Word: publix
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prices rose less than 14%. Yet supermarket operators admit that they could do considerably more to reduce costs through automation. Across the typical checkout counter run 22 tons of merchandise a week-all of it totted up and packed by hand. Says George W. Jenkins, president of Florida-based Publix Super Markets: "Many repetitive supermarket activities are readymade for mechanical and electronic assistance...
Comeback on the Corner. The nationwide chains are built to the hilt and boxed in by several kinds of competition. They are often outwitted by smaller, local supermarket chains-such as Florida's Publix, Texas' J. Weingarten Inc., California's Lucky Stores-whose managers are more sensitive to neighborhood tastes and do not have to clear decisions with far-off headquarters. The chains are also being nicked by a new phenomenon, the discount food store, where housewives pick their packaged goods from open packing cases instead of neat shelves, and pay prices generally 6% below those...