Winn-Dixie

This is a very interesting grocery store. It’s easy to see where the parent company’s priorities lie when you compare this location to the one next to Heathrow. This store is barely bigger than an older IGA or Food Lion. WinnDixie has decided to abandon this market area. That said I’m going to stick by this 4 star review.
If you live in Sanford like me you really only have this store and the horrid Walmart down 17 – 92. That Walmart location is the seventh circle of hell! I know the prices are low but the staff is awful and the store is chaotic and dirty. The WinnDixie is far, far better!
The staff at this WinnDixie do more with less than any other grocery store I’ve ever been to. It’s easy to be happy and attentive at the Publix in Lake Mary. They have a far nicer facility and twice the selection. None the less, from management on down the people who work here obviously care about their day at work. They are attentive, friendly and professional. Somehow they maintain this professionalism in the face of a lot of economically distressed customers, a shit facility, a crappy strip mall and a home office that’s forgotten them. It would really be nice if Jacksonville gave Sanford a real store but I doubt that will happen. Too many customers pay with food stamps for that to make sense to the executives and bean counters.
If you’re in the area go to WinnDixie and forgo the worst Walmart in central Florida.

This WinDixi is so-​so… It’s not that clean and prices seem a tad higher. My wife and I definitely prefer Publix, but stop by here when we don’t want to make the extra drive.

This Winn-​Dixie is just off of 17 – 92 near 13^th Street, and the area surrounding it’s a little rough so I was expecting it to be a bit rough inside. My wife and I live very close to it, but based on appearances we always skipped it and headed to the farther away but not so sketchy looking Walmart. One day however, in the middle of a barbeque with lots of people at my house, I suddenly ran out of charcoal. With no time to run to my familiar Walmart, I went to this Winn-​Dixie and prepared for the worst. But once me and my friends went in we were very surprised to see that not only were they playing country music, but it was extremely clean, well-​stocked, well-​staffed (with courteous employees), and had lower prices than the Walmart my wife and I usually go to. All in all I’d say that I was pleasantly surprised and have since begun using this store as my go-​to store for groceries and stuff.