Montgomery, Alabama
Piggly Wiggly Food For Less opened this morning in the former Winn-Dixie store on Vaughn Road in Montgomery. It is part of a family-owned chain based in Panama City, Florida, that’s up to 14 stores. The company is also converting other former Winn-Dixie stores in Florida and Georgia.
Most of the 70 workers at the Vaughn Road store are coming from Winn-Dixie. The owners hope to hire up to 30 more people. Piggly Wiggly Food For Less uses a “cost plus 10%” pricing model. Shoppers pay the store’s cost for items, with 10% added to that amount at the register. “We’ve had a great turnout from people today,” Piggly Wiggly Food For Less owner Cody McDaniel told Action 8 News. “A lot of people are excited that we’re opened and they’re looking for value, how to save good money, great quality products, friendly environment, a clean store. We want to be high quality and high standards everyday, so we’re excited about the overwhelming reception that we’ve received and we’re glad to be part of Montgomery now.”in Wetumpka last week and will be opening a third store in the former Winn-Dixie on Mobile Highway in Montgomery soon.As Action 8 News has reported , Winn-Dixie announced last fall that it was pulling out of Alabama to focus on its home state of Florida and extreme south Georgia. In our area, Winn-Dixie stores in Millbrook and Opelika are now holding clearance sales before closing. A buyer for those stores hasn’t been announced. Other former Winn-Dixie stores in Selma, Auburn and on Carter Hill Road in Montgomery were among those bought by Aldi and have reopened as stores of that chain. The former Winn-Dixie in Prattville
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