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ALDI Open, Winn Dixie To Return

    Area grocery shoppers have a new option this week, as an ALDI outlet has opened in the former Winn Dixie location at 1955 North SR 19.  The store, across SR 19 from Publix at the CR 44 intersection, opened in the past week after several months of renovations of the Winn Dixie location that featured shrinking the shopping space at the location by roughly 1/3.
    The changeover was part of a statewide changeover of Winn Dixie stores to ALDI after the latter purchased the historic Florida-based chain in recent years.  The move is part of the German-based chain’s ongoing expansion in American.
    The store occupies the southern section of the former store, with the northern section currently available for lease.
    Winn Dixie shoppers have had to head to DeLand to shop with the chain since the  closure.  That will change in the future, as Winn Dixie in the past week has announced an intention to return to the Eustis market. Officials have confirmed the chain is set to open a store in the Eustis Plaza, on Plaza drive in Eustis and just west of the SR 19 and  US 441.
    The announcement comes as Winn Dixie seeks to increase its footprint in the state, with Keystone Heights and Williston recently seeing stores opened, and Zephyrhills and Alachua on the schedule to receive locations.
    Officials with Winn Dixie offered few details on a timetable for the opening of the Eustis store.
    “As soon as additional details are available, we will be sure to let (the public) know,” said Miranda Anderson, a public relations representative for Winn Dixie.  Anderson did confirm plans for a store on Plaza drive.