{"id":239,"date":"2012-02-06T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2012\/02\/bi-lowinn-dixie-merger-would-create-690-location-10b-supermarket-chain\/"},"modified":"2012-02-06T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T16:05:00","slug":"bi-lowinn-dixie-merger-would-create-690-location-10b-supermarket-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2012\/02\/bi-lowinn-dixie-merger-would-create-690-location-10b-supermarket-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"BI-LO\/Winn Dixie Merger Would Create 690 Location, $10B Supermarket Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the proposed merger BI-LO\/Winn Dixie has hit a snag from a group of Winn Dixie stockholders, it still has a good chance of creating a grocery retailer ranking just outside of the top 10 in the US. The group of disgruntled Winn-Dixie shareholders has filed a class action lawsuit against the grocer and of members of the board of directors potentially blocking the proposed sale, which is expected to close by March 31st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

While the merger would create a $10 billion retailer with 690 supermarkets across the eastern US, none of the locations overlap in any markets. Below is a look at the top three markets for each company, according to Chain Store Guide\u2019s<\/strong> 2011 market share figures. Initial reports are that BI-LO will operate Winn-Dixie as a separate subsidiary and will not convert any of its stores the BI-LO banner. However, purchasing and logistic efficiencies should be realized, as well as the possibility of private label products appearing on one another\u2019s shelves.<\/p>\n

Look for the 2012 Grocery IndustryMarket Share<\/a><\/strong> report featuring updated grocery sales per market, sales figures, market demographics, and more later on this spring.<\/p>\n


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BI-LO: <\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: Chain Store Guide\u2019s 2011 Grocery Industry Market Share Report <\/a><\/p>\n

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Although the proposed merger BI-LO\/Winn Dixie has hit a snag from a group of Winn Dixie stockholders, it still has a good chance of creating a grocery retailer ranking just outside of the top 10 in the US. The group of disgruntled Winn-Dixie shareholders has filed a class action lawsuit against the grocer and of… Continue reading BI-LO\/Winn Dixie Merger Would Create 690 Location, $10B Supermarket Chain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grocery-convenience","tag-insight","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}