HCBE Faculty Articles

A retailer’s steady growth strategy: should Publix stay national or go global?

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Business Case Studies

ISSN

1555-3353

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Abstract/Excerpt

Publix Super Markets, Inc. is a Florida-based grocery chain which has over 120,000 employees and annual sales in 2005 of $20.7 billion. Presently, Publix serves over one million customers every day and is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world. Publix is one of Floridas premier supermarkets and has responded to most cultural trends in the grocery market-organic foods; natural foods, health foods, ethnic ingredients, prepared meals, etc. Publix has enjoyed great success in the grocery industry and has expanded in many states. With the advent of globalization affecting almost every industry, the supermarket/food retailing industry has joined the trend. Domestic and international food retailers across the globe have begun to internationalize at a rapid rate and open operations around the world. However, as you will see, the growth of supermarket chains beyond their home countries has been done mostly by European and Asian companies. With the exception of Wal-Mart, few U.S. food retailers have expanded abroad. Currently there are no plans for Publix to expand internationally but this case seeks to examine the possibilities of Publix making a step toward going abroad and highlights the various factors in the global environment that may directly or indirectly affect the company.

Volume

3

Issue

4

First Page

33

Last Page

42

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