ORLANDO, Fla. – Kentucky is about to experience where shopping is a pleasure.
The Bluegrass State will get its first Publix supermarket in January.
The Polk County-based chain announced Monday that its store in Louisville will open on Jan. 10.
Kentucky marks the eighth state to have a Publix location in the United States.
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The first Publix food store opened on Sept. 6, 1930, in Winter Haven, with the first supermarket, described by Publix as a “food palace of marble, glass and stucco that included innovations such as air conditioning, fluorescent lighting, electric eye doors and terrazzo floors,” opening on Nov. 8, 1940.
Publix opened its first Georgia location in 1991, followed by South Carolina in 1993, Alabama in 1996, Tennessee in 2002, North Carolina in 2014 and Virginia in 2017.
We’re thrilled to share the opening date of our first Publix in Kentucky! The Louisville location at 2500 Terra Crossing Blvd. will begin welcoming customers at our grand opening celebration on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. We hope to see you there! 💚 pic.twitter.com/H0WECQYCGD
— Publix (@Publix) December 11, 2023
Publix now has 1,359 locations throughout the south, including 861 in Florida. Publix is also one of the top 10 largest supermarket chains in the U.S.
In Central Florida, Publix just moved into a new 48,387-square-foot store at the Oak Grove Shoppes in Altamonte Springs on Dec. 7. It’s closing an older store in a nearby plaza.
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