Mrs. Culp Revisited: Oct. 9, 1937

The history of Publix

Although Mrs. Culp was still feeling “weak,” she accompanied Walter on a shopping trip to Riley’s grocery store after supper. There were chain grocery stores in the country by then, most notably A&P and Piggly-Wiggly. But many grocery stores were mom-and-pop affairs, like the Publix grocery store George Jenkins opened in Winter Haven, Florida in 1930 th…