Publix Super Markets Inc. boosts supply chain

Lakeland-based grocer, the state's largest, is working to keep shelves stocked and stores virus free during pandemic.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. March 27, 2020
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COURTESY PHOTO — Publix Super Markets Inc., the state's largest grocer, has ramped up its supply chain and is taking other steps to meet consumer demand during the coronavirus crisis.
COURTESY PHOTO — Publix Super Markets Inc., the state's largest grocer, has ramped up its supply chain and is taking other steps to meet consumer demand during the coronavirus crisis.
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Publix Super Markets Inc., which operates more than 1,200 stores in Florida and six other Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, has been working “tirelessly” to boost its strained supply chain amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As stores have run out of paper products and other essentials, Publix officials have engaged additional and new suppliers in an effort to stem the tide of empty shelves.

 

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