Publix commits to addressing food insecurity

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.

The summit was meant as an opportunity for the company to discuss what it can do to further help the food banks — which are seeing greater challenges — and for the food banks themselves to talk about best practices.

Publix currently has 1,333 stores seven states in the South. The food banks were mostly from areas the company serves.