ROBERTSDALE, Alabama -- Greer’s CashSaver Cost Plus is gearing up for the grand opening of its new location, 21951 Alabama 59, Suite D, the former location of Winn Dixie.

The Greer’s family will host a ribbon cutting with the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, June 27 beginning at 10 a.m. and will be running specials to coincide with the move.

On Monday, June 18, the Robertsdale City Council voted unanimously to recommend the approval through the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the transfer of Greer’s retail beer and table wine license to the new location.

Officials said Monday that Greer’s planned to close its liquor store at the old location with no plans to re-open, so only needed to transfer the beer and wine license.

Greer’s CashSaver Cost Plus will be taking over the former Winn Dixie location after Southeastern Grocers announced in March that they would be closing 94 stores in seven states, including three Winn Dixie stores in Baldwin County and one in Mobile.

The announced closings included Winn Dixie stores in Daphne, Gulf Shores and Robertsdale in Baldwin County, along with Mobile’s Schillinger Road location. It was also announced in March that the Orange Beach location of Winn Dixie would become a Rouse’s Market.

The closings include 57 Winn Dixie stores, 10 in Alabama. Other locations closing include Anniston, the Bessemer Road location in Birmingham, three locations in Dothan, Monroeville and the Atlanta Highway location in Montgomery.

All of the planned closings were carried out by April 30.

Founded by Autry Greer in 1916 with the first location at the corner of Water and St. Michael Streets in Mobile, the Greer family has maintained ownership through five generations currently operating 30 supermarkets with more than 700 employees in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida.

Greer’s also has locations in Bay Minette and Fairhope in Baldwin County, along with a location just across the Alabama/Florida border on Lillian Highway in Pensacola.

While another retail store chain announced in March that it would be taking over the Winn Dixie store in Robertsdale, it was later discovered that it had been outbid by Greer’s and plans got underway to move that store’s Robertsdale location approximately a quarter-mile to the south.

The former Greer’s location in Robertsdale will soon become the fourth Greer’s Ace Hardware Express location, with additional locations in Mobile, Bay Minette and Quitman, Mississippi.

In other business June 18, the council:

• Approved plans to host the Second Annual Hub City Classic 10K Run Feb. 9 at Garrett Park in Robertsdale (with a rain date of Feb. 16). The run benefits the Jace Waters Foundation. Julie Waters told council members that the first run was a success and they would like to make it an annual event.

• Authorized city engineer Greg Smith to solicit bids for sewer flow monitors for the city’s sewer system.

• Authorized the disposal of equipment and remodeling actions for the Diamond Property, located off of Fairground Road behind Robertsdale High School. Part of the action included rezoning the property from business to industrial.