Another sign the Southeast consumer is hurtin’

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on November 2, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Grocery chain Publix, which runs 1,000 stores around the region, earned $255 million during the third quarter, up from $202 million a year ago. But same-store sales fell 4.7 percent versus a drop of ‘just’ 2.7 percent in the first half of this year.

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Tags: consumer spending, earnings reports, grocery stores, Publix Super Markets Inc., retail  

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