Aldi converted from Winn-Dixie opens this week in South Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood

Grab your quarters. Hyde Park’s old Winn-Dixie reopens as an Aldi on Thursday, and at least one other conversion is coming soon in Tampa Bay.

The store at 2100 W Swann Ave. in South Tampa will be about half the original grocer’s size, leaving an opening in the building for another retailer, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reports.

The first 100 customers after the store opens at 9 a.m. will receive a gift bag filled with a sampling of ALDI Fan Favorites products and a Golden Ticket gift card, per the store’s annoucement. All weekend, Hyde Park shoppers can enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win a $500 ALDI gift card.

A St. Petersburg conversion could open this fall. Construction began earlier this month to convert the Winn-Dixie at 3327 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N. Jeff Francis, manager of the Park & Eleazer construction, told Creative Loafing Bay that problems with the site will likely delay the 18-week timeline that started around April 16. Aldi usually opens stores about a month after construction finishes, he said.

After Aldi announced its purchase of Florida’s second-largest grocery chain in 2023, a Winn-Dixie at 805 E Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. in Ybor Heights was supposed to be the first Tampa conversion to open. But that store is still a Winn-Dixie.

The company—which requires shoppers to loan them a quarter to use the shopping carts—announced in February that about 100 converted locations across Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi would reopen as Aldis by the end of 2025. The chain plans to convert 220 Southeastern stores through 2027.

There are currently 20 Aldi stores in the Tampa Bay area.

Update 5/1: Aldi regional vice president Matt Thon told Creative Loafing that the St. Pete conversion will be open by the end of the year. The company had no information to share on the possible conversion of 805 E Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa.

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This article appears in Apr 24-30, 2025.