Aldi buying Jacksonville-based Winn-Dixie, Harveys Supermarkets
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.....In an announcement Wednesday morning, the German supermarket chain said that it would acquire Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets from Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers in a move to expand the Batavia, Illinois-based company’s presence in the Southeast.
The deal includes nearly 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, Aldi said.
“The time was right to build on our growth momentum and help residents in the Southeast save on their grocery bills,” said Jason Hart, Aldi’s CEO. “The transaction supports our long-term growth strategy across the United States, including plans to add 120 new stores nationwide this year to reach a total of more than 2,400 stores by year-end.”
.....According to Southeastern Grocers, Aldi will acquire all outstanding company stock in an all-cash transaction. The value of the deal was not immediately available. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2024, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, the companies said. Until that time, Southeastern will continue to operate the stores under the Winn-Dixie and Harveys banners.
.....Southeastern, which also operates Fresco y Mas stores, plans to sell the 28 stores and four pharmacies under that banner to Fresco Retail Group, LLC in the first quarter of 2024, the company said.
According to Aldi’s Hart, some Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets stores will be converted into the Aldi format. But “for those stores we do not convert, our intention is that these continue to operate as Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores.”
“Like Aldi, Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket have long histories and many loyal customers in the Southeast and we look forward to serving them in the years to come,” Hart said.
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Not a fan of Aldi’s. More concerned that Aldi’s is a WEF leaning German company. Will they be offering food with insects in the ingredients since Germany is committing self-liquidation by following the WEF depopulation agenda?
St. Cloud, Minnesota Woman Linked To Drug Trafficking for the Sinaloa Cartel Captured In Mexico
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She is accused of being part of a group that smuggled drugs from Mexico to North Dakota and Minnesota.
Deanna M. Gerads, a 33-year-old St. Cloud woman on the run from authorities for more than a year, was apprehended in Mexico earlier this month.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Gerads was captured Aug. 1 by Mexican immigration authorities and deported from Mexico. She was wanted in North Dakota for drug trafficking and will be charged by North Dakota prosecutors with conspiracy to distribute and import controlled substances into the United States.
According to the charges, Gerads was involved in a drug-trafficking operation in narcotics from the Sinaloa cartel were trafficked into the U.S., including 150 pounds of methamphetamine into North Dakota and Minnesota in 2021 and 2022.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was instrumental in providing information that led to the apprehension of Gerads, who has been a fugitive for over a year,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a release.