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LAKELAND, Fla. - In response to customer demand and growing fast-casual competition, Publix Super Markets here will test a new prepared foods lineup comprised of seven different service-oriented stations in one of its newest stores, slated to open April 12 in Lake Mary, Fla.

LAKELAND, Fla. - In response to customer demand and growing fast-casual competition, Publix Super Markets here will test a new prepared foods lineup comprised of seven different service-oriented stations in one of its newest stores, slated to open April 12 in Lake Mary, Fla.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets Inc. here said it would distribute a 2007 annual cash dividend of 40 cents per share on its common stock, up from 20 cents per share in 2006, adjusted for the effect of the five-for-one stock split that occurred July 1, 2006.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Regional grocer Publix Super Markets here had a decent year in 2006, with sales earnings and comps all showing increases in a fiscal year that had one less week than the year before.

NEW YORK -- Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets, and Publix Super Markets in Lakeland, Fla. got props "Customer Service Champs" from BusinessWeek magazine here, in a ranking of companies based on their service levels that appears in the magazine's March 5 issue, on newsstands today.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Florida father has filed a suit against Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix Super Markets and Nebraska-based ConAgra Foods, the manufacturer of Peter Pan peanut butter, claiming that he and his son became violently ill from eating tainted product that was purchased at Publix.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Florida father has filed a suit against Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix Super Markets and Nebraska-based ConAgra Foods, the manufacturer of Peter Pan peanut butter, claiming that he and his son became violently ill from eating tainted product that was purchased at Publix.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Wal-Mart and Safeway are the newest companies to join the new Fruits & Veggies -- More Matters license agreement initiative launched by the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here. All told, 33 retail companies representing approximately 20,000 individual retail stores across the nation have signed on with the More Matters campaign.