Winn-Dixie

I cannot even tell you how many times I have been to Dunnellon and never set foot in this Winn Dixie.
Based on past experience, I have a certain image of Winn Dixie, and I just knew that was not a store I would enjoy, nor find anything I want.
Boy, was I wrong.
This is not your typical Winn Dixie. Granted, it’s no Publix, but it’s much, much better than I imagined. It is much better than the Sweetbay up the road.
It’s large. It’s clean. It’s well-​lit. There are «wood» floors in the produce and floral section. It does not seem old, or dingy, or anything like what I remembered from past Winn Dixies.
They have a HUGE produce section with some great looking produce. Although if you are in this area, I would highly recommend a local produce stand over supermarket produce, trust me, local tastes 1000x better– but if you must get supermarket produce, this is not bad! They even had a small organic section (with 10lb bags of carrots for juicing, so that’s saying something), and a large section of fruit and veggie juices (Naked brand, Odwalla, Sambazon, Bolthouse Farms, etc).
They do not have Boars Head at the deli, but we tried the brand they had, and it was good.
They have a large section of organic fruit juices on the shelf. They had small sections of health foods in each aisle (drinks, snacks, cereals, etc) and I found several gluten-​free items. They have a pretty decent selection of Amy’s frozen foods, and they even had some frozen Glutino and Kinnickkinnick items (including donuts).
In the cleaning section, I found Seventh Generation Free & Clear dish soap and laundry detergent (that particular one is hard to find even at Whole Foods), and several other eco-​friendly or scent-​free cleaning products. I was very surprised, and very pleased.
Try it– I promise it is not what you are expecting from a Winn Dixie.