Southeastern Grocers had not built a new Winn-Dixie grocery store in about a decade until it completed the Grand Cypress market scheduled for a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday.
The 41,454-square-foot supermarket and its separate 2,000-square-foot Winn-Dixie Liquor store were developed at 100 Little Cypress Drive in St. Johns County. The two will employ 108 people, the company said. Southeastern Grocers is Winn-Dixie’s parent company.
“It’s a matter of being part of the development and growth of St. Johns County,” said Shawn Sloan, North Florida Region vice president for Winn-Dixie after a tour of the store Tuesday.
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