Word that the west Mobile market would include a kitchen classroom generated considerable interest. Rouse said that when grand opening plans are unveiled, they'll include a full slate of activities. "We'll have our own chefs teaching classes, and some guest chefs," he said, as well as wine tastings and other special events. The new Orange Beach site, which will be the chain's seventh Alabama store, brings a long search to a whirlwind conclusion. "I've been looking around Orange Beach for a year and a half, probably two years now" for the right location, Rouse said. The Winn-Dixie had been a possibility, though the numbers hadn't been right. But earlier this month Winn-Dixie's parent company, Southeastern Grocers, filed for bankruptcy and announced it was closing dozens of stores. The Orange Beach Winn-Dixie was not among them, though one in Gulf Shores was (as were others in Daphne, Birmingham, Anniston, Dothan, west Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery and Robertsdale).