The name change to Winn-Dixie is the final stage of a transitional period following the company's purchase of 68 stores from Jitney-Jungle in October 2000 that included 54 stores in Mississippi, 11 stores in Alabama and three in Louisiana. Stores that were located in markets where Winn-Dixie was currently operating stores were changed to Winn-Dixies following the acquisition. Winn-Dixie retained essentially all Jitney-Jungle store employees.