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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.
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.
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 ...
Publix just opened several new supermarkets in Florida. And more are on the way. A new store in Lakeland, where the company is based, has more than 54,000 square feet. That’s larger than the ...
Publix is anchor store in two west Palm Beach County plazas it has bought. Publix Super Markets has invested in growing and revamping its presence in western Palm Beach County in recent years, as ...
Crispers was founded in South Lakeland, Florida in 1989 by Bill Whitaker and his wife, Vanessa. In 2002 Publix Supermarkets Inc. bought an interest in the company, [1] and Publix bought the entire company in 2007. [2] In 2008, the former CEO of the company was convicted of embezzling more than $400,000 from the company. [3]
Forbes' new HALO list ranks companies, like Publix, on their customer service and social responsibility.