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CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores, Tops Markets, and Martin's Food Markets said yesterday are taking part in this year's Produce for Kids (PFK) program, which kicked off yesterday. The annual campaign emphasizes the importance of adding more fruits and vegetables to children's daily diets, in addition to raising funds for local Children's Miracle Network hospitals. This year's program has two new features: a nutritional expert and an interactive healthy kid's club.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets, Inc. here plans to open its seventh Pix convenience store sometime this month in Seminole, Fla. The 160-square-foot unit, which is the tiniest in Publix' diverse Pix portfolio, will sell gasoline just as the other half dozen Pix stores do, spokeswoman Maria Brous told Progressive Grocer.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets here will be presenting "Breast Cancer Awareness Day" with the Atlanta Braves on Mother's Day, May 14, to honor those who have courageously battled breast cancer. Breast cancer survivors will receive a free lower-level ticket, and their friends and family can purchase tickets for $10.

REIDSVILLE, Ga. -- Known for its national summer fundraising campaign that teams up supermarket retailers with the produce industry to raise funds for local Children's Miracle Network hospitals, Produce for Kids based here has added some new elements to its program for this summer.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets here said yesterday that sales for the first quarter of 2006 were approximately $5.5 billion, a 7.2 percent increase from last year. Comparable-store sales increased 5 percent. The figures did not include Easter sales, which fell in the retailer's second quarter.

Fed up with out-of-control interchange fees, retailers are fighting back with concerted legal and educational tactics -- and, in some cases, proactive offensives on their own.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets announced on March 16, 2006 that its board of directors had declared an annual cash dividend on its common stock. Progressive Grocer inadvertently published a news story about the dividend that ran on Friday, April 14, 2006.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Regional retailer Publix Super Markets Inc. here said yesterday that its board of directors declared an annual cash dividend on its common stock. The 2006 dividend is $1.00 per share, up from 70 cents per share in 2005.