@Publix How about some love for Publix 1425 Market Blvd. Roswell GA. I picked up our Easter dinner and custom cake this afternoon and it looks perfect. It looks delicious just the way it is (but I know it has to be cooked-LOL!)
@kitty_kop Thank you so much for your interest in having a Publix store near you! Although we don’t have plans to open in your area at this time, we truly value your feedback and your love for Publix. Your support means so much to us! *Nichole
@EvanKirstel Mr. George was an inspiration to us all. Thank you for speaking so thoughtfully and so kindly about our founder. Mr. George worked hard to create a company that all those who were involved with could be proud of. ⩥ Clark
In 1930, while the Great Depression was grinding America down to its bones, George W. Jenkins opened a small grocery store in Winter Haven, Florida. Most businesses were pulling back, cutting losses, waiting for better days. Jenkins was doing the opposite and he was thinking well beyond groceries.
He was thinking about what makes people actually care about their work.
As @Publix grew, Jenkins put that philosophy into action in a way that still feels underutilized in retail nearly a century later. He gave his employees a piece of the company. Not some splashy equity announcement, not overnight riches something more powerful. Stock that accumulated over years through profit-sharing and purchase plans. Ownership that built slowly, almost invisibly, in the background of ordinary workdays.
There are Publix employees who started as baggers or cashiers, clocked in for decades, and retired with portfolios worth seven figures. Not because they were executives. Not because they caught a lucky break or timed the market perfectly. Because they stayed, they showed up, and they were part of a system intentionally built to share long-term value with the people creating it.
The "millionaire cashier" doesn't happen in a few years. It's the result of 20 or 30 years of steady accumulation dividends reinvested, stock purchased at a discount, a company that kept performing in an industry notorious for razor-thin margins. It looks a whole lot more like patient, disciplined investing than a lottery win, which is probably why it doesn't get talked about enough.
The financial returns aren't even the whole story. When employees have genuine ownership, something shifts. Waste matters. Customer experience matters. The business stops feeling like someone else's problem. That cultural change is hard to quantify, but the results aren't hard to see. Publix grew into one of the largest privately held companies in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of employees and a reputation for consistency that most retail chains spend fortunes trying to manufacture.
No hype cycle. No disruption narrative. Just alignment between what the company needs and what the people doing the work are motivated to deliver.
At a moment when every business conversation circles back to layoffs, automation, AI, and efficiency gains, Publix is a useful and underappreciated counterpoint. Technology is a lever, but incentives are a foundation. Jenkins understood, almost a century ago, that if the people showing up every day share in the outcome, they show up differently. They notice more, care more, and stick around long enough for that sustained attention to compound into something real.
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@_thatgirlkeee We appreciate your love for Publix and your desire to have us nearby! At this time, there aren’t plans for a store in your area, but we’re always evaluating opportunities for future locations. Thank you for being such a loyal fan of Publix! *Nichole
@Publix I know you carry Willow tree pot pies from Rhode Island. Can you carry willow tree chicken salad? It would also be good for your sandwich shop as well. It’s the best chicken salad I’ve ever had