Other competitors in the services sector include: Safeway (SWY), Winn-Dixie Stores (WINN), and Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA).

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Other competitors in the services sector include: Kroger (KR), Winn-Dixie Stores (WINN), and The Fresh Market Inc (TFM).

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He thought he saw a turnaround at Winn-Dixie Stores, part of the supermarket sector battered by intense competition from the likes of Wal-Mart.

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The struggling Winn-Dixie Stores, with six times as many stores and three times as much in sales, is valued at just 10% of Whole Foods' market value.

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But in an encouraging development, West Coast real estate firm AMB Property just became one of the few U.S. companies (along with Boeing and Winn-Dixie Stores) to deduct the expense.

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Winn-Dixie, which has stores in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi, said it hasn't received any reports of illness related to the sprouts.

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Grocery stores from Winn-Dixie to SuperValu have already confirmed such expectations.

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Winn-Dixie, which operates about 480 retail grocery stores in the Southeast, said as a precautionary measure it will recall Leasa's broccoli sprouts, gourmet sprouts, spicy sprouts and onion sprouts from all of its stores.

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