Winn-Dixie said it will sell its 13 remaining Louisiana grocery stores as the supermarket chain plans to focus on the Florida and southern Georgia market.

The company said it has reached deals to sell its stores at 8601 Siegen Lane and 13002 Coursey Blvd. to Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Co. Plans are to shut down the stores on Nov. 16 then reopen them later that week as Super 1 Foods stores.

Brookshire said it plans to offer jobs to all of the qualified current Winn-Dixie employees and will hire additional workers at both stores to deliver elevated customer service.

Plans for Winn Dixie's other Louisiana stores -- one in Central and 10 in metro New Orleans and the north shore -- have not been made public.

It isn’t the first time Brookshire has purchased Louisiana Winn-Dixie stores an

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