Bi-Lo Holdings, the parent company of Bi-Lo and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, that is buying Sweetbay supermarkets, said it will close 13 stores as part of the deal, including five in the Tampa Bay area.
Bi-Lo said this week it would close eight stores it is acquiring and five of its existing stores because of their proximity to other locations. All of the stores, which are in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia, will close between March 22 and July 12.
Earlier, the Federal Trade Commission said Bi-Lo agreed to sell 12 supermarkets in order to complete the purchase of 165 Sweetbay, Harveys, and Reid’s supermarkets from their Delhaize America parent. The acquisition, which has been pending since May, includes 73 Tampa-based Sweetbay stores and the leases to 10 closed Sweetbay locations.
