{"id":327793,"date":"2026-07-02T22:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327793\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:02:48","slug":"publix-reopens-in-fernandina-beach-after-a-year-of-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327793\/","title":{"rendered":"Publix reopens in Fernandina Beach after a year of renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After more than a year without nearby grocery options, residents of Fernandina Beach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/money\/2026\/07\/02\/fernandina-beach-publix-reopens-after-more-than-a-year-with-upgraded-amenities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no longer have to wait<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/jaxtoday.org\/2025\/04\/08\/new-publix-fernandina-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newly renovated Publix<\/a> reopened Thursday, drawing a large crowd eager to explore the upgraded location.<\/p>\n<p>The reopening comes after both the Publix and a Winn-Dixie in the area closed in 2025, leaving residents with <a href=\"https:\/\/jaxtoday.org\/2025\/08\/18\/fernandina-offers-shuttle-service-for-grocery-shoppers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">limited grocery options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Publix Media Relations representative Hannah Herring said the company is thrilled to be back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be a lot going on with some samples throughout the store and just really welcoming customers back because we know that they have been wanting Publix to return, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to be back,\u201d Herring said.<\/p>\n<p>The new Fernandina Beach location is one of two Publix stores in the Northeast Florida area to feature a <a href=\"https:\/\/jaxtoday.org\/2026\/02\/09\/publix-wine-bars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Publix Pours bar<\/a>, offering beer, wine, smoothies, acai bowls and more.<\/p>\n<p>The other location is the Publix at Silverleaf in St. Augustine, which shares the same larger layout, Pours bar and expanded food bars not typically found at standard Publix stores.<\/p>\n<p>The nearest comparable location outside the area is in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>This story was produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News4Jax<\/a>, a Jacksonville Today news partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than a year without nearby grocery options, residents of Fernandina Beach no longer have to wait.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-327793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}