tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post4260020065607602845..comments2024-03-21T01:17:34.038-05:00Comments on Pleasant Family Shopping: The Perfect Publix - Ft. Lauderdale 1962Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07788722183424550052noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post-7788008056679336672009-09-07T01:49:05.249-05:002009-09-07T01:49:05.249-05:00Note those aisle number signs hanging from the cei...Note those aisle number signs hanging from the ceiling...very Jetsonian!<br /><br />Also it seemed that every deli department in those days had the windowed rotisserie ovens with the rotating roast chickens!jamcoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post-54175617128970332392009-09-06T21:29:43.286-05:002009-09-06T21:29:43.286-05:00Jack - Wow, I figured I had a good point here, but...Jack - Wow, I figured I had a good point here, but t-shirts? In a Tennessee store? Too cool. The display of Jenkins' pictures in the newest Publix stores reminds me of JCPenney's reverence for their founder. Several months back I was in a brand new JCP and sure enough, a large photo of James Cash Penney with an inscription below was prominently displayed near the customer service area. That's class.<br /><br />Anonymous - These appear to be clear glass, but I seem to remember mirrored ones. What's also interesting here is the sliding glass windows above the ice cream case. That's a unique one, in my experience.<br /><br />Ken - I think a lot of industry leaders (even visionaries in their respective businesses like Disney and Jenkins)had a sense of wonderment about these things at that time, having seen America go from horses and buggies to the space age. And as you suggest, shoppers were no doubt thrilled.<br /><br />Jack - That's a hoot! Guy must have had a hard day at the office. Reminds me of the sales training videos my company used to show us in the early 90's - lots of unintentional entertainment value there! <br /><br />Didi- Did I say that Publix "put women on a pedestal of food"? Certainly that's enough now, right? <br /><br />The photos themselves are actually different than the ones I posted before, but they do show the same store. Glad you like them.<br /><br />Adrienne - Thanks, and I definitely agree!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788722183424550052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post-73566485382970999582009-09-06T15:56:23.648-05:002009-09-06T15:56:23.648-05:00Repeats are cool when Publix is involved, Dave! :)...Repeats are cool when Publix is involved, Dave! :) <br /><br />With those colors, carnival themes, mirrors, murals - shopping was indeed a pleasure back then.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667744737769066870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post-40886097839745945872009-09-06T15:12:42.762-05:002009-09-06T15:12:42.762-05:00I wanr more quote from the Look magazine article! ...I wanr more quote from the Look magazine article! I thought those were great!<br /><br />Pleasure seeing these photos again, Dave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post-71565417983795870312009-09-06T14:52:17.380-05:002009-09-06T14:52:17.380-05:00Publix in the 80s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...Publix in the 80s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaNhpyNTNRsJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614544483622019936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post-26428271700761749882009-09-06T13:05:07.537-05:002009-09-06T13:05:07.537-05:00This could certainly qualify as an early superstor...This could certainly qualify as an early superstore. The sherbet colors and terrazzo definitely place the store in the late 50's-mid 60's era of style. I imagine at times that George Jenkins was marveled by the changes that were occurring in the early post war era, particularly booming Florida. The country boy from rural Meriwether Co., GA must have felt almost as if he had been whisked away to Oz.<br /><br />I imagine that the shoppers were amazed to find such a selection at a grocery store.Kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post-91395170443619711072009-09-06T10:01:08.352-05:002009-09-06T10:01:08.352-05:00The mirrored meat counters reminded me that up unt...The mirrored meat counters reminded me that up until the early 60s, the meat cutting rrom was often visible to shoppers with large plate glass windows. The mirrored glass something that Heinen's in Cleveland also began using in the 60s. It was still common through the 60s for shoppes to have some contact with meat cutters and it was easy to get custom sized packaging. the mirroed case got rid the unseemly sight (to some) of meat cutting while preserving this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033289293807518844.post-16306702687319543692009-09-05T23:44:16.794-05:002009-09-05T23:44:16.794-05:00Today at the Publix in Belle Meade, Tennessee, emp...Today at the Publix in Belle Meade, Tennessee, employees were sporting baseball style shirts with the image of George Jenkins on them. His vision and ideals truly live on. These photos are tremendous. The murals were still part of Publix new store architecture up until the 80s and were a definable feature of the stores, as were the wall directories as depicted in the meat department photo. Latter stores had them placed above the grocery department, high above the cash registers. Jenkins' photos are proudly displayed around the new Publix stores such as the one in Belle Meade. One can't help but think he'd be very proud of the company he created, and the new stores still being built, not to mention the expansion into Tennessee, even.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614544483622019936noreply@blogger.com