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Publix expands distribution center project in Greensboro, N.C.

Dry grocery warehouse to join refrigerated facility already under construction

Russell Redman

October 27, 2020

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Publix said the Greensboro DC will provide more efficient delivery of dry and refrigerated groceries to stores in the Carolinas and Virginia.Publix Super Markets

Publix Super Markets plans to add a dry grocery warehouse to a new distribution center being built in Greensboro, N.C.

Publix said Tuesday that the grocery warehouse will bring another 1.2 million square feet of space to the DC. In late February, the Lakeland, Fla.-based supermarket chain broke ground on a 940,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in Greensboro in the project’s first phase.

The new facility will be Publix’s 10th DC overall and its first in North Carolina. The company said the Greensboro DC will provide more efficient delivery of dry and refrigerated groceries to its stores in the Carolinas and Virginia.

“Publix is excited to be expanding our presence in the Greensboro community,” Maria Brous, director of communications at Publix, said in a statement.

Gray, a Lexington, Ky.-based engineering, design, construction and smart manufacturing firm, is working with Publix in building the Greensboro DC. Publix said the entire project is slated to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022, three years ahead of schedule.

Publix’s nine other DCs are in Boynton Beach, Deerfield Beach, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando and Sarasota, Fla.; Lawrenceville, Ga.; and McCalla, Ala.

North Carolina and Virginia are growth areas for Publix. The grocer opened a 51,447-square-foot store in Marvin, N.C., last week and a 45,600-square-foot store in Raleigh, N.C. (on Peace Street) in early September, following a 49,533-square-foot store opened in North Chesterfield, Va., in late August.

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Upcoming new supermarkets include locations in Atlanta; Bradenton and Sarasota, Fla.; Sevierville, Tenn.; and Clayton, N.C. The Atlanta and Bradenton stores are scheduled to open next week, with the others due to open later in November.

Overall, Publix currently operates 1,255 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

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About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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