Founded in 1930 in Winter Haven, Florida, Publix Super Markets, Inc. is Polk County’s second-largest employer and the largest employee-owned grocery chain in the United States. Publix is one of the 10 largest-volume supermarket chains in the country. The “company has been recognized as a leader in their industry, one of the places to work in America and as an outstanding corporate citizen.”
Thomas Culligan
Director, Government Relations
thomas.culligan@publix.com
Publix Super Markets, inc.
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