The chain plans to open hundreds of new locations across the United States in 2025, building new stores and renovating others from an acquisition.

In a Feb. 7 announcement, ALDI announced that it is continuing its five-year expansion plan by adding 225 new locations across the U.S., mainly in the Southeast.

Grocery chain Aldi has sold off Southeastern Grocers, which includes the Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners, to a consortium of private investors. The consortium is led by Southeastern Grocers President and CEO Anthony Hucke and the chain C&S Wholesale Grocers,

In March 2024, Aldi acquired Southeastern Grocers and announced it would convert the two grocery stores into Aldi's. For the Treasure Coast, that meant converting two Winn-Dixie locations; there are no Harveys locations here.

BATAVIA, ILL. — Grocery store chain Aldi USA recently confirmed that it plans to open more than 225 new locations in 2025 in the next phase of its five-year national growth strategy. The company said it would be the most stores it opens in one year since entering the US market.

Aldi's five-year national growth strategy also includes expanding to locations in Las Vegas and the Southeast coast while continuing to expand its footprint in the Midwes t, the company said. By 2028, the chain expects to increase its footprint by 800 stores as part of a continuing expansion.

Heritage Grocers Group (HGG), the largest Hispanic and ethnic food retailer in the United States, has hired Kim Cates for the position of VP of center store. Reporting directly to Eric Stover, chief merchandising officer for HGG, Cates will oversee center store merchandising initiatives.

I asked my former Blue Book colleague Pamela Riemenschneider, who is now a retail consultant, what we should expect from Aldi in 2025.

Just when you thought the Winn-Dixie brand was circling the drain, an investment group has purchased owner Southeastern Grocers from Aldi U.S., the company that bought it last March.

Aldi has struck a new deal to sell a chunk of the Winn-Dixie stores it purchased last year as part of its expansion plan back to its parent company, Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG). Almost 400 ...

Kim Cates Vice President of Center Store for Heritage Grocers Group Heritage Grocers Group (“Heritage” or “HGG”), the largest Hispanic and ethnic food retailer in the country, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kim Cates to the position of Vice President of Center Store for Heritage Grocers Group.