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Bi-Lo Holdings closing 6 stores

Bi-Lo Holdings said it will close six stores on or before April 22 in what the company said was a “fine-tuning” of its Winn-Dixie and Bi-Lo store bases.

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

March 11, 2015

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Bi-Lo Holdings said it will close six stores on or before April 22 in what the company said was a “fine-tuning” of its Winn-Dixie and Bi-Lo store bases.

The Jacksonville, Fla.-based company said Winn-Dixie stores in Tampa, Fla. (West Waters Avenue); Bradenton, Fla. (Cortez Road); and Brunswick, Ga. (Altama Avenue) are closing, as are Bi-Lo sites in Savannah, Ga. (Skidaway Road); Garden City, Ga. (Augusta Street); and Easley, S.C. (Calhoun Memorial Highway.)

All but the Easley Bi-Lo are stores acquired by the company less than two years ago. The Tampa and Bradenton sites were former Sweetbay stores, and the Brunswick store was a former Harveys acquired in the same deal from Delhaize; the Savannah and Georgia City stores were former Piggly Wiggly stores acquired in a separate deal in 2013.

Bi-Lo Holdings in November closed 23 stores.

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Julianne Roberts, a spokeswoman for Bi-Lo Holdings, told SN that the company would continue to operate neighboring stores in all of the markets affected by the closings.

“We are deliberately fine-tuning our company and network of stores so that we can reinvest in what matters most for our customers — providing the freshest foods and best deals,” Julianne Roberts, a spokeswoman for Bi-Lo Holdings, told SN. “While closing underperforming stores is never easy for any retailer, it is a necessary part of operating a retail business.”

 

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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