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Downtown Winn Dixie Renderings

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Definitely a nice facade upgrade!  Also, the police substation should go a long way towards reinstating a sence of security.  Maybe somewhere down the road some site upgrades will be in order to include the addition of a separate retail structure with good street frontage and a nice cafe.

I like the idea of the substation...that's a great place for one!

That will be nice if/when it ever gets done. However, I really doubt I'd ever shop at Winn Dixie. I'll hold out for the urban grocer opening on Adams or continue driving to 5 Points for Publix.

I almost shopped there this weekend, but they have severe shopping cart issues. I got mad and left.

It seems that the locking shopping carts are only preventing paying customers from using them.

Very nice...assuming they get permits, construction is supposed to start in the next month...all the $ has been budgeted.

btw...I shop there at least once a month (since its less than 2 blocks from the house)....a nd I've never had a problem finding a shopping cart

Wow, Winn Dixie is still open.
Isn't that where the employes urinate on the meat.
I thought the goverment shut them down.

This will be nice.  I have been giving this store more of my business.  Maybe I will give them even more, once the new store opens.

I'm underwhelmed....

I don't think I've ever seen a 'clean' Winn Dixie. If I had to rank the grocery stores here is town, Winn Dixie would probably be tied or even below Food Lion.

I hear people say they don't go there because it's dirty, but for me it's because of the slow checkout and customer service.  What they need is more staff and a self checkout line. I don't know how many times I've been in there but there is always a line of 5-7 people and only 1 register open.

Quote from: comncense on July 19, 2007, 08:48:09 AM
I don't think I've ever seen a 'clean' Winn Dixie. If I had to rank the grocery stores here is town, Winn Dixie would probably be tied or even below Food Lion.

The Winn Dixie at Baymeadows/9A is the cleanest and best staffed one in Jacksonville. It is also the only one I'll shop at on a regular basis.

I agree, it's more that there's not enough staff running the registers, that I find the most annoying. I can't really say that the store's nasty looking...it used to be, but it's much better since they fixed it up.

I just hope that when they remodel they begin to carry foods that I eat, and not the high fructose corn syrup containing fare that they seem to stock almost exclusively now. A decent fruit and vegetable section, a real bakery, and a gourmet item or two would be nice. Staff that do their jobs without diva and/or thug attitudes would be a nice addition as well. 

This rendering is a step-up from what's there now. Perhaps a new facade and the police substation can be the (positive) tipping point for that section of downtown. Also, I know there are a lot of WD haters out there, but the remodeled WD on Roosevelt (serves die hard Westsiders and some of the gentile in Ortega), looks, smells, and feels a hell of a lot better than it did. The staff was uber friendly, the veggies were fresh, and there was a decent organic foods section, low prices, and darn tasty apple pie in the bakery. I hope the downtown WD sees a similar change. I was amazed.
-SEB

Is it just my imagination or does this new store look smaller?  Maybe Winn Dixie will finally get it and have a clean customer friendly store, with good customer service. 

Quote from: Seraphs on July 31, 2007, 07:24:02 PM
Is it just my imagination or does this new store look smaller?  Maybe Winn Dixie will finally get it and have a clean customer friendly store, with good customer service. 

its just your imagination!

Renovations of Downtown Winn-Dixie to cost $3M

QuoteJacksonville Business Journal - 3:00 PM EDT Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. plans to spend $3 million to upgrade its Downtown Jacksonville store.

The store, which was built in 1981, is one of 75 the company plans to renovate by June 2008.

The project will include a renovation of the store's exterior and the addition of 4,000 square feet of space.

The location is the only grocery store Downtown, and CEO Peter Lynch presented a $25,000 check to the I.M Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless as part of the announcement of the renovation plans Wednesday.

http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2007/08/13/daily24.html?jst=b_ln_hl

Winn Dixie hosts pre-renovation celebration

Quoteby Max Marbut

Staff Writer

Winn Dixie planted its corporate flag Downtown at the corner of Union and Market streets in 1981 and Wednesday morning, another symbolic planting took place at the grocery store. A cabbage palm, Florida’s state tree, went into the ground to celebrate the beginning of the $3 million remodeling of the 26-year-old supermarket.

Within the next two weeks Winn Dixie will begin to renovate the store inside and outside and improve the parking lot and landscaping on the property. Plans include expanding the store by 4,000 square feet in order to upgrade the fresh produce, floral, seafood and deli departments. The store will get new shelving, refrigeration and frozen food cases as well as flooring, lighting and decor improvements. Brighter lights will be installed in the parking lot and Wednesday’s planting was the first of many palm trees that will be part of the new exterior look.

“This store will have all the bells and whistles when it’s complete. Our shoppers are already experiencing improvements in customer service and product selection. Now they will see a new, updated store with even better product and service offerings,” said Winn Dixie President, CEO and Chairman of the Board Peter Lynch.

He said the Downtown project is just one of dozens of store renovations already completed, underway or planned.

“It’s one piece of our $200 million a year program to renew and upgrade our stores. It’s also a symbol of us turning the company around.”

full article: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=48222

I hope that with these renovations Winn-Dixie improves its customer service and reduces wait times in line. 

...and they get rid of that fried chicken stench.   :-X