{"id":83727,"date":"2026-10-07T21:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=83727"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:16:58","slug":"publix-will-close-a-handful-of-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/10\/07\/publix-will-close-a-handful-of-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Publix will close a handful of locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/publix.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36093\" style=\"width:475px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sales slump is forcing the hand of Publix, as the grocer will close seven locations by the end of the year, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four of the closings will be in Florida, two in Georgia and one in South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the locations that will be powering down in the coming weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>St. Petersburg, Florida, at 5577 Park Street N<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miami, Florida, at 8250 Mills Drive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>West Palm Beach, Florida, at 828 Southern Boulevard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Palm Bay, Florida, at 4711 Babcock Street NE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atlanta, Georgia, at 1380 Atlantic Drive NW.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chamblee, Georgia, at 2562 Shallowford Road NE.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goose Creek, South Carolina, at 208 Saint James Avenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the locations will be rebuilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publix reported modest sales growth in the second quarter as changes to Medicare drug pricing and softer consumer spending weighed on revenue and comparable store sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer said sales totaled $15.7 billion for the 13 weeks ended June 27, up 1% from $15.6 billion in the year-ago period. For the first six months of the year, sales increased 1.5% to $31.9 billion from $31.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publix was coming off a rare earnings decline in Q1, citing some of the same reasons. The retailer posted net income of $794 million for the three months through March 28, a 21.5% decline from $1 billion in the year-ago first quarter. Most of the decline was due to the impact of unrealized losses on equity securities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comparable-store sales in Q2 declined 0.5% during the quarter and were down 0.3% for the first six months of the year. Publix attributed the declines to the Medicare drug pricing changes and weaker consumer spending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sales slump is forcing the hand of Publix, as the grocer will close seven locations by the end of the year, according to multiple reports. 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