48 jobs cut at Lakeland Winn-Dixie before store rebrands as Aldi

A Winn-Dixie store in Lakeland has shuttered, and an Aldi will take its place by early 2025, according to a letter posted to the Florida Department of Commerce website.

All 48 of the employees at the Winn-Dixie at 6902 S. Florida Ave. were laid off when the store closed July 29, the letter says. The layoff notice was posted Aug. 2 to the Florida Department of Commerce’s Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification website. Retail and management employees were impacted, including those in the supermarket and adjacent liquor store.

Workers were given the federally required 60 days’ notice before the closing date, according to M. Sandlin Grimm, chief legal officer for Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Winn-Dixie.