Experts offer insight on how fast-growing Aldi is reshaping grocery market"Nine out of 10 customers who are not sure will be thrilled and never think of Winn-Dixie again," UNF adjunct professor says.
QuoteAldi has a place in the market, but those neighborhoods have yet to be determined.
The Shelby Report of the Southeast supermarket trade publication reported in June that Publix Super Markets Inc. leads with 35.7% of the grocery market share in the North Florida/South Georgia region, followed by Walmart Inc., at 26.6%, and Winn-Dixie at almost 17%.
All others are each below 4%, with Harveys Supermarkets at 1.9% and Aldi at almost 0.5%.
Aldi's purchase of Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers, the parent of Winn-Dixie and Harveys, boosts its corporate share to 19.38%.
Quote"It's a classic take of two business cycles," Heninger said.
"Winn-Dixie/Harveys is well beyond the maturity phase and on the downside. And then you have Aldi, the mirror image in the heart of its growth phase," he said.
He said Aldi is the fastest-growing brand in the value segment.
Full article: https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2024/jul/15/experts-offer-insight-on-how-fast-growing-aldi-is-reshaping-grocery-market/
I like Aldi a lot, but it's a very "incomplete" grocery store. I can't get ALL my shopping done there like I can at a WD or Publix.
Walmart and Target don't even compare, you can get bread, medicine, clothing, heck even an Xbox, all in one place.
I've tried a few different Aldi locations, and I really don't get it. It's small and just packed with processed foods. And they don't seem particularly clean.
I'll have to go back and visit one. I haven't been in an Aldi in nearly a decade or whenever they opened their first Jax location. My initial impression back then was that it reminded me of a Sav-A-Lot.
It's like Trader Joe's, but cheaper and closer to my house. Fine for certain processed items but no good for produce or meats. I'd drive past either of those to get to 75% of Winn Dixies or any pretty much any Publix.
What would be interesting is if Aldi expands it's low price model to a wider selection and a larger store using Winn Dixie as its model/test case. Imagine a full size store with Aldi pricing and marketing approach... that could be a game changer.
The third area Aldi conversion to be a Winn-Dixie on Fort Caroline Road in Old Arlington.
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2024/sep/06/aldi-conversion-identified-for-winn-dixie-along-fort-caroline-road-in-arlington/
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A third area Aldi Inc. conversion has emerged, this one in Arlington.
The city is reviewing a permit application for the Winn-Dixie supermarket at 6060-10 Fort Caroline Road to be converted into an Aldi store at an estimated project cost of $1.75 million.
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Plans show Aldi will lease 22,919 square feet of the 47,188-square-foot space that Winn-Dixie uses.
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Winn-Dixie anchors the roughly 80,000-square-foot center that includes Planet Fitness and Citi Trends. It was built in 1984.
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In Northwest Jacksonville, the city is reviewing building plans to convert the Harveys Supermarket at 2261 Edgewood Ave. W. into a 21,839-square-foot Aldi at an estimated project cost of $1.7 million. Harveys operated in a 46,189-square-foot space in the Edgewood Square Shopping Center.
In Clay County, Aldi proposes to convert a Winn-Dixie in Fleming Island. Clay County Economic Development Services is reviewing a permit request for the $1.75 million tenant improvement of the Eagle Harbor Winn-Dixie at 1545 County Road 220 into the Aldi banner. Permit information indicates that about 24,740 square feet of space would be converted within the roughly 52,000-square-foot store.