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| industry = Retail | products = Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor, lottery tickets, sushi, GreenWise, Western Union, money orders, dry ice, prepared foods | services = Supermarket, event planning, money services | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = 178,500 (2015)〔 | homepage = (publix.com )|founded = Winter Haven, Florida ()|alt = Wordmark of Publix Super Markets.}} Publix Super Markets, Inc., commonly known as Publix, is an employee-owned, American supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida. Publix operates throughout the Southeast, with locations in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina.〔 Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, Publix is a private corporation that is wholly owned by present and past employees. It is currently ranked No. 81 on ''Fortune'' magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For 2015〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=100 Best Companies to Work For )〕 and was ranked No. 8 on ''Forbes 2014 list of America's Largest Private Companies and is the largest in Florida. The company's 2014 sales totaled US$30.6 billion, with profits of $1.74 billion, ranking #104 on ''Fortune'' magazine's Fortune 500 list of U.S. companies for 2014. ''Supermarket News'' ranked Publix No. 5 in the 2014 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on fiscal year sales. Based on 2014 revenue, Publix is the thirteenth-largest U.S. retailer and thirty-fifth in the world. Publix's current stock price is $41.80 per share, though stock in the company is only available for purchase by eligible active employees and non-employee members of its Board of Directors.〔 In 2011, Publix announced they would be moving into the North Carolina market, first opening stores in Charlotte, and later announced construction of a new store in Asheville. The first Charlotte-area stores, located on the South Carolina side of the metropolitan area, opened in 2012; the first North Carolina store opened in Ballantyne on February 26, 2014. Concurrently, Publix purchased seven Charlotte-area locations from competitor BI-LO stores. Publix completed the purchase of property in Boone, NC on November 20, 2015 with plans to open in 2017.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Kmart Site Sold to Publix )〕 Publix employs over 178,000 people at its 1,108 retail locations, cooking schools, corporate offices, eight grocery distribution centers, and nine manufacturing facilities. The manufacturing facilities produce its dairy, deli, bakery, and other food products.〔 Publix stands as one of the largest U.S. regional grocery chains: one of a very small number which operates over 1,000 locations. Its main competitors are the national grocery chains IGA, Kroger, SuperValu, and Whole Foods; consolidated retail and warehouse chains, including Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Costco, Sam's Club and BJ's Wholesale Club; and several regional grocery chains, including BI-LO (operating under both its own name and that of its wholly owned subsidiary Winn-Dixie), Harris Teeter, Fresh Market, Piggly Wiggly, K-VA-T Food City, Ingles, and Rouses. Publix stores are found as far north as Clarksville, Tennessee, and as far south as Key West, Florida, while the westernmost location is in greater Mobile, Alabama. As of 2015, the state of Florida still has the largest number of stores, with 759, nearly three-quarters of the outlets. Publix's slogan is "Where Shopping is a Pleasure." == History == George Jenkins opened the first Publix market in Winter Haven, Florida, on Sept. 6, 1930—a 27 ft by 65 ft building at 199 West Central Avenue.〔Publix Corporate archives〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.publix.com/about/PublixHistory.do )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://twitter.com/Publix/status/430854647038091265 )〕 In 1934, that store made $120,000 in sales. In 1935, he opened a second market, the Economy Food Store, also in Winter Haven. Despite the Great Depression, his stores were financially successful. In 1940, Jenkins, affectionately called "Mr. George" by his employees, mortgaged an orange grove to build Florida's first supermarket. His "food palace" had piped-in music, air conditioning, cold cases for frozen and refrigerated items, in-store donut and flower shops, and electric-eye automatic doors. During World War II, material shortages prevented him from building additional stores. In 1945, Jenkins purchased the 19-store All American chain of food stores and converted them into Publix Super Markets.〔 In 1951, Publix moved its headquarters from Winter Haven to Lakeland, Florida, and built its first distribution warehouse there. At the same time, they began to close the All American stores, replacing them with Publix markets. In 1956, Publix achieved $50 million in sales, and $1 million in profit. In 1957, the donut shop in each store was expanded into a full-service bakery. By 1959, Publix was the dominant supermarket chain in Central Florida, and began expansion to South Florida. In 1963, the company built a distribution center in Miami, and began providing deli services. In 1970, sales surpassed $500 million; they reached $1 billion in 1974, when the chain expanded to include Jacksonville, Florida. In 1982, the company launched the ''Presto!'' ATM network; it soon installed ATMs in every Publix. Sales exceeded $5 billion in 1989.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Publix )〕 The first Publix outside Florida opened in Savannah, Georgia, in 1991; distribution and manufacturing facilities in Lawrenceville, Georgia (a northeastern suburb of Atlanta) soon followed, as it began to expand into metro Atlanta in 1993. Publix further expanded into South Carolina (1993), Alabama (1996), Tennessee (2002), and North Carolina (2014). With the launch of PublixDirect on September 24, 2001, Publix attempted to enter the online grocery business, in hopes of serving the Southeastern U.S. The slogan used was "Online Shopping, Home Delivery." This occurred during the dot-com crash, alongside competitor Webvan's well-publicized failure. Publix found that demand for online grocery shopping in the Miami testing area was not as great as the company expected, and shut down PublixDirect on August 23, 2003. Publix celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2005. During that time, it used the slogan "It's Been Our Pleasure." In early 2005, Publix renamed its checkout section from "Common Area" to "Customer Service". This change coincided with a new color-and-design scheme of the store's interior signage, which replaced the aging coral, navy blue, and sea green design with emerald green, tan, and gray. The former employee uniforms also began to be phased-out; each district has a selected store where employees wear the old uniforms, until none remain in the warehouses. Publix completed the implementation of its new point of sale terminals (PRICE — Publix Retail Improved Checkout Experience) in 2006, replacing the previous generation of IBM 4690 terminals. The newer system combines a Hewlett-Packard RP5000 terminal with a touchscreen system, and an Epson thermal printer. A separate LCD screen for customers lists the last several items scanned, the running total of the bill, customer savings, recipe ideas, and Publix advertising. By September 2010, checkouts in all stores were expected to have card readers replaced with units featuring signature capture. Publix Super Markets bought 49 Florida stores from Albertsons. The deal was announced on June 9, 2008, and was completed on September 9, 2008. It included 15 locations in North Florida, 30 in Central Florida and four in South Florida. The sale allowed Publix to operate four stores in a new market area for the company, Escambia County, Florida (the Pensacola area). On February 5, 2009, Publix opened its 1,000th store in St. Augustine, Florida, allowing the company to become one of only five U.S. grocery retailers to operate that many stores. The St. Augustine store is among Publix's first stores designed to be energy-efficient. The store includes motion sensor lights throughout the store, including on the freezer doors, and an overhead light system that can be controlled by each department. In 2011, Publix completed a rollout of Oasis, a new timekeeping and labor forecasting system, company-wide. Oasis replaced the outdated People Planner labor management system that Publix used for almost two decades. Oasis provides a more accurate labor forecast for stores to generate schedules that fit their business needs. Selected stores throughout the company piloted Oasis beginning in 2009. With Oasis, associates are able to view their schedules from their home computers and enter requests for time off into a self-service workstation. On October 22, 2013, Publix said they will be selling the PIX convenience stores, thus exiting the convenience channel. Circle K Stores, Inc. purchased 13 of the 14 locations, while Max Arnold & Sons LLC bought the one in Tennessee. Publix will retain the PIX name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Publix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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