Aldi is buying 400 grocery stores in Florida and the southeast as it continues its rapid US expansion

• Aldi is buying 397 supermarkets across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
• Some will stay as Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores while others will be converted to Aldis.
• Aldi has lofty expansion plans in the US. It reels customers in with low prices and time-limited products.

Aldi is buying 397 supermarkets across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi as it expands its US retail empire.

The German discount retailer said on Wednesday that it was buying all of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket's locations from parent company Southeastern Grocers for an undisclosed price.