wnetmacman wrote:Knight wrote:I thin Winn-Dixe hovered below 1,200 stores, but its footprint was more expansive and sparser in store count in Indiana (Thriftway), Kentucky (Winn-Dixie, Thriftway), Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio (Thriftway), Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia
Publix has 1,112 stores in Alabama (61 stores), Florida (765 stores), Georgia (182 stores), North Carolina (11 stores), South Carolina (55 stores), and Tennessee (38 stores).
The sparse areas for W-D were more northerly. It was really strange geographically. There were stores in Texas which only really covered Dallas/Fort Worth, and a very sparse outlying count, none more than 140 miles out (the Dallas division stopped at Marshall, TX). Louisiana covered as far north as Natchitoches, but not the I-20 corridor in the northern part of the state.
W-D was structured around divisions. At one time there were Charlotte, Raleigh, Montgomery, Atlanta, Miami, Jacksonville, New Orleans (which covered much of Mississippi), Midwest (Thriftway) and Texas. Only part of that survives today.
Winn-Dixie's divisions involved having divisional offices and distribution centers located together. As store count decreased, divisions became smaller and distribution centers had fewer stores to support. This resulted in several divisions merging into others and distribution centers and manufacturing plants closing.
Jacksonville Division
Markets: Florida, Georgia
Store Range: 1 - 199
Present: North Florida Region
Miami Division
Market: Florida
Store Range: 200 - 399
Present: South Florida/Harvey's Region
Montgomery Division
Markets: Alabama, Mississippi
Store Range: 400 -599
Present: Alabama/Mississippi Region
Tampa Division
Markets: Florida
Store Range: 600 - 799
Fate: merged into Orlando Division in 2000
Present: West Florida Region
Raleigh Division
Markets: North Carolina, Virginia
Store Range: 800 - 999
Fate: merged into Charlotte Division in 2004, stores closed in 2005
Greenville Division
Markets: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Store Range: 1000 - 1099, 1200 - 1299
Fate: merged into Charlotte Division in 1995, distribution center and stores closed in 2005
Dallas Division
Markets: Oklahoma, Texas
Store Range: 1100 - 1199, 1300 - 1399
Fate: division and stores closed in 2002
New Orleans Division
Markets: Louisiana, Mississippi
Store Range: 1400 - 1599
Present: Louisiana Region
Louisville Division
Markets: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
Store Range: 1600 - 1799
Fate: division, stores, and distribution center closed in 2004
Atlanta Division
Markets: Georgia, Tennessee
Store Range: 1800 - 1999
Fate: merged into Montgomery Division in 2000
Charlotte Division
Markets: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Store Range: 2000 - 2199
Fate: division and stores closed in 2005
Orlando Division
Market: Florida
Store Range: 2200 - 2399
Present: Central Florida Region
Save Rite, unsure of it being a division, had a store number range of 2600 - 2799.
Harvey's, after being acquired from Delhaize, was included in the South Florida region. Its store number range is 1600 - 1799.
Sweetbay, after being acquired from Delhaize, initiated the West Florida region. Its store number range, as Winn-Dixie stores, is 2400 - 2599.
Bi-Lo, after acquiring Winn-Dixie, renumbered its stores into the 5,000's, and reorganized from three regions (Foothills, Central, and Eastern) to two regions (Bi-Lo West, Bi-Lo East).