ACTION 8 UPDATE: The Winn-Dixie stores in Montgomery and Wetumpka will become Piggly Wiggly Food For Less locations, according to its website.

As Action 8 News reported last week, Winn-Dixie is pulling out of Alabama and other states to focus its efforts on its home state of Florida.

We don’t yet know when the switch to Piggly Wiggly Food For Less will happen, but Winn-Dixie said last week that it hoped to have all of its remaining 32 Winn-Dixie and Harvey’s locations in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and most of Georgia sold to new owners by early next year. It plans to keep stores in extreme South Georgia, near its home base of Jacksonville, Florida.

The Winn-Dixie in Prattville has already been announced as a Piggly Wiggly.

There are more than 600 Piggly Wiggly stores nationwide,

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