Grocer’s sales surge by 21% in second quarter

Lakeland-based Publix generated $11.4 billion in revenue.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 12:52 p.m. August 4, 2020
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Courtesy. Lakeland-based Publix generated $11.4 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2020, a 21.8% increase over the same period last year.
Courtesy. Lakeland-based Publix generated $11.4 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2020, a 21.8% increase over the same period last year.
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LAKELAND — The coronavirus pandemic has not slowed sales growth at Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc., with the grocer reporting $11.4 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2020, up from $9.3 billion — a 21.8% increase — during the same period last year. 

Deemed an essential business during the COVID-19 crisis, Publix was never required to close as the virus spread. 

 

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