JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on March 27 to implement a pre-packaged reorganization plan. Earlier in the month, the company announced that it had reached agreement with 80% of its creditors and its private equity sponsor on a prepackaged restructuring that would permit it to operate 582 Winn-Dixie,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers is shuttering 94 stores as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and undertakes a restructuring. The operator of the Winn-Dixie, BI-LO, Harveys and Fresco y Más chains will continue to run its 582 other stores as it seeks a new route to long-term financial health. President and chief executive
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers said Tuesday that it would expand its Fresco y Más Hispanic banner beyond South Florida, opening three new locations in Orlando and Tampa, Florida. The announcement came less than a week after the company, which operates the Winn-Dixie, BI-LO, Harveys and Fresco y Más chains, said it would close 94
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers on Thursday announced it would close 94 underperforming stores as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and executes a restructuring. The owner of the Winn-Dixie, BI-LO, Harveys and Fresco y Más chains said it would continue to operate its 582 other stores as it pursues a new path to
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers last month appointed Anthony Hucker to the posts of president and chief executive officer. Hucker had been serving in those roles on an interim basis since July 1. “We are pleased to welcome Anthony as CEO of Southeastern Grocers as he was always part of our succession plan,” the company
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers said on Thursday that it has appointed Anthony Hucker to the posts of president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Hucker has been serving in those roles on an interim basis since July 1. “We are pleased to welcome Anthony as CEO of Southeastern Grocers as he was always part
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers said president and chief executive officer Ian McLeod is resigning from the company to pursue another career opportunity. The supermarket retailer late Monday announced that chief operating officer Anthony Hucker will serve interim president and CEO effective July 1 as the company searches for a successor to McLeod. Plans call for
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers continued to roll out its Hispanic banner with the opening of five new Fresco y Más stores in south Florida. The new outlets, which bring the chain’s store count to 11, are located in Miami and and Hialeah, Fla. The retailer, which also operates the BI-LO, Harveys and Winn-Dixie chains,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers LLC, home of BI-LO, Fresco y Más, Harveys and Winn-Dixie stores, has announced its largest-ever transformation of private label products, which will span about 3,000 items across all categories at each banner-specific store throughout 2017. To date, Southeastern Grocers has tested more than 2,330 own brand items, which has led
MIAMI — Southeastern Grocers introduced a new format on Wednesday, with the opening of its first Fresco y Más store in the Hialeah neighborhood here. The outlet, located at the site of a former Winn-Dixie store, has been designed to meet the needs of the local community with an assortment tailored to the tastes and
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of BI-LO and Winn-Dixie, says it is cutting the cost of living for its customers by lowering the prices on hundreds of popular grocery products. The grocery chain’s ‘Down Down’ pricing program promises to bring prices down and keep them down. “We know that almost one in