Publix Supermarkets has announced that it will convert the eight existing GreenWise Markets located in six large Florida cities to conventional stores.  GreenWise is the company name for organic private-label products offered at Publix stores.

No specific reasons were provided for this action. The company reported that visits to GreenWise Markets in Florida were up 6.4 percent in 2022 compared to a 3.9 percent decline in traffic recorded for conventional Publix Supermarkets in Florida.

Amazon has halted expansion of their Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh concept until a grocery strategy has been developed.  H.E.B. of Texas is expanding their convenience store concept and Schnuck’s Markets operates Eat Well stores in its Midwest area of operations.