Supermarkets in South Florida reshape shopping

This collection of stories chronicles how new supermarkets in South Florida are reshaping shopping in 2025.

Publix has opened a new store featuring a boat dock. Presidente Supermarket is moving into a location vacated by Big Lots.

And the merger between Aldi and Winn-Dixie ie leading to changes.

Read the stories below.

The new Hollywood Beach Publix will be a dockside location. Customers can dock their boats to walk inside the 29,912 square foot store. The grand opening is at 7 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at 3100 S. Ocean Dr. in Hollywood.

NO. 1: A WATERFRONT PUBLIX WITH A BOAT DOCK JUST OPENED IN SOUTH FLORIDA. TAKE A LOOK

You can drive up on your boat. | Published December 13, 2024 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

Artist rendering of a new Presidente Supermarket scheduled to open in Miami Gardens at 5580 NW 167th St. around July 2025.

NO. 2: WHAT COMES AFTER BIG LOTS? IN THIS MIAMI-DADE LOCATION, A GROCERY CHAIN IS MOVING IN

Here’s what to know about the new supermarket. | Published January 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

The Winn-Dixie storefront on Coral Way at 3275 SW 22nd Ave. The 57,124 square foot supermarket has a liquor store component and was built in 1990. The ground once was the site of the Twin Gables and later Triple Gables movie theater from 1970 to the late 1980s. By Howard Cohen

NO. 3: WHAT DOES A NEW DEAL WITH ALDI AND WINN-DIXIE MEAN FOR MIAMI SHOPPERS? HERE’S A RUNDOWN

Yes, many of the red-festooned stores will disappear. But many will be saved. | Published February 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.