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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A Pensacola man is behind bars Tuesday after being caught with meth and other drug paraphernalia inside a M&M minis container in a Winn Dixie parking lot, according to an arrest report from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Edward Busbee was booked into the Escambia County Jail at around 2:27 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25 on no bond. Busbee is charged with possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear. According to the arrest report, a deputy saw a green Ford Ranger parked next to a dumpster...

Some 12,500 cases of 5-pound bags of Pillsbury Unbleached All Purpose Flour have been recalled because of possible salmonella contamination. This information was posted on the websites of two supermarket chains, Publix and Winn-Dixie, which said that the product was recalled by the parent company of Pillsbury baking products, Hometown Foods Company. Flour marked with two lot codes are involved in the recall: 8 292 or 8 293 representing about 100,000 bags of flour. The packages carry a best-if-used-by date of April 19, 2020. No announcement was posted on either the Hometown Foods Company’s website or the Food and Drug...

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. on Tuesday announced it will close 30 of its 514 stores, and cut 120 jobs in its corporate and field support staffs as it deals with a continued weak economy. The Jacksonville-based supermarket chain wouldn't say which stores are closing until company officials can inform the employees involved, which should happen by the end of Wednesday. The stores being closed "can't operate efficiently or profitably" in this economy, CEO Peter Lynch said. "We just don't see a lot of good things down the road," he said. "These steps are being taken to position the company for another...

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Bankrupt grocery chain Winn-Dixie said Tuesday it would close about a third of its 913 stores and cut 22,000 jobs as part of a plan to restructure and emerge from bankruptcy. The job cuts represent about 28 percent of Winn-Dixie's total work force. The cuts will affect stores as well as corporate offices, the company said in a statement. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based supermarket chain said it's closing or selling 326 stores to focus on its most profitable markets. "Creating a smaller, but more profitable store base will best position Winn-Dixie for long-term financial health and a...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Supermarket giant Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. said Tuesday it has filed for bankruptcy reorganization, less than two weeks after reporting decreased revenues and increased losses from a year ago. Winn-Dixie and 23 of its U.S. subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 reorganization late Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, a company news release said. The Jacksonville-based company also announced Tuesday that it has secured an $800 million credit facility from Wachovia Bank N.A. to help pay for its reorganization, the release said. The credit facility, subject to court approval, replaces the company's...

But grocery chain says stores will remain open, financing is lined up and employees will get paid. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection, due to stiff competition and the need to restructure to stem widening losses.

ARLINGTON, Va. — When it comes to movies, give me an adorable dog, a flawed father, a motherless girl-child with a heart the size of Disney World — toss in an eccentric dowager librarian and a Magical Negro (to borrow the term popularized by Spike Lee), not to mention Dave Matthews — and for two hours I'm all yours. Especially if I'm 7 years old. So goes the cast of characters in a new movie due for release Feb. 18 — "Because of Winn-Dixie" — that parents can take their children to without cringing. It's a sweet tale, full of...

<p>Winn-Dixie to Close or Sell 156 Stores, Cut Jobs (Update5) April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. said it plans to close 45 supermarkets and sell 111 more, affecting as many as 10,000 workers, as the grocer struggles against Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s supercenters.</p>

JACKSONVILLE , Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores (NYSE: WIN - news) Inc. (WIN) plans to exit its operations in Texas and Oklahoma by June 26 , resulting in the elimination of about 5,300 jobs. Citing continuing losses and reduced market share, the food and drug retailer said Monday it intends to close or sell 71 stores in Texas , five stores in Oklahoma and a distribution center and dairy plant in Fort Worth , Texas . The company said Monday it is in final negotiations to sell a majority of the stores and the dairy facility to various buyers and will...