Publix #1682
Store Information:
Official Name: Publix Super Market at Taylor Creek Commons
Address: 1851 N US Hwy 1, Fort Pierce, FL 34946
Opening Date: February 20, 2020
Original Decor: Classy Market 3.0/Sienna
Current Decor: Classy Market 3.0/Sienna
Today’s store is a fairly average 2010s Publix with a common decor. The site it was built on has a different story. Publix #1682 was built as a replacement store for AFB’s famous Pub Lion. (That AFB post is actually what got me into supermarkets). Publix #1102, the Pub Lion, closed in 2019 to be demolished to make way for #1682. One thing to note about this store is that it was one of the last stores to get the Sienna decor package. Evergreen was rolled out in late 2019, but Sienna kept getting installed in stores until 2021.
This store has the same basic layout as that crazy mishmash store that we toured back in May.
Publix has an odd habit of putting this specific version of this sign in newer stores’ produce departments. This sign is from Classy Market 1.0/Kiwi, which Publix stopped installing in stores around 2008. This store didn’t open until 2020. The last Kiwi store closed in 2024.
I took this photo to show how Publix is redesigning their packaging again. For people who have never been to Publix, the style with the little black Publix logo and a colored stripe along the top of the packaging is the old design, and the style with the big green Publix logo somewhere to the right of the product name is the new design. I personally like the old design better.
The Late Sienna checkout lane lights in this store were swapped for Evergreen ones at some point.
That’s all my interior photos. Now, let’s look at some Google Earth aerials. Hmmm… where did they go?
Ah, here they are!
And now we come to the end of the post. This store surprised me by still having Sienna. All of the surrounding Publix stores (#567 in Fort Pierce, #385, #240, and #1150 in Vero Beach, and #855 in Port St. Lucie) have Evergreen. I never got to see #1102 in person, so I figured, “Why not go to #1682?” As you can see, I went to #1682.
I have something very exciting for the next post, so be sure to come back in two weeks! Until then, read The Next Victim of Decor Extinction or head on over to MFR.
Mr. Rejoice Retail
I visited #1682 in March 2020 about a month after it opened, and other than the removal of the Aprons counter (probably one of the last of those ever installed in a Publix), the place still looks the same today. That’s the only time I’ve ever been to this store – it certainly doesn’t intrigue me as much as what it replaced (hence why I’ve been sitting on that photoset for 6 years too!).
That’s neat to hear the Pub Lion is what got you into retail history! The Pub Lion was a bizarre sight, and I wish you could have seen it too. Amazingly, after driving by it a few times through the years and always being perplexed by it, I never visited the Pub Lion until 2016. A Food Lion-turned-Publix was certainly one of the stranger Publix conversions out there, and I’m glad I got to share it on the blog a few times before it succumbed to the wrecking ball, so at least you got to see #1102 that way.
Going on 6 years old, I’m sure #1682’s remodel to Evergreen will come before long. Publix’s ideal remodel schedule is every 6-7 years, which it just hit this year. That’s probably why it was pushed to the bottom of the remodel schedule in the area, being the newest of the Sienna stores around.
I think the Evergreen remodel is coming soon as well. I was hoping this store would miss Evergreen and get the next decor (when is that coming? It’s been 7 years!), but now I don’t think that’s going to happen. The current decor is looking a bit old now, though. The bottoms of the aisle markers are all about to fall off, and on some, they already did fall off, so you can see straight up through them to the ceiling. The left side of the building was just painted bright white as well.
I didn’t know that this store ever had an Aprons counter. Where was it located?
The Aprons counter served as the “endcap” between aisles 1 and 2 at the front of the store. You can’t even tell that’s where it was in similar stores, as Publix seamlessly covered that area up with more shelves to fill the gap.
As for Evergreen’s lifespan, considering CM 3.0/Sienna had a 10 year run, I think Evergreen’s will be similar. I’ve seen no indication it’s going anywhere anytime soon, so my guess is we’ll continue to see Evergreen remodels through the end of the decade. It will be interesting to see what direction Publix will take with its eventual replacement though.