Publix plans to open several new stores in October, growing its presence in its home state of Florida and in the Southeast.
The Lakeland, Florida-headquartered grocer plans to open seven stores in October: three in Kentucky, two in North Carolina and one each in Alabama and Florida. The new locations will add to four openings that occurred in August and September.
Publix had 1,440 supermarkets in the Southeast (it also has locations in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia) as of June 27, 2026, according to the privately owned company's second-quarter financial results. That's up from 1,411 locations a year ago.
Publix reported $31.9 billion in sales for the six months ending June 27, 2026, up 1.5% from a year ago.
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In addition to opening 16 stores during the six-month period, Publix remodeled 56 locations and replaced and closed some stores that were "not meeting performance expectations," the company said in the news release summarizing its financial performance.
Of the 16 new supermarkets, one replaced a location closed earlier this year and three others that closed in a previous period, the company said.
USA TODAY contacted Publix on Oct. 9 for comment, but did not receive a response.
These Publix supermarkets have closed recently
Several Publix stores have closed in recent months, local news outlets reported. These shuttered locations are no longer searchable on the company website's store locator.
Some of the stores will be replaced. Among those: the Palm Bay, Florida location, as reported by Florida Today, part of the USA TODAY Network; the West Palm Beach, Florida location, as reported by The Palm Beach Post, also part of the USA TODAY Network; and the South Carolina location, as reported by the Berkeley Observer.
Florida
- 5577 Park Street N., St. Petersburg
- 8250 Mills Drive, Miami
- 828 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach
- 4711 Babcock Street NE, Palm Bay
Georgia
- 1380 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta
- 2562 Shallowford Road NE, Chamblee
South Carolina
- 208 Saint James Ave., Goose Creek
Publix supermarkets set to open or recently opened
These stores have opened recently or are scheduled to open in October, according to Publix's new store openings list:
Alabama
- 14210 Mooresville Rd., Athens – Oct. 7
Florida
- 3050 19th Ave NE, Ruskin – Aug. 13
- 2411 Ocoee Apopka Rd, Apopka – Sept. 24
- 7535 Cortez Rd W., Bradenton – Oct. 22
Kentucky
- 1311 Pear Orchard Rd, Suite 100, Elizabethtown – Sept. 23
- 3370 Hayden Rd., Owensboro – Oct. 3
- 8740 US 42, Florence – Oct. 7
- 5135 Jenkins Dr., Independence – Oct. 28
North Carolina
- 70 Vance Hill Dr., Mills River – Aug. 12
- 7483 Rockfish Rd., Fayetteville – Oct. 21
- 9770 Ocean Highway W., Sunset Beach – Oct. 28
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