Publix CEO shares insights on competition, customer service and the company's founder

Todd Jones was recently honored at a leadership breakfast in Sarasota.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. October 12, 2018
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Lori Sax. Todd Jones is president and CEO of Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets.
Lori Sax. Todd Jones is president and CEO of Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets.
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He started as a store clerk. Now, Todd Jones is in charge of an empire that includes about 1,200 stores, more than 190,000 employees and annual revenue of $34.6 billion.

That entity is Publix, where Todd Jones was named president and CEO in 2016 after Ed Crenshaw retired.

 

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