Winn-Dixie

I love Winn-Dixie markets! I shop the Winn just blocks from me in Cape Coral. It’s in great strip mall with ACE hardware (the only ACE in the Cape), Quest Diagnostics Lab, my nail salon, One-Price dry cleaners, good Chinese takeout and - best of all 🥳 Stuff-a-Bagel where New Yorkers like me can get “real” bagels from plain to Everything and in between, Nova Lox & a full menu that includes sandwiches - including my fav .. a bagel, cream cheese, nova w/included things like capers).
I digressed from Winn-Dixie sorry! I’m a regular shopper at the other ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ places I mentioned .. know ‘em well. W-D’s location is appreciated by me. ACE hardware for UdderBalm, a quick manicure, drop/pick up an alteration from One/Price Cleaners, a Stuff-a-Bagle sandwich? It’s all there.
So back to W-D. Best things about it are
• Their App on which on-same items, your grocery list and … did I mention W-D’s Points program? The app tells me I’ve saved over $600 01-09 2023. Considering I shop other grocery stores (eg I don’t love W-D’s meats, and I buy my bread from Mario’s, located just over the Cape Coral bridge. Mario’s deserves a 10-star review from me - later Mario’s - as it has no rivals within a 50-mile radius for meats, Italian deli, bakery & all things Italian. Look it up or just go. It’s not just a market, it’s a great experience. Bread? I cross the bridge for Mario’s BREAD.
So WINN-DIXIE.
Great app, great BAKERY (except bread 😆) great sales, wonderful employees, and next door to lots of places we all need to go sometimes (need a kayak? There’s a West Marine that shares a wall with Winn-Dixie).
A word about Winn-Dixie’s BAKERY: Dunno about you, but I’m not a fan of grocery store cakes, draw the line at buttercream frosting. Just too sweet and un-homemade for me 🤢. But WINN-DIXIE makes its own whipped cream frosting. And THANK YOU W-D for making it available by the 1/2 lb to 10000 lbs (call the day before). When nothing but a homemade for adults will do - from weekly Potluck occasions, Birthdays, holidays - WHO WANTS TO TAKE A GROCERY STORE CAKE when others have worked hard in their kitchens on THEIR dish? Not me, nope. Still … I’m not above cheating a little and Winning-Dixie’s white, whipped cream frosting is better than any frosting I can make. I might add raspberries to it for a layer cake or some nice powdered chocolate (get Ghirardelli at Winn-Dixie when you’re picking up that frosting). Alone, or as a base to add what you want to it, it’s the best. And it’s FREE! ***
Yesterday I hopped over for a BOGO 2 $19 bottles of good Cabernet, who wouldn’t? I’ll hop over when red, yellow, orange peppers in Produce is BOGO per pound, who wouldn’t? During a regular grocery shop recently, I had to look twice after seeing medium (40?) fresh FL shrimp, skins on for … sit down. $5.99 a pound, a $19 savings. Yes. I had to smell it because .. you know. ✅
That night was shrimp scampi on fettuccine night for us + for our neighbors who, if I had doubts before, now love me like mad (well … there IS one, who no amount of … nevermind).
A few not-so-great things about Winn/Dixie are
• Their liquor store is overpriced. Go to Wallgreens imho
• The Winn near me has no pharmacy
• Meats? No. Especially their SE Grocers brand. BOGO, on-sale or not, just say no. A SE Grocer ribeye that looked perfect to me (even better @ $7.99/lb). You’ve heard “chew & spit? ✅
• Not all SE GROCER things aren’t good.
But most aren’t the greatest. Except the hummus, but it’s not awesome and you won’t save. Ditto with their dairy: sour cream, cream cheese, butter, milk … it’s not BAD, it’s just not great and it’s priced = to good-great brands. SE Grocers’ Yogurt? Just say NFW. No active cultures, made with rBST treated cows, nuff said.
• But their fresh blue, black and rasp berries you might put IN your Fage? Always fresh. And - like all grocery stores everywhere, they’re BOGO or 3 for $10. They’re berries.

*** The frosting is awesome. But it’s not free 🤷🏻‍♀
Still … this $7.99 10” X 3” chocolate BUTTERCREAM cake I got yesterday (my 5th in 3 mos) … YES! 😋

Winn Dixie has been our go to store for over 20 years. We have built a relationship with the staff, Management, deli, pastry, meat and produce departments. We love this place.

I'm from PA, we don't have these up here. I wish we did, because they're great!

All the things we needed. Short staff for the day but still relatively quick.

Very disappointed the pharmacy closed. I love my local store, workers and managers are USUALLY friendly and happy and produce is fresh, meats look good, etc.

Today (05/11) at 8:45 am I went by the deli not realizing they weren’t open. I wanted some banana pudding and the woman prepping the food was kind enough to stop what she was doing to assist me and get me banana pudding. I wish I caught her name!

Always a pleasant experience when shopping here. Store has an excellent layout and is very clean.

Actually today at Winn Dixie I ran into someone I hadn't seen in 20 years! It was a wonderful trip. Same same

Who dosnt love this place when ya got the munchies .

Store always looks clean and well stocked.

This was a random Stop enroute home to the Cape on a biz trek to Punta Gorda. It is the cleanest, best organized-merchandised, NICEST grocery store ever seen in my cross US travels! My compliments to ALL store Associates!

The girls at the checkout are the best. The one's in the morning. You should have them the hole day.

This is a clean, well organized store! I was impressed!

Nice store, clean and great staff

Shop there and work there as Dairy Manager. Recently remodeled store. It's clean, well spaced out, all new products and departments.
Check-out lines get backed up fast during peak hours during season. Go early or late for quick shopping. Weekly Sales . Prices higher than Walmart but less than Publix.

Great Place overall.

The cashier Kevin was wonderful. He made sure we found everything ok and treated us great! Keep up the amazing customer service Kevin!

Clean smells good the employees all smile and day hello. They know where things are if you ask. Nice store

Stopped in the other day on my way to Clewiston and the store was extremely clean and the staff was very helpful. I was in and out in no time and back on the road to lake okeechobee.

Customer service is courteous and helpful, especially if something is wrong with receipt. Most store employees are also courteous. Bakery is great, along with produce, meat dept., and dairy. Deli is hit or miss depending upon who is working, but the deals and food are good.

Clean store with friendly employees. Shelves are well stocked. Nice bakery and deli. Shopping center parking with handicap spaces available.