Renovation underway for new grocery store in area

LAKEWOOD RANCH — A Winn-Dixie grocery store coming to Lakewood Ranch in November will provide the chain an opportunity to "experiment" with the best ways to serve a community, according to Regional Vice President Joey Medina.

In an article in the East County Observer, sister paper of the Business Observer, he says the opportunity came about because Winn-Dixie purchased four Lucky supermarkets and four Earth Fares that had gone out of business. Since those spaces, such as the one at The Green in Lakewood Ranch, in east Manatee County, have a somewhat different footprint than many of Winn-Dixie's stores, he says the communities they serve might find some new features they haven't seen before in a Winn-Dixie.