The 3 former Gandy Winn-Dixie stores - Tampa, FL

Winn-Dixie/Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Libary

3910 S. Manhattan Ave, Tampa, FL

Opening date for the former Winn-Dixie is unknown. Closed in 1996 to relocate to 4479 W. Gandy Blvd. Rebuilt in 2000 and became the Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library.

Winn-Dixie #643/Grace Family Church
4479 W. Gandy Blvd, Tampa, FL

Opened in 1996 as Winn-Dixie #643 (the second Gandy Winn-Dixie), and closed in 2005 after the bankruptcy of Winn-Dixie Stores. Became Grace Family Church in 2016. Compare this outside look to the liquor store, which still has the diamonds from Winn-Dixie!

Winn-Dixie Liquors/Amscot #21
4481 W. Gandy Blvd, Tampa, FL

Opened in 1996 as Winn-Dixie Liquors, and closed in 2005, the same year when the main store closed. Currently Amscot #21.

The diamonds from Winn-Dixie are still in place! This store would have had the Marketplace interior when it was a Winn-Dixie.

Now to the third and final Gandy Winn-Dixie...

The Family Mart/Florida Choice/Kash n' Karry #1728/Sweetbay #1728/Winn-Dixie #2417/Publix #1722

4315 W. Gandy Blvd, Tampa, FL

Opened in 1977 as The Family Mart, a store that was operated by A&P. Reopened as Florida Choice in 1987. In 1988, Florida Choice was a failure, and Kroger sold this store to Kash n' Karry. Kash n' Karry #1728 came in the building, and started a more successful store. Next came Sweetbay #1728, which opened in 2005. Sweetbay closed on April 12, 2014 in order to convert this store into Winn-Dixie. Winn-Dixie #2417 opened on April 18, 2014, and closed in 2018 after this store was underperforming. Now, you have to go up north to Swann Avenue just to find a Winn-Dixie.

The former Winn-Dixie space was demolished in early 2020 in order to build Publix #1722, which opened on December 10th of that year. A post on that store can be viewed here.

Winn-Dixie's main entrance doors. The 4315 shown above the entrance is the store's address.

Located on a portion of aisle 13, is the store's health and beauty department.

The other side of aisle 13, home to a section of Fren Foods (or frozen foods if you put the O and the Z on the sign)

Aisle 14 has the full frozen foods sign on the wall!

A close up of one of the Sweetbay aisle signs.

Located just after seafood, is the meat department, or "The Beef People".

The grocery aisles are to the right of this section, and meat/seafood to the left.

"Seafood Market" is the name for the in-store seafood department.

Located on unmarked aisle 1, is the store's dairy department, along with the bakery, and produce.

The store's produce department.

A dedicated section of baked goods is in the "Bake Shop".

Complete with Sweetbay's title backsplash, is the in-store deli department.

Now, we are about to check out and leave the store.

The back of checkouts 1 to 5. This store had 7 checkouts until Winn-Dixie's closing.

The pharmacy department, located before health and beauty. These pharmacies might have been an addition to Florida Choice.

Thank you for shopping at your Gandy Winn-Dixie.

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