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Winn-Dixie parent not ruling out a name change
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The Florida Casket Company building at 318 Palmetto St.
Museum, music venue planned Downtown
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JACKSONVILLE How Winn-Dixie got its name
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The Winn-Dixie store at 10915-122 Baymeadows Road in Baymeadows.
Southeastern Grocers says there are no immediate plans to change the name after TMZ.com reported the company is considering it. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers Inc. said it has no immediate plans to change the name of its Winn-Dixie grocery store banner after a TMZ.com report June 25 said that it will. However, Southeastern Grocers didn’t rule out an eventual brand change for the current 366 Winn-Dixie stores or future locations. “Our Winn-Dixie banner has proudly served our communities for nearly 100 years, however, many things have changed during that time,” said a late June 25 statement from Joe Caldwell, Southeastern Grocers senior manager of corporate communications. “While we have no immediate plans to rename this banner, we have always been and will continue to be responsive to the needs and concerns
expressed by the communities we serve.” Caldwell’s June 25 email also said: “At Southeastern Grocers we’re committed to cultivating an inclusive culture and community that promotes belonging, inclusion and diversity. As such, we stand against racism and support the Black Lives Matter movement across our country.” The TMZ.com news site reported that WinnDixie is considering a name change to drop a reference to the Old South through the Dixie name. “One of the largest supermarket chains based in the Southeast is considering dropping its name after nearly 100 years ... a move triggered by the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement,” TMZ.com reported June 25. It said sources at Winn-Dixie told TMZ. com the chain is considering the name change because, “just like The Chicks, it deems the term ‘Dixie’ as problematic due to ties to the old south and its way of thinking.” The country band The Dixie Chicks posted on its website it will be called the Chicks. “We want to meet this moment,” it said in a caption.
The Winn-Dixie name began taking form in 1939 when the Davis family, which owned the Table Supply stores in Miami, bought 51% of a chain called Winn and Lovett and adopted that name. It moved the headquarters to Jacksonville in 1944. In 1955, it acquired Dixie Home Stores and renamed the company Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.
The origins of ‘Dixie’ The History Channel explains the popularity of “Dixie” began in 1859 when musician and performer Daniel Decatur Emmett composed “Dixie,” a minstrel song that included the refrain “Away, away, away down south in Dixie!” The song became the de facto national anthem of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
The Jacksonville Historical Society wants to transform the Casket Company building. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
The former Florida Casket Company building in Downtown could soon see new life. The Jacksonville Historical Society announced June 19 it plans to convert the building into a small music venue and m u se um that “will leverage the memories and m e m o ra b i l i a Bliss of people who lived through the birth of Southern rock and roll,” a news release said. The building is at 318 Palmetto St. near the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. It was constructed in 1882, according to the Jacksonville Historical Society. The new venue is expected to open in 2021. Jacksonville Historical Society CEO Alan Bliss said in the release that he thinks interest for the museum will be high and finding artifacts should not pose a challenge, given Jacksonville’s connections to southern rock ‘n’ roll. SEE MUSEUM, PAGE 2
SEE WINN-DIXIE, PAGE 2
Culver’s plans Yulee restaurant Wisconsin-based Culver’s, known for ButterBurgers, cheese curds and frozen custard, plans a 126-seat restaurant at 463731 Florida 200 in Yulee. The Nassau County Development Review Committee is reviewing the proposed restaurant on 1.2 acres of undeveloped land owned by VyStar Credit Union in the Shoppes at Amelia Concourse. Plans show a 3,792-square-foot building along the north side of Florida 200 with 102 indoor seats, 24 outdoor patio seats, a drive-thru and 53 parking spaces. It is in front of the Target store.
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