Winn Dixie

used to shop here as a young 5 or 8 year old with my now deceased great aunt and great uncle going away from a weekend to new orleans from the westbank

Get a Winn Dixie rewards card for free at the customer service desk. Then welcome yourself to amazing savings including discounts at shell for your gas purchases. Beyond that it’s just your average run of the mill Winn Dixie. I’m always disappointed with the produce section.

Honestly when it comes to my main grocery list, Rouse’s is my go to place.
That being said, the one thing I dislike about Rouse’s is that sham they call a bakery. It’s terrible! No in house bagels, no specialty bread that looks like it was made fresh, and their house baguettes are criminally horrible. Many of their in house breads that I have tried are so dense it’s like eating a sponge.
Honestly, most bread is not suppose to be like that, some specialty varieties, maybe, but not across the board. I worked at a bakery that respected ingredients for a decent amount of time and during that time I came to hate then understand and then ultimately love all that goes into making good bread. It really is art, no one thinks about bread or gives it enough limelight but ask anyone who has made bread from scratch.
One last thing, maybe it was an omen, maybe it was a the revenge of a disgruntled employee, but last time I was at Rouse’s poking around the bakery I was looking at the bags of what they purport to be pistolettes. I picked up a bag and the sticker was stuck to another bag and the plastic wrap is really thin so it just ripped from the weight of being attached to the other bag by the sticker.
Let me just tell you, rolls were rolling everywhere.
The whole reason I wrote this review was because I enjoy Winn-Dixie’s bakery in a ‘just going to the grocery store’ context, their in house bagels are outrageous and overall they are better than Rouse’s bakery. They pretty much have whatever you may need and everyone is friendly.

Clean store, usually ample parking. They often have some kind of two for one deal on some meats or sausage and they have a fuel perks program in conjunction with Shell. They don’t have a whole lot of organic produce and I’m not sure about any of the meats. They do have a small section of organic and gluten free products just past the produce section, though I’m not sure it’s any cheaper than Whole Foods. The salad bar looks like there isn’t a lot of turnover. Overall, they should have most of what you’re looking for, unless they are some specialty items.

First time at a Winn-​Dixie, was not too impressed. Store was kind of dreary looking in some aisles, not enough lighting. They seem to have some good deals if you have a membership card, but not as many as some other large supermarket chains. Self checkout had 2 out of order machines when I went, something to stay more on top of

Winn-​dixie at Tchopatoulas always has great service! The employees at checkout are all super friendly and chatty. Sometimes there is a man outside just to greet you with a shopping cart.
The highlight of my day today was going to WD. My friend and I were looking for batteries and didn’t know which kind fit the fake candle we had. An employee offered to go to his car to see if his AA batteries would fit. In the process of finding his keys in the back room he found batteries to test. When the fake candle worked he told us to keep those batteries no charge.
Moments like these are worth a Unilocal

The meat department needs a serious overhaul. Two thirds of the meat I looked at had been frozen, but being sold at a premium. This is simply unacceptable. Its as if your slogan is now «The Used Beef People».

I don’t understand why the Winn Dixie in MidCity gets slammed, but this Winn Dixie is beloved. This one is just the pits!
It’s a dark cave of a grocery store that makes me feel claustrophobic. The stock isn’t as deep as the MidCity location, nor is it as clean. The staff is… well, I couldn’t ever find someone wearing the official red polo until I got to the check-​out area. The folks at the MidCity actually know me, which is handy.
I mean, okay, yes, I can find everything I want (most of the time) at this Winn Dixie, but the layout isn’t as intuitive as the MidCity location. In fact, the «half aisles» situation on half the store does not make a lot of sense.
I’ll shop here if I must, but I much prefer going to MidCity. When the two locations are equidistant from my house, I’ll choose to shop like a MidCitizen every time.
Accessibility notes: sliding doors. Riding carts available. Some items are shelved very high. No Braille signage. Lighting is dim. Can get loud at peak hours. High counters at the deli and meat counters. High check-​out belts/​lanes.

I just don’t see a reason To ever shop here. I know some people do it for the fuel rewards, but that isn’t enough for me. It’s way more expensive than rouses and it’s just as stressful as Walmart usually. It’s terrible.

I just ran in here really quick for a pack of beef hot dogs, buns, and potato salad to bring to a BBQ while visiting family in the area. It seemed clean and so were the restrooms. The lady the the deli helped me out with recommendations on the deli sides and was very nice and helpful. The hot dogs were the most expensive I have seen in the country and totally caught me off guard. Other than the outrageous price for that I like this store I can’t speak for many other products because I went in here looking for specific item’s. I did go to a Rouses earlier that day and liked their store a lot better it just seemed to have more and looked nicer.

I always go to Hollygrove Market and Farm to get my produce, then I come here to round out my groceries. The dry goods are always on a fair sale. Meats and dairy products are also good.
My favorite part is the bakery section. Fresh hot bread! And hot apple pies (and the pie is one of the best I’ve had)!
The gas discount at Shell gas is also a nice bonus (They keep track of it through their Winn Dixie Card program.)

Helpful staff & good local items.

A-​OK really sums it up. Decent prices, friendly personnel, acceptable selection… nothing to write home about, but nothing to write the mayor about either. Sales are good, PLUS love the fuel perks that get me ~30 cents/​gallon off per fill! You do have to go with an open mind or else you will be disappointed – meaning, you have to just go and see what looks good/​is on sale. And this is a REALLY small WD, so that limits your options as well.
I think the single greatest thing about this store – and one of the things that makes me über love this city – is the story of the first time I shopped here. I had just moved to town and it was literally the first time I had been to a WD, and to my local WD. I walk in and, as I’m shopping in the produce section, someone offers me a free sample of some new wine they just got in! I came from California and I never saw this EVER. It has now happened to me 2 – 3 times at this store. It definitely adds an element of mystery/​surprise to my grocery shopping.

I can sum up my feelings on this store with a song, «you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes well you might find, you get what you need.» I can never go here looking for specifics or else I’m just disappointed with the selection.
On the bright side, its cheaper than Rouses and the cashiers are always extremely nice and they also put things on sale. Decent booze selection as well.

I love this Winn Dixie and maybe I’m biased because I can walk there, but there are some good points about this store.
The fruits and veggies almost always look nice compared to some of the other Dixie’s
The wing bar is good if you don’t go too late when they’ve been sitting out for a while.
They often have someone out front cooling BBQ score!
They play saints games over the speakers so you can listen while you shop.
Overall this is my favorite Winn Dixie in the city.
:)

I usually only end up here after all the other groceries are closed as this is a bit of a longer trip from my house than most of the other markets. This is a nice sized store and they have a good selection of items but don’t seem to have as many local products as Rouse’s. They have a nice booze, wine and beer selection. They’re also big on using your Winn Dixie card and you can save some money if you get one and remember to use it. They have later hours than any other grocery in the area so that really gives them convenience points. I do appreciate their later hours but I still miss the 24 hour grocery shopping we had in the area before Katrina. What’s a night owl to do these days at 3am when a sudden need to make groceries arises?

I wasn’t sure if I should be glad that there was security outside and inside the place or not but I’d never seen that before. There’s a sensor system on the shopping carts that prevents you from taking them out of the parking lot; again, I just moved to this area and had never seen that before either. But it’s cool, I felt like my person/​car were safe in the parking lot because of the security and I had no intention of taking home a shopping cart (until I saw that sign… now it’s all I think about).
It’s a smaller grocery store but it has all the staples. And an AMAZING wine and beer selection. The night I went they were having rum tastings. RUM!!! Since it is smaller the aisles are really narrow and it can be tight getting two shopping carts past each other but that’s not a big deal. The prices are competitive and the Winn Dixie card is a steal if you use Shell gas! After only one trip I saved $ 0.15/gallon! The employees are very friendly.
Cons: as with everything else in New Orleans, no one is in a big hurry to do anything so a trip can take longer than expected. The liquor is at the FRONT of the store, at the service counter, so if you want liquor you have to check out and then go there and buy your liquor separately. The liquor selection was just meh but they had the basics.

This place jams, because…
A) The employees are all amazingly friendly and helpful. Special shoutout to my girl CANDY. She is so f’ing sweet and while ringing you up will tell you to go back and exchange some product for another one that’s on sale, or tell you about sales that you might have missed so that you can get the best deal.
B) They always have great sales.
C) Winn-​Dixie card. Gets me almost $ 1 off gas each time I fill my tank.
D) Good wine selection, great tea selection, pretty good cheese selection, and carrying more and more vegetarian/​vegan-​friendly items. At great prices.
E) Amazing parking, and open til midnight. MIDNIGHT!
The ONLY bad thing is the very sad fresh produce section, but I 100% do not mind going to get kale at Whole Foods and getting the rest of my food at Winn-​Dixie.

Damn, I love Winn Dixie.
It’s the cheapest non-​shitty (I’m looking at YOU, Sav-​a-​Lot) grocery store in town. And even though it’s cheap, its produce isn’t disgusting (I’m looking at YOU, Wal Mart).
How could you not love Winn Dixie? Yall are all looney. Where are you going that’s better than Winn Dixie? Rouse’s is WAY more expensive, Whole Foods is freaking ridiculous, and Wal Mart doesn’t have as good a variety. And frankly, I gotta admit that I’m kind of intimidated by all the bells and whistles at Rouse’s. I don’t know how to work a self-​service checkout, and the only time I’ve tried, I felt like an idiot with that robot lady talking to me and I felt like everyone was staring at me :(
I like Winn Dixie for a lot of reasons, and a trip to Winn Dixie is always a special treat because 1) I’ve been going to Winn Dixie since I was a kid, 2) I like the way it still uses old-​school colors like beige and brown in the décor, 3) It is cheap, 4) It has a good variety of stuff – all the stuff I want, anyway, 5) It has a damn good cheap store-​brand (used to be called Thrifty Maid, but it’s something else now), 6) It’s a big real grocery store, and since I lost my car in August, I’ve had to make do with Mardi Gras Zone, The Food Co-​op, and whatever store my friend happens to be going to when she asks if I want to tag along (usually Wal Mart).
Winn Dixie has a floral department, a BIG wine section, a liquor section, a big beer cooler, a salad bar, a bakery, a sushi counter, and the normal stuff like meat/​seafood department, etc. Do they still have a pharmacy? They used to. Damn, I wish I still lived close to a Winn Dixie.
When I lived in Mid-​City pre-​K, there was a 24-​hour Winn Dixie just up the street. I used to go grocery shopping at 4am. And the old men in the neigborhood used the stoop outside of Winn Dixie as their bar. Now it’s a Home Depot… sigh.
Damn, I really love Winn Dixie.

Winn Dixie, you should know I still love you, but I’m subtracting a star for the amount of time it took me yesterday to find a thermometer with which to take my flujacked temperature. I was sick and I was weak and despite asking for help from multiple employees it still took about ten times longer than it should have, even accounting for my state of partial delirium.
Seriously, I’ve had an easier time finding the G-​Spot… which by the way is not at all located between the lip balm and the cough drops.