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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]
George Washington Jenkins Jr. (September 29, 1907 – April 8, 1996) was an American businessman who founded Publix Super Markets.As of 2016, the employee-owned, privately held corporation included 1,100 stores in the Southeastern United States with 170,000 employees and sales of $32 billion.
Carol Barnett's father, George W. Jenkins, founded Publix Super Markets. Carol was born in 1956 when Publix was in its heyday. Carol and her five siblings worked at Publix beginning at the age of sixteen. [ 4 ]
A store well-known throughout Florida — at least until Publix burst onto the scene ... Victory Super Markets. ... Massachusetts-based Victory Super Markets was founded in 1923 by two brothers ...
With more than 225,000 employees, Publix is by far America’s largest employee-owned company. Founded in Florida in 1930, the supermarket chain dominates the region with more than 1,280 stores ...
Miami Herald file photo from Publix of Publix founder George W. Jenkins in front of Store #070 at the Coral Ridge Shopping Center, 3400 N. Federal Hwy. in Fort Lauderdale. This store was opened on ...
Year founded Headquarters Associated supermarket brands Alex Lee Inc. Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia 1931 Hickory, North Carolina: Lowes Foods, KJ's Market, IGA Southeast: Brookshire's: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas 1928 Tyler, Texas: Brookshire's, Super 1 Foods, Fresh by Brookshire's, Spring Market, Reasor's. Food City
Howard Jenkins (born 1952/53) is an American billionaire businessman, the son of George W. Jenkins, the founder of Publix Super Markets, and its chairman and CEO from 1990 to 2001. His family is among the richest in Florida and thirty-ninth richest in America, according to Forbes, with a net worth of $8.8 billion in 2020.