LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets Inc. on Monday announced four executive moves that president and chief executive officer Todd Jones said are designed to address the retailer’s growth and support continued innovation. The changes will be effective January 1. Randy Barber, 55, will be promoted to vice president of industrial maintenance and purchasing. He
ARLINGTON, VA — The Food Marketing Institute has presented its inaugural Food Safety Innovation Award to Publix Super Markets Inc. “We created this award to recognize companies that have made an innovative contribution and commitment to food safety and to encourage others in the industry, government and academia to search for creative solutions and implement
LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Publix Super Markets Inc. and Wegmans Food Markets Inc. share the top spot as America’s favorite grocery retailer, according to a recent Market Force Information study of more than 12,700 shoppers. Trader Joe’s Co. ranks second and H-E-B third. Wegmans also won top ranking in 2016 after unseating Trader Joe’s, a long-running
LAKELAND, Fla. — This year’s late Easter hurt first quarter volume at Publix Super Markets Inc., by shifting sales into the second quarter. Publix’s sales for the first quarter of 2017 were $8.69 billion, a 0.4% decrease from last year’s $8.72 billion. Comparable-store sales for the first quarter of 2017 decreased 2.1%. The company estimates the
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets Inc. is reviving its GreenWise store concept and banner. First introduced in 2007, Publix currently operates three GreenWise outlets: one each in Tampa, Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens. GreenWise is also the name of Publix’s natural and organic brand, which includes both food and nonfood items. The relaunch
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Pharmacy is working with BayCare Health System to provide a range of pharmacy and health care destinations in the Tampa Bay and central Florida region. Publix Super Markets Inc. said Friday that the partnership will initially include BayCare-bannered telehealth centers in various Publix stores, BayCare screening kiosks in all Publix locations
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets Inc. reported healthy sales and earnings gains in the fourth quarter and fiscal year. Sales for the fourth quarter of 2016, a 14-week period, were $9.1 billion, an 11.1% increase from last year’s $8.2 billion, a 13-week period. The additional week in the fourth quarter of 2016 increased sales
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has honored two supermarket veterans for their contributions to the industry. Ed Crenshaw, chairman and former chief executive officer at Publix Super Markets Inc., was named winner of the Sidney R. Rabb Award, FMI’s highest honor, for excellence in serving the consumer, the community and the industry. FMI
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Food Marketing Institute on Friday honored former Publix Super Markets Inc. chief executive officer Ed Crenshaw with the organization’s highest honor, the Rabb Award. FMI recognized Crenshaw for excellence in serving the consumer, the community and the industry at a celebratory event at the Midwinter Executive Conference. The awards ceremony was
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Publix Super Markets Inc. came in first among all brick-and-mortar pharmacies in a pharmacy customer satisfaction survey by market research firm J.D. Power, based on responses from 14,789 pharmacy customers. On a 1,000-point scale, Publix scored 912 in the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Pharmacy Study. The supermarket segment posted the highest
ORLANDO, Fla. — Target Corp. and Publix Super Markets Inc. were among the companies that responded in the wake of the recent mass shooting at a gay nightclub here. Target donated $250,000 to the OneOrlando Fund in honor of Mercedez Flores and Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, two Target team members who were among the 49 people
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets Inc. is expanding into Virginia, which will be the seventh state in the employee-owned grocery chain’s operating area. The retailer said this month that it has signed two leases for stores in greater Richmond. The Bristol store will measure 54,000 square feet and will be located at the corner