46 Facts About Publix

Publix Super Markets, Inc, commonly known as Publix, is an employee-owned American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida.

Publix is the largest employee-owned company in the United States.

In 1951, Publix moved its headquarters from Winter Haven to Lakeland, Florida, and built its first distribution warehouse there.

In 1956, Publix achieved $50 million in sales, and $1 million in profit.

The sale allowed Publix to operate four stores in a new market area for the company, Escambia County, Florida.

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On February 5, 2009, Publix opened its 1, 000th store in St Augustine, Florida, becoming one of only five U S grocery retailers to achieve that number of stores.

Publix further expanded into South Carolina, Alabama (1996), Tennessee (2002), North Carolina (2014), and Virginia (2017), and has announced plans to expand into Kentucky (2023).

In 2011, Publix announced it was expanding into North Carolina, initially by opening stores in the Charlotte metropolitan area, and later announced construction of a new store in Asheville.

Concurrently, Publix purchased seven Charlotte-area locations from competitor BI-LO stores.

Publix completed the purchase of property in Boone, North Carolina on November 20, 2015, with plans to open in 2017.

In February 2016, Publix announced their entry into the Virginia market, with the signing of two store leases, the first in Bristol scheduled to open in 2017 and the second in metropolitan Richmond scheduled for 2018.

On September 7, 2021, Publix announced its first Kentucky location, expected to open in late 2023 in northeast Louisville near the intersection of the Gene Snyder Freeway and Old Henry Road.

Exactly three months later, Publix announced plans for a second northeast Louisville location, this one near the intersection of Ballardsville and Brownsboro Roads in the Worthington community.

Publix said the produce, which would otherwise be discarded, would be donated to food banks of Feeding America.

Publix started to administer COVID-19 vaccines in early January 2021, with a 22-store pilot in the state of Florida with a focus on long-term care residents and staff, seniors, and health-care personnel.

Publix has faced criticism over its extensive involvement in the distribution of vaccines in Florida, including allegations that it had curried favor with the Ron DeSantis administration by making a campaign donation through an affiliated PAC, and that Publix as exclusive distributor disproportionately favored wealthy neighborhoods.

In December 2005, Publix discontinued its photo processing service, replacing it with an online or mail-order service via the Snapfish program.

In summer 2009, Publix closed both locations citing lack of customer interest.

Publix operated seven stores, branded "Publix Sabor", which cater to Latinos living in South Florida and offer products from Latin America.

Publix announced in August 2007, that it would offer several types of antibiotics free to its customers.

In March 2010, Publix announced the launch of another free prescription, Metformin for Type II Diabetes, the generic of Glucophage.

In May 2014, Publix began offering Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure and chest pain as a free medication.

Effective May 9, 2011, Publix closed the Little Clinics in its stores in order to focus on its core pharmacy and grocery business.

Currently in a trial stage, the second iteration of Publix Curbside began with two pilot locations in the greater Tampa area in September 2017, and is expected to expand to the greater Atlanta area by the end of the year.

In July 2016, Publix announced another pilot program with Instacart to offer online shopping and delivery services in the greater Miami area.

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Later in 2017, Publix announced its intent to expand its delivery program, and expects to have the service available from more than 90 percent of stores by the end of the year.

In November 1977, in Lakeland, Florida, Publix opened the Lake Miriam Food World, which, at 57, 000 sq.

Brand was retired in 1985 because the stores were unable to turn a profit for Publix or give workers a percentage of their store's profits.

In 2002, Publix invested in the Lakeland-based restaurant chain Crispers, which concentrates on health-conscious fare.

In May 2011, Publix announced it had sold the Crispers chain to Healthy Food Concepts LLC The stores had not performed well during the downturn and in recent years Publix closed several units, leaving the chain with 36 stores when the sale was announced.

Publix tested the market response to liquor stores in the late 1980s, but closed its test sites in 1989.

In 2005, Publix began installing The New Release DVD rental kiosks within eight of its South Florida stores with expansion to other South Florida stores by 2006.

In December 2016, Publix opened its first in-store Starbucks location in the Orlando area, with five more opening throughout 2017.

Publix had claimed that the suit was simply an effort by the United Food and Commercial Workers to unionize the company, but the judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and required Publix to "correct some of its statements.

Publix announced that effective January 1, 2015, health coverage would be available to same-sex couples regardless of place of marriage, as long as they are legally married.

In early 2018, Publix came under fire by the Human Rights Campaign and other LGBT rights organizations for refusing to cover PrEP HIV prevention drugs under its employee health plans.

Publix Political giving is coordinated through their Political Action Committee, which the company leverages to promote business interests.

Publix contributes to the Ron Desantis PAC, who is considered by many to be a business-friendly governor.

Six days after halting political contributions, the Florida Retail Federation, a trade group heavily funded by Publix, donated an additional $100, 000 to Putnam's Florida Grown PAC.

Publix was able to distribute vaccines to seniors in their markets, while national providers like Walgreens and CVS focused on broader efforts.

Publix stock is privately owned and restricted: it can only be purchased by current employees or board members during designated offering periods, and cannot be sold to anyone without first being offered back to Publix for repurchase.

Publix stock was quoted on the US OTC market under the code PUSH.

In 2003, Publix supported a successful bill that prevents owners from suing if their land is polluted by dry cleaning chemicals dumped on an adjacent property, if the adjacent property owners are on a state clean-up list.

Publix lost a 2001 lawsuit filed by an owner whose property had been contaminated in this manner.

On October 4, 2005, Publix sued Visa and MasterCard, citing unfair business practices over their unannounced and non-negotiable increases in merchant account fees.

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In 2014, Publix was fined by the Board of Human Rights of Broward County, Florida for discrimination involved in the termination of an LGBT employee.