Winn-Dixie's Alabama Exit: Last Stores Close This Month

0:00In Birmingham, it's March 2nd, and here's what is going on. Windixi is shutting down its last two stores in Birmingham, Alabama, later this month. The Inverness Corner's location closes on March 21st, and the Montevallo Road Store follows on March 22nd. This march the chain's full exit from the state as part of a bigger reorganization plan. Last October, the pair company announced a rebrand to the Windixi company, and a shift in focus back to its home base in Florida. That means pulling out of several states beyond Alabama, though a few locations in Georgia will stay open. The company promises to handle things carefully for affected workers during this change. They plan to keep serving customers right up to the final days at these spots. Windixi got its start back in 1925, when William Milton Davis bought a small grocery in Miami. He pioneered self-service shopping and low prices, growing the chain steadily over the decades. At its height, the supermarket served the southeast with dozens of stores in Alabama alone.

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