Publix enters Kentucky market with new store

Publix opened its first store in Kentucky on Wednesday with a new location in Louisville, and the grocer said it plans to open five more locations in Louisville, Lexington, and Walton. 

The 55,701-square-foot store at 2500 Terra Crossing Blvd., located in the Terra Crossing Shopping Center, features a drive-thru pharmacy and a 3,200-square-foot Publix Liquors location next door. 

The store includes a pizza kitchen and “pours area” with coffee, wine, beer, kombucha, acai bowls and smoothies. The store also offers custom subs, a food and soup bar, bakery, and on-site meat cutters, the grocer announced. 

Publix donated 40,000 pounds of produce to the nonprofit Dare to Care, a Feeding America partner food bank, in celebration of the grand opening. The company has donated over 2 million pounds to the nonprofit since 2021.