Publix vice president of manufacturing to retire

LAKELAND, Fla. —Jeff Stephens, vice president of manufacturing for Publix, is retiring, effective May 1, 2019, after 38 years of service. Stephens began his Publix career in 1980 as a rail dock associate. He was promoted to lab technician in the dairy plant in 1983, quality control manager in 1988, general manager of the dairy