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Publix Plans To Open At Britton Plaza In South Tampa

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By JAMIE PILARCZYK

Published: September 5, 2008

TAMPA - Publix Supermarkets plans to open a grocery store at Britton Plaza in a spot that housed Albertsons until recently, a company spokeswoman said.

In June, Publix announced the acquisition of 49 Albertsons, including the store that opened in the South Tampa plaza about 1990, in a $500 million deal expected to close next week. The deal includes a Tampa store at 8701 W. Hillsborough Ave.

Spokeswoman Maria Brous said the company plans to reopen the plaza store as a Publix, although details won't be available until the deal is finalized.

Publix was one of the original tenants when the plaza opened on South Dale Mabry Highway in 1956, but not in the same storefront as Albertsons, Brous said.

Publix closed that store in 1987.

The company has two stores - at Dale Mabry and Neptune Street and at Gandy Boulevard and Himes Avenue - within about a mile of Britton Plaza.

"It's not uncommon for us to open a store in close proximity to another," Brous said. "It helps us better serve our customers and relieve congestion."

Reporter Jamie Pilarczyk can be reached at (813) 259-7661 or jpilarczyk@tampatrib.com.

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