Publix commits to addressing food insecurity

The Lakeland grocery giant held a hunger summit to work with food banks on how to best get food to those in need — a growing population.

Publix Super Markets brought in leaders from food banks across the south in February for an inaugural hunger summit.
Publix Super Markets brought in leaders from food banks across the south in February for an inaugural hunger summit.
Photo by Mark Wemple
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In late February, Publix Super Markets gathered the leaders of 36 food banks in the Feeding America network to its corporate office in Lakeland for what was billed as an inaugural hunger summit.

 

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