Publix Super Markets, Inc. (commonly known as Publix) is an American supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida. Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, it is an employee-owned, privately held corporation and was ranked No. 4 on Forbes' 2006 list of "America's Largest Private Companies." The company's 2006 sales totaled US$21.7 billion, with profits of over $1 billion, ranking #107 on Fortune magazine's Fortune 500 list of U.S. companies in 2007. Supermarket News ranked Publix No. 8 in the 2007 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on 2006 fiscal year sales. Based on 2005 revenue, Publix is the fifteenth-largest retailer in the United States. Publix's slogan is "Where Shopping is a Pleasure".Publix has operations in five states: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. It employs over 146,000 people at its 928 retail locations, corporate offices, eight grocery distribution centers, and nine Publix brand manufacturing facilities which produce its dairy, deli, bakery, and other food products. In addition, Publix owns "Crispers", a chain of restaurants in Florida specializing in salads; some Crispers locations are adjacent or built into the already existing deli department in select Publix Super Markets.Publix's main competitors are Albertsons, Food Lion, Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, Sweetbay, Wal-Mart, and Winn-Dixie.

Unlike most people in the hockey universe, I think that Gary Bettman has done a somewhat decent job as Commissioner. Can I forgive the man for allowing Winnipeg and Hartford to lose teams while a town like Miami gains one? Of course not. However, Bettman has also overlooked expansion to cities such as Tampa and Columbus. [...]

Federal authorities Wednesday searched the Tampa headquarters of WellCare Health Plans Inc., an insurer that has a strong presence in Georgia. Trading of WellCare stock was suspended, but no one would say why the company is being targeted.

WellCare Health Plans of Tampa, a firm which has made scads of money administering government health care, and huge profits for George Soros, who was once its largest shareholder, has been raided by the FBI and…

Acting U.S. Attorney James Klindt said FBI agents and law enforcement agents from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as the Florida Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit were participating in the execution of the warrant at 8735 Henderson Road in Tampa.

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