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Publix plans first store in Kentucky

Supermarket and liquor store to open in Louisville in 2023

Russell Redman

September 7, 2021

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Overall, Publix now operates 1,281 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.Publix

Publix Super Markets plans to enter its eighth state, Kentucky, with a new store opening in 2023.

Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix said Tuesday that it has signed a lease for a 55,702-square-foot supermarket in Louisville, Ky. The store will be located at the northwest corner of Terra Crossing Boulevard and Old Henry Road in Jefferson County and have an adjacent Publix Liquors outlet — the first outside Florida — that will sell beer, wine and spirits.

“Being company owners, Publix associates are committed to providing the highest level of service and quality products to exceed our customers’ expectations,” Publix CEO Todd Jones said in a statement. Moving into Kentucky is a natural progression for our company, and we are excited to serve and be a part of this vibrant community.”

Publix Liquors-store exterior.jpgAccompanying the upcoming opening of the Louisville supermarket will be the first Publix Liquors outlet outside Florida. (Photo courtesy of Publix)

Publix expects the Louisville store to open in the fourth quarter of 2023, though a grand opening date is pending based on the permit and construction timetable. The supermarket chain added that more Kentucky stores are in the offing, stating that it’s “looking forward to growing within the commonwealth and in its current operating area.”

Related:Publix brings GreenWise Market to Tampa

Most recently, Publix expanded its footprint to Virginia, the company’s seventh state, in July 2017 with the opening of a 49,000-square-foot store in Glen Allen, Va. That followed the grocer’s entry into North Carolina, its sixth state, in February 2014 with the opening of a store in Charlotte. The retailer now operates 19 stores in Virginia and 49 locations in North Carolina.

Publix plans to open four stores in Florida this month, including locations in Minneola (due to open Sept. 9), Belleview (Sept. 16), Marco Island (Sept. 16) and Babcock Ranch (Sept. 23), all of which are just over 48,000 square feet apiece. The company also has continued to open its GreenWise Market small-format specialty stores, most recently a 26,000-square-foot location in Tampa. That opening marked Publix’s ninth GreenWise store, and a tenth is planned St. Augustine, Fla., though no opening date has been announced. Just two GreenWise stores — in Marietta, Ga., and Mountain Brook, Ala. — are outside Florida.

In addition, Publix operates seven distribution centers in Florida and one apiece in Georgia and Alabama. A tenth DC is being constructed in Greensboro, N.C., and is expected to open in late 2022.

Overall, Publix now operates 1,281 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

Related:Publix expands GreenWise brand with new plant-based meats

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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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