Publix

STAFF REPORT - Aid from every corner of the food industry has been pouting in to areas of Florida stricken by Hurricane Charley.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Crispers, LLC, a quick-serve restaurant chain that is financially backed by Publix Super Markets, Inc., based here, will begin expanding its presence in the Jacksonville, Fla. area with five new stores by mid-2005. Crispers, which currently operates 23 locations in Central Florida, has said in the past that it plans to open additional locations in that region as well as in South Florida.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Publix posted a 10 percent sales increase in its second-quarter sales, with approximately $4.5 billion vs. $4.1 billion for the same period last year, while same-store sales at the supermarket chain increased 4.9 percent in the second quarter.

Men's HBC products offer tremendous potential for growth -- if they're managed correctly.

The c-store segment continues to improve its portable fresh food lineup -- and reputation -- and supermarkets can ill afford to ignore their cross-channel competitors' bid to boost business from the inside out.

CHICAGO - Transora, the leading provider of data synchronization solutions to the retail and CPG industries, today announced that Publix has selected Transora's data pool service offering to aggregate supplier data.

In the aftermath of Fleming's implosion, a new order of wholesaling has arisen for large national retailers and regional players and co-ops alike.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Publix Super Markets, Inc. here continues its expansion in Alabama with the addition of four stores in Montgomery, according to the Lakeland, Fla. Ledger.