by 2027 while selling another 170 locations.

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