{"id":184618,"date":"2026-03-09T20:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184618\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:11:10","slug":"aldi-opens-another-converted-winn-dixie-in-tampa-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184618\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldi opens another converted Winn-Dixie in Tampa this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-attachment-id=\"354172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/aldi-opens-another-converted-winn-dixie-in-tampa-this-week\/attachment\/default-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ALDI_2024_InStore_FullInterior_Hero_3-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FC8482&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717659360&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.72&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Aldi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ALDI_2024_InStore_FullInterior_Hero_3-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ALDI_2024_InStore_FullInterior_Hero_3-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ALDI_2024_InStore_FullInterior_Hero_3.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of a newly remodeled ALDI supermarket featuring wide aisles, an ALDI Savers endcap, and grocery departments.\" class=\"wp-image-354172\"  \/>Credit: c\/o Aldi<\/p>\n<p>Tampa has a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/aldi-converted-from-winn-dixie-opens-this-week-in-south-tampas-hyde-park-neighborhood-19935836\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winn-Dixie-shaped Aldi<\/a>\u2014the latest in the grocery franchise\u2019s quest to convert 220 Winn-Dixies and Harveys Supermarkets to Aldis by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 8438 N Armenia Ave., the new store will be Tampa\u2019s second converted Aldi, occupying half of the former Winn-Dixie building.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For its opening day on Thursday, March 12, the store\u2019s first 200 customers will receive a gift bag of Aldi-exclusive products and entry to a giveaway for a chance to win a $500 Aldi gift card.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>Tampa\u2019s first converted location in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/aldi-converted-from-winn-dixie-opens-this-week-in-south-tampas-hyde-park-neighborhood-19935836\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hyde Park<\/a> opened last April. A <a href=\"http:\/\/A planned Ybor location is still opperating as a Winn-Dixie.\" rel=\"nofollow\">planned Ybor location<\/a> is still operating as a Winn-Dixie. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/another-aldi-converted-from-a-winn-dixie-opens-in-st-pete-next-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg<\/a> got its first Winn-Dixie conversion last October, and opened another earlier this year at 11100 4th St N. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ALDI_2024_InStore_FullInterior_Hero_3-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aldi opens another converted Winn-Dixie in Tampa this week\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"354172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/aldi-opens-another-converted-winn-dixie-in-tampa-this-week\/attachment\/default-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ALDI_2024_InStore_FullInterior_Hero_3-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FC8482&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717659360&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.72&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Aldi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ALDI_2024_InStore_FullInterior_Hero_3-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ALDI_2024_InStore_FullInterior_Hero_3-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s Tampa\u2019s second converted 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No use without permission.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Thessaloniki,,Greece,-,June,25,,2016:,Participants,And,Members,Of&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thessaloniki,,Greece,-,June,25,,2016:,Participants,And,Members,Of\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/play1-ask-a-dyke-Ververidis-Vasilis-shutterstock-030526-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/play1-ask-a-dyke-Ververidis-Vasilis-shutterstock-030526-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tYou can\u2019t navigate romance without platonic interactions.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/creative-loafing-readers-respond-to-dump-duke-ybor-city-pedestrian-safety-measures-city-council-tea-and-more\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/creative_loafing_box_photo_by_dave_decker.webp.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Creative Loafing readers respond to Dump Duke, Ybor City pedestrian safety measures, city council tea, and more\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"354186\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/creative-loafing-readers-respond-to-dump-duke-ybor-city-pedestrian-safety-measures-city-council-tea-and-more\/attachment\/creative_loafing_box_photo_by_dave_decker-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/creative_loafing_box_photo_by_dave_decker.webp?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"780,520\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"creative_loafing_box_photo_by_dave_decker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/creative_loafing_box_photo_by_dave_decker.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/creative_loafing_box_photo_by_dave_decker.webp?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cJane clearly doesn\u2019t want Lynn to become more qualified to be the next mayor than her pal Bob (too bad, she already is).\u201d\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/mar-05-11-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mar. 05 \u2013 11, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/selene\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Selene San Felice\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: c\/o Aldi Tampa has a new\u00a0Winn-Dixie-shaped Aldi\u2014the latest in the grocery franchise\u2019s quest to convert 220 Winn-Dixies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[5289,135,20234,137,136],"class_list":["post-184618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-aldi","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-aldi-winn-dixie-conversion","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}