Aldi, the rapidly expanding discount grocery chain, has filed permits with Jefferson Parish to open a new location in Metairie.
The new store will be converted from a Winn Dixie location in the 200 block of Veterans Boulevard near the 17th Street Canal in the Lakewood Plaza Shopping Center. A large banner hanging outside the Winn Dixie this week announced that the store will be closing soon.
Two store employees who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly confirmed on Wednesday that employees have been notified of the pending change…