PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS INC
10-Q, 1999-08-10
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               UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 10-Q



(X) QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934 for the quarterly period ended June 26, 1999


                                        OR


( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
    EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the transition period
    from ____________ to ______________




                         Commission File Number 0-981
                         ----------------------------




                          PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
              ------------------------------------------------------
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




          Florida                               59-0324412
- -------------------------------      ------------------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)



1936 George Jenkins Blvd.
Lakeland, Florida                                     33815
- ---------------------------------------              ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code (941) 688-1188
                                                   --------------


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes    X                   No _______


The number of shares  outstanding of the  registrant's  common stock,  $1.00 par
value, as of July 30, 1999 was 216,180,836.








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                   PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements
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<CAPTION>

                           PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
                    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
              (Amounts are in thousands, except share amounts)

                                 ASSETS
                                              June 26, 1999    December 26, 1998
                                              -------------    -----------------
                                                        (Unaudited)
<S>                                            <C>                 <C>

Current Assets
- --------------
Cash and cash equivalents                       $  733,914          $  669,326
Short-term investments                               7,924               2,042
Trade receivables                                   55,417              71,267
Merchandise inventories                            630,788             657,565
Deferred tax assets                                 54,586              53,578
Prepaid expenses                                     8,150               1,889
                                                ----------          ----------

    Total Current Assets                         1,490,779           1,455,667
                                                ----------          ----------

Long-term investments                              391,669             385,571
Other noncurrent assets                             18,815              11,680
Property, plant and equipment                    3,061,806           2,991,868
Accumulated depreciation                        (1,166,510)         (1,227,527)
                                                ----------          ----------

         Total Assets                           $3,796,559          $3,617,259
                                                ==========          ==========


                     LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current Liabilities
- -------------------
Accounts payable                                $  543,349          $  615,753
Accrued contribution to retirement plans           200,546             146,107
Accrued salaries and wages                          74,348              53,013
Accrued self-insurance reserves                     77,419              61,413
Accrued nonrecurring charge                          1,889               2,219
Federal and state income taxes                      23,845               2,570
Other                                               99,041             107,207
                                                ----------          ----------

    Total Current Liabilities                    1,020,437             988,282
                                                ----------          ----------

Deferred tax liabilities, net                      124,134             123,821
Self-insurance reserves                             93,427              98,956
Accrued postretirement benefit cost                 52,388              48,858
Other noncurrent liabilities                        24,944              29,710

Stockholders' Equity
- --------------------
Common stock of $1 par value.  Authorized
  300,000,000 shares;  issued 217,555,214
  shares at June 26, 1999 and 216,862,215
  shares at December 26, 1998                      217,555             216,862
Additional paid-in capital                         185,488             152,472
Reinvested earnings                              2,145,280           1,958,459
                                                ----------          ----------
                                                 2,548,323           2,327,793
Less 1,440,277 treasury shares
  at June 26, 1999, at cost                        (66,891)                ---

Accumulated other comprehensive earnings              (203)               (161)
                                                ----------          ----------

    Total Stockholders' Equity                   2,481,229           2,327,632
                                                ----------          ----------

         Total Liabilities and Stockholders'
           Equity                               $3,796,559          $3,617,259
                                                ==========          ==========

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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<CAPTION>

                           PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
                    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
         (Amounts are in thousands, except per share and share amounts)


                                                   Three Months Ended

                                             June 26, 1999       June 27, 1998
                                             -------------       -------------
                                                        (Unaudited)
<S>                                         <C>                  <C>

Revenues
- --------
Sales                                        $  3,137,587        $  2,902,740
Other income, net                                  34,878              34,176
                                             ------------        ------------

    Total revenues                              3,172,465           2,936,916
                                             ------------        ------------


Costs and expenses
- ------------------
Cost of merchandise sold, including store
  occupancy, warehousing and delivery
  expenses                                      2,322,824           2,195,044
Operating and administrative expenses             668,815             605,099
                                             ------------        ------------

    Total costs and expenses                    2,991,639           2,800,143
                                             ------------        ------------

Earnings before income tax expense                180,826             136,773

Income tax expense                                 64,727              48,355
                                             ------------        ------------

Net earnings                                 $    116,099        $     88,418
                                             ============        ============

Weighted average number of common
  shares outstanding                          216,255,811         218,032,077
                                             ============        ============

Basic earnings per common share              $        .54        $        .41
                                             ============        ============

Cash dividends per common share              $        .22        $        .20
                                             ============        ============

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<CAPTION>

              CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS
                              (Amounts are in thousands)

                                                   Three Months Ended

                                              June 26, 1999       June 27, 1998
                                              -------------       -------------
                                                        (Unaudited)
<S>                                           <C>                 <C>

Net earnings                                 $    116,099        $     88,418

Other comprehensive  earnings - unrealized
  gain (loss) on investment securities
  available-for-sale, net of tax effect
  of $197 and ($222) in 1999 and 1998,
  respectively                                        314                (355)

Reclassification adjustment for net
  realized loss (gain) on investment
  securities available-for-sale, net
  of tax effect of $90 and ($77) in
  1999 and 1998, respectively                         143                (123)
                                             ------------        -------------

Comprehensive earnings                       $    116,556        $     87,940
                                             ============        ============

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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<CAPTION>

                           PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
                    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
              (Amounts are in thousands, except per share and share amounts)


                                                      Six Months Ended

                                             June 26, 1999       June 27, 1998
                                             -------------       -------------
                                                        (Unaudited)
<S>                                          <C>                 <C>

Revenues
- --------
Sales                                        $  6,500,835        $  5,994,157
Other income, net                                  66,050              67,889
                                             ------------        ------------

    Total revenues                              6,566,885           6,062,046
                                             ------------        ------------


Costs and expenses
- ------------------
Cost of merchandise sold, including store
  occupancy, warehousing and delivery
  expenses                                      4,860,802           4,518,543
Operating and administrative expenses           1,338,730           1,218,345
                                             ------------        ------------

    Total costs and expenses                    6,199,532           5,736,888
                                             ------------        ------------

Earnings before income tax expense                367,353             325,158

Income tax expense                                132,686             117,742
                                             ------------        ------------

Net earnings                                 $    234,667        $    207,416
                                             ============        ============

Weighted average number of common
  shares outstanding                          216,350,691         217,815,181
                                             ============        ============

Basic earnings per common share              $       1.08        $        .95
                                             ============        ============

Cash dividends per common share              $        .22        $        .20
                                             ============        ============
</TABLE>

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<CAPTION>

              CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS
                              (Amounts are in thousands)

                                                      Six Months Ended

                                              June 26, 1999       June 27, 1998
                                              -------------       -------------
                                                        (Unaudited)
<S>                                          <C>                  <C>

Net earnings                                 $    234,667        $    207,416

Other comprehensive  earnings - unrealized
  (loss) gain on investment  securities
  available-for-sale, net of tax effect
  of ($1,835) and $229 in 1999 and 1998,
  respectively                                     (2,931)                366

Reclassification adjustment for net
  realized loss (gain) on investment
  securities available-for-sale, net
  of tax effect of $1,808 and ($383) in
  1999 and 1998, respectively                       2,889                (611)
                                             ------------        ------------

Comprehensive earnings                       $    234,625        $    207,171
                                             ============        ============

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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<CAPTION>



                           PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
                    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                           (Amounts are in thousands)



                                                       Six Months Ended

                                                June 26, 1999    June 27, 1998
                                                -------------    -------------
                                                          (Unaudited)
<S>                                             <C>              <C>

Cash Flows From Operating Activities
- ------------------------------------
Cash received from customers                     $6,560,042       $6,055,699
Cash paid to employees and suppliers             (5,944,062)      (5,437,254)
Income taxes paid                                  (112,079)        (113,297)
Payment for self-insured claims                     (66,959)         (57,859)
Other, net                                           23,955           25,077
                                                 ----------       ----------

   Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities        460,897          472,366
                                                 ----------       ----------


Cash Flows From Investing Activities
- ------------------------------------
Payment for property, plant and equipment          (242,692)        (160,301)
Payment for investment securities -
  available-for-sale                               (112,983)        (136,244)
Proceeds from sale of investment securities -
  available-for-sale                                 94,543           88,389
Other, net                                           (6,160)           4,121
                                                 ----------       -----------

   Net Cash Used in Investing Activities           (267,292)        (204,035)
                                                 ----------       ----------


Cash Flows From Financing Activities
- ------------------------------------
Proceeds from sale of common stock                  175,377           57,520
Payment for acquisition of common stock            (256,417)        (115,911)
Dividends paid                                      (47,846)         (43,752)
Other, net                                             (131)            (131)
                                                 ----------       ----------

   Net Cash Used in Financing Activities           (129,017)        (102,274)
                                                 ----------       ----------


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents            64,588          166,057

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
  period                                            669,326          530,018
                                                 ----------       ----------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period       $  733,914       $  696,075
                                                 ==========       ==========


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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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                           PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



1.   In  the  opinion  of management,  the  accompanying  condensed consolidated
     financial   statements   included  herein  are  unaudited;   however,  such
     information   reflects  all   adjustments   (consisting  solely  of  normal
     recurring  adjustments) which are, in the opinion of  management, necessary
     for  the  fair  statement  of  results  for   the   interim  period.  These
     condensed  consolidated  financial statements should be read in conjunction
     with the fiscal 1998 Form 10-K Annual Report of the Company.

2.   Due to the seasonal nature of the Company's  business,  the results for the
     three  months  and six  months  ended  June 26,  1999  are not  necessarily
     indicative of the results for the entire 1999 fiscal year.

3.   The  preparation  of financial  statements  in  conformity  with  generally
     accepted  accounting  principles  requires management to make estimates and
     assumptions  that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
     disclosure  of  contingent  assets  and  liabilities  as of the date of the
     financial  statements  and the  reported  amounts of revenues  and expenses
     during  the  reporting  period.  Actual  results  could  differ  from those
     estimates.

4.   Certain  1998  amounts  have  been  reclassified  to  conform with the 1999
     presentation.

5.   In March 1998,  the  American  Institute of  Certified  Public  Accountants
     issued  Statement of Position 98-1,  "Accounting  for the Costs of Computer
     Software  Developed or Obtained for Internal Use," (SOP 98-1) effective for
     fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998. SOP 98-1 provides  guidance
     on accounting for the costs of computer software  developed or obtained for
     internal use. This pronouncement identifies the characteristics of internal
     use software and provides guidance on new cost recognition principles.  The
     effect of SOP 98-1 on the Company's financial statements was not material.

6.   In April 1998,  the  American  Institute of  Certified  Public  Accountants
     issued  Statement  of Position  98-5,  "Reporting  on the Costs of Start-Up
     Activities," (SOP 98-5) effective for fiscal years beginning after December
     15, 1998.  SOP 98-5 requires that costs  incurred for start-up  activities,
     such  as  store  openings,  be  expensed  as  incurred.   The  Company  has
     historically   accounted  for  start-up   costs  in  accordance   with  the
     requirements of SOP 98-5,  therefore,  there was no effect on the Company's
     financial statements from the adoption of SOP 98-5.

































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                           PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
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Results of Operations
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
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       Operating  activities  continue  to be the  Company's  primary  source of
liquidity.  Net cash provided by operating  activities was approximately  $460.9
million in the six months ended June 26, 1999, as compared  with $472.4  million
in the six months ended June 27, 1998. Cash and cash equivalents  totaled $733.9
million as of June 26,  1999,  as compared  with  $696.1  million as of June 27,
1998.

       Capital  expenditures  totaled  approximately  $242.7  million in the six
months  ended June 26,  1999.  These  expenditures  were  primarily  incurred in
connection  with the opening of 14 new stores and  remodeling  or  expanding  37
stores.  Significant  expenditures  were also  incurred in the  purchase of nine
additional store sites from A & P in the greater Atlanta area. In addition,  the
Company  closed seven  stores.  The net impact of new and closed stores (net new
stores) added an additional .39 million square feet in the six months ended June
26, 1999, a 1.5% increase.  Capital  expenditures  totaled  approximately $160.3
million in the six months ended June 27, 1998. These expenditures were primarily
incurred  in  connection  with the  opening of 19 new stores and  remodeling  or
expanding of 14 stores.  In addition,  the Company  closed five stores.  Net new
stores added an additional  .85 million square feet in the six months ended June
27, 1998, a 2.8% increase.

       Capital  expenditures for the remainder of 1999, primarily made up of new
store  and  warehouse  construction  and the  remodeling  or  expanding  of many
existing stores,  are expected to be approximately  $267.3 million.  The capital
program is subject to continuing  change and review.  The remaining 1999 capital
expenditures  are  expected  to be financed by  internally  generated  funds and
current liquid assets. In the normal course of operations,  the Company replaces
stores and  closes unprofitable  stores.  The impact of future store closings is
not expected to be material.

       Cash generated in excess of the amount needed for current  operations and
capital  expenditures  is  invested in  short-term  and  long-term  investments.
Management believes the Company's liquidity will continue to be strong.

Operating Results
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       Sales  increased 8.1% in the second  quarter of 1999 to $3.1 billion,  an
increase of $234.8 million  compared to the same quarter in 1998.  This reflects
an  increase  of $150.8  million or 5.2% in sales from stores that were open for
all of both quarters (comparable stores) and sales of $84.0 million or 2.9% from
net new stores since March 28, 1998.

       Sales  increased  8.5% in the six  months  ended June 26,  1999,  to $6.5
billion,  an increase of $506.7 million over the six months ended June 27, 1998.
This  reflects an increase  of $314.6  million or 5.3% in sales from  comparable
stores  and  sales of  $192.1  million  or 3.2%  from net new  stores  since the
beginning of 1998.

       Cost of  merchandise  sold including  store  occupancy,  warehousing  and
delivery expenses,  as a percentage of sales, was approximately  74.0% and 75.6%
in the quarters ended June 26, 1999 and June 27, 1998, respectively.  These cost
of sales percentages were 74.8% and 75.4% for the six months ended June 26, 1999
and June 27, 1998, respectively. The decreases in cost of merchandise sold, as a
percentage of sales, are due to buying and merchandising efficiencies.
















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       Operating and  administrative  expenses,  as a percentage of sales,  were
approximately  21.3% and 20.8% for the quarters ended June 26, 1999 and June 27,
1998,  respectively.  The operating and administrative expenses, as a percentage
of sales,  were 20.6% and 20.3% for the six months  ended June 26, 1999 and June
27,  1998,   respectively.   The   significant   components   of  operating  and
administrative expenses are payroll costs, employee benefits and depreciation.

Year 2000
- ---------
       Year 2000 problems result from the use in computer  hardware and software
of two digits  rather  than four  digits to define  the  applicable  year.  When
computer  systems  must  process  dates both  before and after  January 1, 2000,
two-digit year "fields" may create processing  ambiguities that can cause errors
and system failures.  These errors or failures may have limited effects,  or the
effects may be widespread,  depending on the computer chip,  system or software,
and its location  and  function.  The effects of Year 2000  problems are further
complicated  because of the  interdependence of computer and  telecommunications
systems in the United  States and  throughout  the world.  This  interdependence
certainly  is true for the  Company and its  suppliers,  business  partners  and
customers.

       The  Company's  Board of  Directors  has been  briefed  about  Year  2000
problems generally and as they may affect the Company. The Company has adopted a
Year 2000 plan (the "Plan")  covering all of the Company's  business units.  The
aim of the Plan is to take steps to prevent the Company's processes and systems,
with emphasis on  mission-critical  functions,  from being  impaired due to Year
2000 problems.  "Mission-critical"  functions are those critical functions whose
loss would cause an immediate  stoppage of or  significant  impairment  to major
business  areas (a major  business  area is one of  material  importance  to the
Company's  business).  To oversee the Plan, the Company  established a Year 2000
Project  Office.  The Project  Office is staffed with  representatives  from the
Company's Information Systems Department, non-Information Systems business areas
and outside consultants.  Additional consultants are used on an as needed basis.

       Under the Plan,  three main areas are addressed:  information  technology
(IT) systems;  non-IT systems (including  embedded chip technology);  and supply
chain and other third party business partner readiness.  The Plan called for the
Company to inventory its mission-critical computer hardware and software systems
and embedded chips (computer chips with date-related  functions,  contained in a
wide  variety of  devices);  assess the  effects  of Year 2000  problems  on the
Company's  business  units;  remedy  systems,  software and embedded chips in an
effort to avoid  material  disruptions  or other  material  adverse  effects  on
mission-critical  functions,  processes and systems; verify and test the systems
to which remediation efforts have been applied; and develop contingency plans to
cope with the mission-critical  consequences of Year 2000 problems that have not
been identified or remediated by that date.

       The Plan  recognizes  that the  computer,  telecommunications,  and other
systems ("Outside  Systems") of outside entities  ("Outside  Entities") have the
potential  for major,  mission-critical,  adverse  effects on the conduct of the
Company's business.  The Company does not have control of these Outside Entities
or Outside  Systems.  The Plan includes an ongoing  process of  identifying  and
contacting  Outside Entities whose systems have or may have a substantial effect
on the Company's ability to continue to conduct the mission-critical  aspects of
its business  without  disruption  from Year 2000  problems.  The Plan  includes
reasonable  efforts to  inventory  and assess the extent to which these  Outside
Systems may not be "Year 2000 ready." The Company will use reasonable efforts to
coordinate  and cooperate  with these Outside  Entities in an ongoing  effort to
obtain assurance that the Outside Systems that are mission-critical will be Year
2000 ready well before January 1, 2000.















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       As of July 1999, the Company and all its business  units have  materially
completed  implementation  of  the  Plan.  The  Company  believes  that  it  has
substantially  completed the  identification,  remediation or  replacement,  and
validation of the Company's IT and non-IT systems that were identified as having
potential Year 2000 problems.  The Company further  believes that  substantially
all mission-critical IT and non-IT systems and equipment are Year 2000 ready.

       The  Company  anticipates  that  total  costs  for Year  2000  awareness,
inventory, assessment, analysis, conversion, testing, or contingency planning to
be $40.0 million.  As of July 1999,  approximately  $34.2 million of this amount
has been  incurred.  The  incurred  costs  include  the  costs of all  equipment
upgrades,  software  modifications,  software  replacements,  employee  salaries
allocable to the Year 2000 efforts,  and consultant fees and expenses addressing
Year 2000  problems.  The funds to pay for  addressing  Year 2000  problems  are
expected to be financed by internally generated funds and current liquid assets.
The Company  believes  that the cost of  addressing  Year 2000 problems will not
have a material  effect on the  Company's  consolidated  financial  position  or
results of  operations.  Although  management  believes  that its  estimates are
reasonable,  there can be no assurance that the actual costs of implementing the
Plan will not differ  materially  from the  estimated  costs or that the Company
will not be materially  adversely affected by Year 2000 problems.  Additionally,
Year 2000 costs are difficult to estimate  accurately  because of  unanticipated
vendor delays,  technical  difficulties,  the impact of tests of Outside Systems
and similar events. Furthermore, the estimated costs of implementing the Plan do
not take into account the costs,  if any,  that might be incurred as a result of
Year  2000-related  failures that occur despite the Company's  implementation of
the Plan.

       The  Company  cannot  assure  that  suppliers  upon which it depends  for
essential  goods and  services  will  convert  and test  their  mission-critical
systems and processes in a timely and effective  manner.  Failure or delay to do
so by all or some of these  entities,  including  U.S.  Federal,  state or local
governments,  could create  substantial  disruptions  having a material  adverse
effect on the Company's business.

       As part of the Plan,  the Company has  developed  contingency  plans that
deal with two aspects of Year 2000 problems:  (1) that the Company,  despite its
good-faith,  reasonable efforts,  may not have satisfactorily  remediated all of
its internal  mission-critical  systems; and (2) that Outside Systems may not be
Year 2000 ready,  despite the Company's  good-faith,  reasonable efforts to work
with Outside  Entities.  The Company's  contingency  plans have been designed to
minimize the  disruptions  or other  adverse  effects  resulting  from Year 2000
problems  regarding  these   mission-critical   functions  or  systems,  and  to
facilitate the early  identification  and remediation of  mission-critical  Year
2000 problems that first manifest themselves after January 1, 2000.

       Should  the  Company  or any  third  party  with whom the  Company  has a
significant business  relationship have a Year 2000 systems failure, the Company
believes  that  the most  significant  worst-case  impact  would  likely  be the
inability, with respect to a store or group of stores, to conduct operations due
to a power failure,  to timely deliver  inventory,  to receive certain  products
from vendors,  or to  electronically  process sales to the customer at the store
level.  The Company could also experience an inability by customers,  suppliers,
and others to pay, on a timely basis or at all, obligations owed to the Company.
Under these circumstances,  the adverse effect on the Company could be material,
although not  quantifiable  at this time.  The Company will  continue to monitor
business  conditions with the aim of assessing and quantifying  material adverse
effects, if any, that result or may result from Year 2000 problems.



















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       The Company has a Plan to deal with Year 2000  problems and believes that
it  has  achieved   substantial   Year  2000   readiness  with  respect  to  the
mission-critical  systems that it controls. From a forward-looking  perspective,
however,  the extent and magnitude of Year 2000 problems as they will affect the
Company, both before and for some period after January 1, 2000, are difficult to
predict or quantify.  Given this difficulty,  there can be no assurance that all
of the Company's  systems and all Outside Systems will be adequately  remediated
so that they are Year 2000 ready by January 1, 2000, or by some earlier date, so
as not to create a material  disruption to the Company's  business.  If, despite
the  Company's   reasonable   efforts  under  its  Year  2000  Plan,  there  are
mission-critical Year 2000 related failures that create substantial  disruptions
to the Company's business, the adverse impact on the Company's business could be
material.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
- ----------------------------------------------------
       From time to time, information provided by the Company, including written
or oral  statements  made by its  representatives,  may contain  forward-looking
information  about  the  future  performance  of the  Company  which is based on
management's  assumptions  and  beliefs  in light of the  information  currently
available to them.  When used in this  document,  the words "plan,"  "estimate,"
"project," "intend," "believe" and other similar expressions,  as they relate to
the Company,  are intended to identify such  forward-looking  statements.  These
forward-looking  statements are subject to uncertainties  and other factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements including,
but not  limited  to:  competitive  practices  and  pricing in the food and drug
industries  generally  and  particularly  in the  Company's  principal  markets;
changes in the general economy;  changes in consumer spending; and other factors
affecting  the  Company's  business in or beyond the  Company's  control.  These
factors include  changes in the rate of inflation,  changes in state and Federal
legislation or regulation,  adverse determinations with respect to litigation or
other claims,  ability to recruit and train employees,  ability to construct new
stores or complete  remodels as rapidly as planned,  stability of product costs,
and issues  arising  from  addressing  Year 2000 IT and non-IT  problems.  Other
factors and assumptions not identified above could also cause the actual results
to differ  materially from  those set  forth in the  forward-looking statements.
The Company  assumes no  obligation  to update  publicly  these  forward-looking
statements.







































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                           PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.

                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.   Legal Proceedings
- ---------------------------
      In the  Company's  Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 26, 1998,
the Company discussed the purported class action pending in the Federal District
Court for the Middle  District of Florida (the "Court") by Lemuel  Middleton and
15 other present or former employees of the Company,  individually and on behalf
of all other persons  similarly  situated (the "Middleton  case").  On March 22,
1999,  the Court  certified  a class of all black  employees  and  former  black
employees  of the  Company  who have  sought  to be  promoted  or who have  been
discharged from employment at the Company's retail stores in Florida since April
3, 1993,  and at retail stores in Georgia since January 14, 1995.  The certified
class excludes black  employees or former  employees who worked only in pharmacy
operations.  The Court denied the plaintiff's  attempt to strike the demand that
the  Middleton  case be tried to a jury.  The Court also,  among  other  things,
granted the plaintiffs'  motion to drop all claims for compensatory and punitive
damages and to add a new plaintiff,  Charmaine Washington. The Court ordered the
parties to conduct  additional  discovery and submit  supplemental  briefings on
whether  Ms.  Washington  could  be a class  representative  for a  subclass  of
unsuccessful  black  applicants  for  employment  at Publix's  retail  stores in
Florida and Georgia. After that briefing was completed,  plaintiffs withdrew Ms.
Washington as a proposed class representative and she has since moved to dismiss
her  claims.  Plaintiffs  are  still  seeking  certification  of a  subclass  of
unsuccessful  black  applicants  and  have  put  forward  a new  proposed  class
representative,  Lydia Moultry.  The parties are waiting a ruling from the Court
regarding whether Ms. Moultry can join the case.

      Also in its Form 10-K for the year ended  December 26,  1998,  the Company
discussed the  purported  class action filed against the Company in the Court by
Charlene  Jones,  individually  and on  behalf of all  other  persons  similarly
situated (the "Jones  case").  In papers filed with the Court on April 16, 1999,
the plaintiff in the Jones case represented that she would not pursue a separate
class action on behalf of unsuccessful  female  applicants for employment in the
Company's  manufacturing  plants  and  distribution  centers  if her case is not
combined  with the  purported  class action filed against the Company by Shirley
Dyer and other  present or former  employees of the Company  (the "Dyer  case"),
which is also discussed in the Company's 1998 Form 10-K.

      On June 29, 1999,  another  purported  class action was filed  against the
Company  in the  Court by Lisa  Lisenby,  individually  and on  behalf  of other
persons similarly situated (the "Lisenby case"). In her Complaint, the plaintiff
alleges  that the  Company  has  violated  and is  currently  violating  Federal
statutory law by  discriminating  against female applicants and employees in the
Company's  manufacturing plants and distribution centers. In her Complaint,  Ms.
Lisenby  states  that she  anticipates  moving to combine her case with the Dyer
case, but neither she nor the Dyer case plaintiffs have yet done so.

      The Company  denies the  allegations  of the  plaintiffs in the Middleton,
Dyer, Jones and Lisenby cases and is vigorously defending the actions.

      The Company is also a party in various legal claims and actions considered
in the  normal  course  of  business.  Management  believes  that  the  ultimate
disposition  of these  matters will not have a material  effect on the Company's
liquidity, results of operations or financial condition.
















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Item 2.   Changes in Securities
- -------------------------------
      Not Applicable.

Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities
- -----------------------------------------
      Not Applicable.

Item 4.   Results of Votes of Security Holders
- ----------------------------------------------
      The Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  of the  Company  was held on May 11,
1999, for the purpose of electing a board of directors.  Proxies for the meeting
were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934
and there were no solicitations in opposition to management's solicitation.  All
of  management's  nominees for directors as listed in the proxy  statement  were
elected.

Item 5.   Other Information
- ---------------------------
      Not Applicable.

Item 6(a) Exhibits
- ------------------
      27. Financial Data Schedule for the six months ended June 26, 1999.

Item 6(b) Reports on Form 8-K
- -----------------------------
      No  reports on Form 8-K were  filed  during the six months  ended June 26,
1999.






                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  in its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.




                           PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.



Date:  August 6, 1999        /s/ S. Keith Billups
                             ------------------------------------------
                             S. Keith Billups, Secretary





Date:  August 6, 1999        /s/ David P. Phillips
                             ------------------------------------------
                             David P. Phillips, Chief Financial Officer
                             and Treasurer (Principal Financial and
                             Accounting Officer)
















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