Winn Dixie

I love the selection that this location offers. I can find anything I need here. For that, I will continue to shop here. The service is lacking. You’ll get the Wal-​Mart treatment for sure. There are never enough lanes open, and no sense of urgency. If you like bagging your own groceries, then this is your place.

I can not say much about this place besides the fact that they close before 11pm every night. Three days in a row I went 10 minutes before 11 to just grab 1 item. All times closed. Once a young lady even locked the door as I was walking up and yes before 11pm. Employees that care is a great place to start off the hiring process. I think this place lacks in many areas of customer service. No one is ever really happy and smiling. It seems very sad when you see all the employees very nonchalantly doing something other than giving amazing customer service.

After living in the kingdom of Wegmans for many years, it was a shocking experience to move to the Big Easy and find liquor stores masquerading as grocery stores. A specific disappointment was the absence of prepared food choices. Of course, it is not like anyone is going to starve to death because they can’t find a restaurant around here. You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Subway.
A very common experience in the kingdom of Wegmans is eating a quick meal at the grocery store. They were typically equipped with a large selection of hot and cold prepared foods, pizza ovens, sub making services and seating for 50 or more. It would not be unusual to see a half a dozen people behind the counter cranking out subs during lunch. So why were all these people eating lunch at a grocery store? Good fast fresh food made quickly at a great price and a comfortable place to sit.
I stumbled into the Destrehan Winn Dixie the other day for a biannual visit and noted the newly (to me) remodeled fruit and produce section. Investigating a little further, lots of attractive displays, hot food bars, well stocked deli counters, rotissaire chickens, no pizza ovens. Everything looked and smelled excellent. The only thing missing was seating.
I was pleasantly surprised to see they made subs to order. To elminate any confusion, the only difference between a sub and a poboy is a sub is made on some kind of Italian bread and, of course, a poboy is on French bread. I ordered a ham and turkey on white, cheddar, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion and peppers.
The store is not presently staffed to make a lot of subs on short order. When I visited, it was around lunch time, there was a couple of folks behind the counter who were available to help customers in addition to other tasks. There definitely wasn’t the rhythm that comes from making dozens of sandwiches an hour. The layout wasn’t organized to do that even if the people were available.
It took a couple of minutes to get the ingredients together and the sandwich assembled and packaged. Turned out to be a great sandwich, tasty fresh italian bread and quality coldcuts.
I can’t begin to tell you anything about the rest of the store, it seems clean, the shelves are full, the checkouts seemed to be moving. I’ll be back for another sub.

Well, if youlike hanging around in Destrehan to get price gouges, then you will like Winn Dixie. Notice I said price gouges. Some things here have great prices. Some prices are just ridiculous.
The store appears to only employ people below 20 yet with IQ’s somewhere over 100. It is generally clean, but there are tons of teenager shennanigans. I once interrupted an employee face sucking session when I went to the restroom. They yell across the store, manage to look super bored while their phones are ever present rarely leaving the safety of their owner’s hands.
I have even been asked to buy alcohol for an employee who was hovering near the Red Box outside.
With all the issues with this store, I far prefer it to the big W. Although the lines after work can look like the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and patrons are at a fever pitch trying to cut each other off to get the next place in line.
If you are lucky you will see a local elected official exclaiming loudly that they are in a hurry an trying to intimidate their way to a better place in line. Just ignore her.
Tease the teenagers, they can be funny when properly prodded.
I never worry about the freshness of the food and I approve of the quality of the meat.