so....how good is the economy???????
Winn-Dixie to scale back business, cut 22,000 jobs
By Associated Press | June 22, 2005
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Bankrupt supermarket chain Winn-Dixie said yesterday it will cut 22,000 jobs, or 28 percent of its workforce, as it shutters 326 stores in an attempt to emerge from bankruptcy.
The company is closing 35 percent of its outlets under a proposed Chapter 11 reorganization plan. An additional 500 workers will lose their jobs at its Jacksonville headquarters.
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. will cease operations in four states -- Tennessee, Virginia, and North and South Carolina -- and trim businesses in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It will exit the Atlanta market.
The company said it will try to sell six dairy plants, its pizza plant in Montgomery, Ala., and its Chek Beverage/Deep South Products plant in Fitzgerald, Ga.