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(Reuters) - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc <WINN.O> posted a wider quarterly loss and gave a weak 2010 outlook as recession-hit consumers shopped for lesser number of items on every visit to its stores, sending the supermarket chain's shares down 13 percent. Same store sales -- a key measure of retail health -- decreased 1.5 percentage for the first quarter compared with the year-ago period. The company also said sales were hurt as consumers shifted toward generic pharmaceuticals and an absence of... Read Full Story

Shares of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. continued to drop on Tuesday, a day after the grocery-store operator posted a wider loss in its first quarter and gave a weak forecast for fiscal 2010. BMO Capital Markets analyst Karen Short in a note to investors called Winn-Dixie sales a"wild card." She said there is a chance that Winn-Dixie might not meet its lower outlook, suggesting sales at stores open more than a year between a range of a 1 percent decline and a 1 percent rise. Short said she doesn't... Read Full Story

Grocery-store operator Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. said Monday that its fiscal first-quarter loss widened as revenue declined due to storm-related sales and several store closures. The company's shares sank 10 percent in after-hours trading. For the quarter that ended Sept. 16, Winn-Dixie reported a loss of $8.1 million, or 15 cents per share. This included an impairment charge of 6 cents per share related to the closures of six stores, and compares with a loss of $2.3 million, or 4 cents per... Read Full Story

(Reuters) - Supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc <WINN.O> posted a wider quarterly loss, hurt by consumers shifting toward generic pharmaceuticals and the absence of storm-related sales, and cut its 2010 EBITDA outlook, sending its shares down 13 percent after the bell. The company cut its full-year 2010 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) outlook to between $140 million and $160 million. For the latest first quarter, the company posted a loss of $8.1... Read Full Story

For those of you who shop at Winn-Dixie, you may have heard of their new Fuel Perks program. The program is through the Winn-Dixie Customer Rewards card. You have to go to the service desk and get a new card with a magnetic strip on the back. It only took me about 1 minute to do this. You have to give your new card to the cashier when you are checking out. *If you use your phone number, you will not get your fuel perks!* You accumulate $.05 for every $50.00 spent. If you don't spend $50 in... Read Full Story

Jim Stevens of Jonesborough, Tennessee wakes up and sees Jesus nearly every morning lately.  Somehow, the morning dew forms into the image of the Lord.  From the looks of this photo from the Johnson City Press , it's a good likeness. It kind of reminds you of the Sunday School class that was studying images of Jesus.  As they were studying one popular painting, the teacher said, "Boys and girls, nobody really knows for sure what Jesus looked like."  One little girl said, "Well you have to... Read Full Story

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., one of the nation’s largest food retailers, has consolidated its IT infrastructure to a System z9 Enterprise Class (z9 EC) mainframe to drive more efficiency from current business-critical processes and data such as store operations, finance, human resources and Web content. As a longtime mainframe user, Winn-Dixie evaluated the benefits of consolidating its mainframe operations versus other potential solutions and found the... Read Full Story

November 16, 2008 2:00 pm Opal (Anna Sophia Robb) is a lonely 10-year-old girl who has just moved to a small town in Florida with her preacher father. She adopts an orphaned dog, Winn-Dixie, named after the supermarket where she found him. The many adventures they encounter create an inseparable bond between Opal and her beloved companion which unites the townspeople and helps her own troubled relationship with her father. Because of Winn-Dixie also stars, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson and Dave... Read Full Story

Been a long day today. Lots of work going on here, but I suppose I should be grateful. At least I have work. Lots of folks all over the country are hurting right now and I'm very lucky to have a great job doing things I like to do (and they pay me!). In regards to the title, I'll bet most people under the age of 25 have no idea what I'm talking about (at least around here - I understand they're still open in other locations). Well, today is your lucky day! I always say the day's been wasted... Read Full Story

A 10-year-old girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father, a preacher. While there, she adopts a stray dog whom she names after the local supermarket where he was found. With her goofy pooch by her side, she meets an eclectic group of townspeople and rekindles an almost lost relationship with her father. Read Full Story