Aldi stores are popping up fast in Florida. Two more open today, and there are six coming in August.
A brand-new Aldi is opening in Port Orange as part of a new shopping center. The other, in St. Cloud, is a converted Winn-Dixie. The first 100 shoppers to each this morning can score free gift cards and gift bags full of Aldi-exclusive merchandise, and enter to win a $500 gift card.
The German grocery chain known for its no-frills economy bought the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harvey's Supermarket in 2024 to convert them to smaller Aldi stores. They ended up selling most of them back this year, but they're still moving forward with the conversions that were already in progress, along with new stores.
Aldi locations in Odessa, Crawfordville, Jensen Beach, and Westlake opened earlier this month, in addition to the 22 other Aldi locations that have already opened in Florida this year. There are at least 17 more coming soon, according to the company's website.
Aldi plans to open 225 new store locations in the United States in 2025, the most they've ever opened in a single year, and 800 by the end of 2028.
Aldi grand openings offer gift bags, gift cards and a chance to win $500
At both the Port Orange and St. Cloud locations, the first 100 people will receive a gift bag of Aldi-exclusive products and a gift card for $10, $25 or $100 as part of the discount grocer's Golden Ticket program.
Shoppers can also register from Thursday through the weekend for a change to win a $500 gift card, no purchase necessary. Registration ends at 8 p.m. Aug. 3, 2025.
The new stores opening July 31 are:
Port Orange, Shoppes at Summer Trees, 5500 South Williamson Boulevard
St. Cloud, Bella Roma Plaza, 3318 Canoe Creek Road (former Winn-Dixie)
Doors open Thursday, July 31, at 6:45 a.m. Store hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Which Aldi locations are opening in Florida in August?
There are six Aldi locations opening Aug. 15:
Bushnell, Walker Ridge Square, 1122 North Main Street
Jacksonville, Briarwood Village Place, 8775 Old Kings Road South (former Winn-Dixie)
Lehigh Acres, Winn-Dixie Shopping Center, 61 Bell Boulevard North (former Winn-Dixie)
New Port Richey, 12124 Moon Lake Road (former Winn-Dixie)
Orlando, Metro West Marketplace, 1403 South Hiawassee Road
Tampa, Main Street at Hampton Lakes, 13016 Race Track Road (former Winn-Dixie)
What Aldi stores are opening in Florida after that?
There are at least 11 more Aldi locations coming soon to Florida, according to Aldi's grand opening page, many of them former Winn-Dixie sites:
Aventura, Promenade Shops, 20417 Biscayne Boulevard
Deerfield Beach, Crossroads Shopping Center, 2301 W Sample Road, Building #2
Englewood, 4100 South McCall Road (former Winn-Dixie)
Fort Lauderdale, Southland Shopping Center, 941 Southwest 24th Street
Leesburg, Lake Harris Square, 27405 U.S. 27 (former Winn-Dixie)
Milton, Dogwood Park Shopping Center, 5428 Dogwood Drive (former Winn-Dixie)
New Port Richey, 6400 Massachusetts Ave. (former Winn-Dixie)
North Fort Myers, 5690 Bayshore Road (former Winn-Dixie)
Ormond Beach, Ormond Beach Shopping Center, 353 West Granada Boulevard (former Winn-Dixie) (opening in December)
Port Orange, Riverwood Shopping Center, 4025 S. Nova Road (former Winn-Dixie)
Port Saint John, Port St John Plaza, 6257 U.S. 1 (former Winn-Dixie)
Sarasota, Southeast Plaza, 4230 Bee Ridge Road (former Winn-Dixie)
Several more Winn-Dixie conversions are still ongoing, including locations in Sebastian and Vero Beach. scheduled for early 2026.
What Aldi stores have opened in Florida in 2025?
Several Aldi Florida locations, most of them former Winn-Dixies, have opened this year, including:
Apollo Beach, 252 Harbor Village Lane
Arcadia, 1737 East Oak St.
Avon Park, 802 U.S. Highway 27 South
Boynton Beach, 8855 Boynton Beach Blvd., Suite 310
Crawfordville, 2629 Crawfordville Highway (opened July 24)
Crystal River, 1651 Southeast US Highway 19
Deltona, 2880 Howland Blvd.
Fort Walton Beach: 798 Beal Parkway
Jacksonville: 2261 Edgewood Ave. W
Jensen Beach, Palm Breeze Plaza, 1105 Northeast Jensen Beach Blvd
Lake Wales, 1860 State Road 60 East
Lakeland: 6902 Florida Avenue South
Lithia: 16751 Fishhawk Blvd.
Lutz, 18407 US Highway 41
Melbourne, 961 E. Eau Gallie Blvd.
Ocala, Marion Oaks Shopping Center, 184 Marion Oaks Blvd.
Odessa, 17649 Gunn Highway (former Winn-Dixie) (opened July 17)
Panama City: 3157 West 23rd St.
Panama City Beach: 23200 Front Beach Road
Pensacola: 312 East 9 Mile Road
Port St. Lucie: 10300 Southwest Discovery Way
Quincy: 1632 W. Jefferson St.
The Villages, 820 Old Camp Road
Westlake, Grove Market, 5062 Seminole Pratt Whitney Road (former Winn-Dixie) (opened July 24)
What is Aldi?
Aldi is an international chain of no-frills grocery stores with no coupons and few, if any, big-name brand products.
Unlike Winn-Dixie, Aldi does not offer a meat counter, a deli, a pharmacy, a bakery, or a liquor store. There are no elaborate displays, no overhead music, a much smaller selection with few duplicates of item brands, lots of house brands, and fewer open hours. The goal of all of these is to keep prices low, the company says.
You pay a quarter to get a shopping cart (you get it back when you return the cart), and you bag your own groceries with empty boxes from the store, bags you bought there or containers from home.
There is a double-your-money-back "Twice is Nice" guarantee on its store brand products, and the chain regularly offers "FINDS," limited-time offers that change weekly or seasonally, and other discounted deals. The company does not offer a membership program.
The Aldi chain was founded by Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 (Aldi is an abbreviated form of "Albrecht Diskont"). After the brothers got into an argument over whether the stores should sell cigarettes, in 1960 they split the company into Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd, which both operate stores internationally in different regions. U.S. stores are operated by Aldi Süd. Aldi Nord also owns Trader Joe's.
Aldi acquired Southeastern Grocers Inc (SEG), the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets, and announced an ambitious five-year, $9 billion plan to add 800 stores nationwide through new stores and store conversions. In less than a year, it turned around and sold most of them to a consortium of private investors led by SEG president Anthony Hucker, but kept the ones where conversion plans were underway.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Aldi opens new Florida locations, first 100 shoppers get gift cards
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