Winn-Dixie

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While I do not normally frequent grocery stores on vacations, this trip I seem to visit one every other day. Today was Winn Dixie… cute name for a southern grocer.
I wanted water, just water, but needed lots of it. It is amazing how dehydrated one can become in such a hot, humid climate. The store was well laid out, with helpful employees everywhere to aid me in my quest for H20.
I found the water and even found some crazy brand of frozen, healthy – yes, healthy – frozen pizza (I will have to look for this brand when I get back to the Bay Area).
The customer service in Winn Dixie was true to southern hospitality. The lines were short, the service professionals were courteous, and we were on our way in seconds.
Stephani Smiles for Winn Dixie ;)

This store is located in a great shopping center. Chuck e cheese, home goods, Sicilian oven, and across the street from aventura mall. They have free wifi sitting area with free coffee. Great for tourists. nice selections of groceries, bakery and cooked foods. Checkout is easy and fast. They also have self checkout. Blood pressure check, Pharnacy, restrooms and anything else you can possibly need.

Worst customer service in a grocery store I have ever experienced! I asked 4 separate employees where a simple basic ingredient was the response I got from all of them was if I could find it they were out of it. Not one even went to the isle they believed it to be in to check or checked the stock just simply told me without moving a lazy muscle that if I didn’t see it they didn’t have it. What the hell kind of customer service is that. I will be doing all of my shopping at whole foods and publix from now on

Unfortunately, my experience at this Winn-​Dixie hasn’t been that great. The second I walked into the store, everybody seemed miserable and the vibe in the store was horrible. I came to take advantage of the 3-​day sale Winn-​Dixie was having and I asked an employee where some items were or if they had any left, and he didn’t even know about the 3-​day sale. this was very disappointing, since there were stickers for it almost everywhere. The worst part of my visit here was the cashier. A lady was ringing me out (after shuffling through her bag of chocolate for a minute while I stood there waiting) and I asked her to look up my Winn-​Dixie card since I’ve never received mine in the mail. She went ahead and tried it once, and when I wanted to try a second number, she rejected my idea and said «I’ll just use this one» (the one that was given to them on the cashier). There was no line. There was no people. She was simply lazy.
I’m not sure whether or not I’d come back, considering that Target, CVS, and Publix is around the corner.
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The only reason I gave this Winn-​Dixie an extra star is because the first employee was seemingly nice about not knowing where anything was.

Can always count on Great prices! There is a kosher take away section with everything from cold cuts to cooked foods. They even have a kosher bakery. Very friendly staff definitely worth a try!

Of all the grocery stores in the entire city, including my favored triumvirate of specialty stores; Fresh Market, Trader Joe’s and Penn-​Dutch, this particular Winn-​Dixie, on the border of America and the third-​world, oops I mean Broward and Miami-​Dade, is to me, arguably one of the best grocery stores in South Florida and I would also argue it seems to strive to get progressively better. Case (s) in point: I didn’t have my Winn-​Dixie card with me but they immediately applied the discount (s) to my grocery purchases and they were swift in working my coupons through as well; no complaints, no double-​checking, no treating me like a common criminal simply for asking for discounts and the privilege of using coupons — real customer service, real smiles. This store is über-​clean, has a quite large vegetable and fruit produce section that seems to glisten with freshness and the meats and fish section also seem to indicate fresh, clean and abundance. You can find quite a bit in this store, from wines and beer, pet products, personal product and hygiene needs all the way to all types of food from canned goods to ethnic items with relative ease. It’s in a nice location in what appears to be an underutilized mall (from a parking perspective we were almost at the grocery store’s door and other customers seemed to drive about with almost unexpected ease and courtesy; both so rare to South Florida). Because of their cleanliness, abundance of products and many sales and discounts I am guaranteed to return.

I love their sales. Winn-​Dixie never lets me down.

fried chkn always better than publix. rotisserie always good. new wing bar fantastic for 5.99lb, has scale to weigh your purchase, several varieties. better prices on store brand potato and mac salad, slaw. deli sandwiches good for 5.99. hot dogs, pkged meat usually a little cheaper.
on average though, publix cheaper for frozen seafood, sea-​pac, gordons, etc, also cheaper on Tyson chkn products and frozen pizza.

Great kosher take out and products in the Aventura area!

Very nice and clean outlet — good to have this option after whole foods.

Found some OK deals here, but some of the items advertised on the shelf didnt match at the register and the cashier had to redo in order for me to get the savings.
This happens quite often, so you gotta have store smarts here.
But then again, I was also undercharged a $ 1 — guess they were trying to subconsciously get me to return there, ‘cuz it worked. Yeah, theyre very sneaky like that!

Wow, they really stepped there game up. I used to exclusively go to publix, but this winn dixie (after re-​model) is great. They have a wing bar, and the juiciest rotisserie chickens around. Great deals, Fuel perks are cool too.

Wow, what a difference a couple of months makes.
I stopped in here today at lunchtime to pick up some stuff to avoid having to drag my kids in after a long day at summer camp and was very surprised at the new look. I know they didn’t add any floor space, but whatever way they have reconfigured this store it looks GREAT and seems to be more organized. They also have a new hot and cold deli counter and serve full hot meals.
This store being located in the heart of Aventura has a huge selection of Kosher and Israeli foods, so maybe lunchtime on a Friday is not the best of times to go grocery shopping with Shabbat looming, but they do have four self-​service registers and I love those because you don’t get stuck behind the local coupon queen.

No customer service, terrible prices, and if you want help, you may as well just go somewhere else. As you’d be more likely walking around aimlessly to find a product before you find someone helpful.

I love this location simpley cause the morning staff are lovely!
I come here to fetch my cerials and soy milk for breakfast at work at 8am. There’s always a friendly face in the morning! Even the checkout lady knows i’m near by hearing the cloppity clop of my heels without actually seeing me.
And they’ve always got some sort of 2 – 1 deal on prawns!