- SaveRite
Save Rite is a U.S. chain of discount grocery stores owned by Winn-Dixie. The store aims to offer the prices of bulk-discount stores like
Costco with the customer-friendly environment of traditionalsupermarkets , as reflected in their slogan "Warehouse Price, Supermarket Nice." The store offers cheaper prices by offering a smaller selection and less customer support than most grocery stores.The chain's marketing is based on its mascot
Captain Save-Rite , who is shown as a cartoon super-hero resemblingCaptain America .Winn-Dixie created the Save-Rite brand as an experiment to increase its revenues and opened 11 stores throughout its distribution area. In November
2001 , Winn-Dixie announced plans to convert nearly all of its 40-some Winn-Dixie and Winn-Dixie Marketplace brand stores in the metro Atlanta area into Save-Rites as a last-ditch effort to keep a hold on its market share, which was rapidly declining due to stiff competition fromWal-Mart ,Publix ,Kroger , and other similar stores.However in
2005 , Save-Rite pulled out of the metro Atlanta area due to Winn-Dixie's decision to close 386 stores. Prior to the latest cuts in February of2006 , the only known states that have at least one Save-Rite areMississippi andFlorida , most notably in the Orlando metro area, and in the Meridian,Mississippi area as well. OnFebruary 28 2006 , Winn Dixie announced that it would close about 11 additional Save Rite stores in Central Florida.
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