Publix looked like that? See the supermarket in the days before Pub Subs and BOGOs
Jeff Kleinman
The deli subs make us crazy. The BOGOs fill our cupboards. The holiday TV ads make us cry. The prices make us cringe.
What is it about Publix?
We sometimes love it. We sometimes hate it.
But it’s Florida’s grocery store. So it’s ours.
What did Publix look like in the early years? The days when customers got green stamps and the stores were closed on Sundays? Before pharmacies, olive bars, chicken tenders and the dining nooks to eat your Pub Sub?
Let’s take a look at these old photos from the Miami Herald archives.
PUBLIX FROM THE OUTSIDE
The first Publix in Winter Haven in 1940. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.
An early Publix. Miami Herald File
Crowds swamp a new Publix in Pembroke Pines in the early 1990s. Bob Eighmie/Miami Herald File
A South Florida Publix store built in 1961, with the famous fins over the door. Albert Coya/Miami Herald File
The first Publix to open in Miami Beach is at 1045 Dade Blvd. Tim Chapman/Miami Herald File
In 1998, the renovation results of the Publix center at Young Circle in downtown Hollywood. Miami Herald File
A Publix in Gainesville in 1971. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
The downtown Hollywood Publix in 1993. Miami Herald File
Publix from the air in the early 1980s, John Drummings/Miami Herald File
A Publix store in Sunrise . Miami Herald File
PUBLIX FROM THE INSIDE
Cashiers at a South Florida Publix in 1959. Doug Kennedy/Miami Herald File
The produce section of Publix at Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 46th Street in Miami in the 1980s. Albert Coya/Miami Herald File
The checkout lines of a St. Petersburg Publix in 1961. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
The checkout lanes at the WInter Haven Publix. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.
The inside of a Sarasota Publix in 1958. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
PUBLIX WORKERS
Publix workers in the early 1980s. Miami Herald File
A Tallahassee Publix in the 1970s or ’80s. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
Checkout in Sarasota in 1958. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
In 2001, PublixDirect launched its online grocery service in Pompano Beach. The service features a large selection of the products offered at a typical Publix store. Pictured is a scene inside the giant warehouse. Bob Eighmie/Miami Herald File
PUBLIX CUSTOMERS
Publix founder George Jenkins with customers in 1961. Miami Herald File
Shoppers at a Publix in Hallandale Beach in 1990. Miami Herald File
Customer and cashier at a Publix at Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 90th Street in Miami Shores. John Walther/Miami Herald File
In Coral Spring, the Publix at 8160 Wiles Rd.rolled out an automatic checkout system. That’s 3-year-old Jaclene Appel helping her mother Patty Appel lift things out of the cart in 1990. Alan Freund/Miami Herald File
Publix shoppers in the 1950s. Doug Kennedy/Miami Herald File
A customer at the deli counter in Fort Lauderdale in the early 1980s. Steve Dozier/Miami Herald File
