Look out, Whole Foods. You too, Starbucks.
Publix on Thursday recently opened a prototype store in the Dr. Phillips neighborhood that aims to be much more than a typical supermarket. It offers a cooking school, shopping and delivery services, and a café.
"We're going to be all things to all people, hopefully," Publix spokesman Dwaine Stevens said Wednesday. "Everyone has different tastes and wants, and we hope to touch all of those."
Lakeland-based Publix is unveiling the new store at an intensely competitive time for supermarkets, which are losing market share to big-box stores, drugstores and dollar stores. At the same time, they're competing with restaurants by providing an array of prepared meals.
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