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Aldi nears deal to sell hundreds of Winn-Dixie grocery, liquor stores

Aldi Discount Supermarket. Aldi sells a range of grocery items, including produce, meat and dairy at discount prices.
Now hiring FILE PHOTO: Aldi is looking to hire 13,000 people for the holidays. (Jonathan Weiss/jetcityimage - stock.adobe.com)

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More than 350 Winn-Dixie grocery and liquor stores will be bought from Aldi by a group led by C&S Wholesale Grocers.

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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.

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A press release from Southeastern Grocers later confirmed the deal, stating a group of private investors led by Anthony Hucker, CEO and president of Southeastern Grocers, and C&S were buying the stores in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.

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