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On Sept. 6, 1930, George Jenkins opened his first store, called Publix Food Store, in Winter Haven. In 1935, he opened a second location across town. He closed these first two stores to open his dream store, the first Publix Super Market, on Nov. 8, 1940.
Publix Super Markets, Inc., doing business as Publix, is an employee-owned American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida. [ 1 ] Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, Publix is a private corporation that is wholly owned by present and past employees and members of the Jenkins family. [ 5 ]
For over 90 years, Publix has grown by leaps and bounds into one of the biggest supermarket companies in the country. But how did Publix get here? 1930s — Where it all began On Sept. 6, 1930, George Jenkins opened the first Publix location, known then as Publix Food Store, in Winter Haven, Florida.
Publix was founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, the son of a rural Georgia grocer. Jenkins moved to Winter Haven, Florida, in 1927 and took a job as a stock clerk at the local Piggly Wiggly. He became the store's manager six weeks later at the age of 17.
Sep 12, 2024 · In 1930, Publix’s late founder George Jenkins found his first store location just two doors down from the Piggly Wiggly in Winter Haven and borrowed the name Publix from a New York City-based...
Learn more about Publix history and culture in our Photo Timeline, from the founding of Publix in the 1930s to where Publix Super Markets is now.
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Nov 27, 2017 · A look at the architectural evolution of one of the largest grocery chains in the United States. Pictured is the first Publix. Also the first super-market in the United States to be completely air-conditioned and entered through electric-eye doors. Built by founder, George W. Jenkins, in 1940.
