<Li> In the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, several scenes take place inside and outside a Winn - Dixie supermarket . This includes a scene where Kathy Bates's character, Evelyn Couch, rams her car into another car in the Winn - Dixie parking lot . </Li> <Li> The children's novel Because of Winn - Dixie by Kate DiCamillo is about a dog who is found in a Winn - Dixie supermarket . The book was adapted into a movie of the same name, which was released in 2005 . </Li> <Li> Winn - Dixie has sponsored several race cars and racing events; they have been on the hood of a Roush - Fenway Racing car as a co-sponsor with Cargill and sponsored the Winn - Dixie 300 at Talladega Superspeedway for the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2015 . They are primarily known for sponsoring the #60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Mark Martin in various Busch Series races in the 1990s . </Li>

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