Rochelle Darman, State Director of Marketing and Communications, (754) 300-2610, rdarman@marchofdimes.com.
Statewide, FL, May 01, 2010 —

For an amazing 10 years in a row, the grocery giant is the #1 March for Babies Team in Florida.

Associates sold cutouts at the checkout and customers signed their name or the name of a baby they love creating an impressive display of support for stronger healthier babies. And thousands of store associates brought along their family and friends and participated at dozens of March for Babies events across the state.

PHOTO GALLERY – Team Publix at Florida’s March for Babies 

As one of the 10 largest-volume supermarket chains in the United States with over 145,000 employees in 1,035 locations in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee, Publix customers and associates raised an incredible $2.7 million dollars in Florida and $3.5 overall to help give all babies a healthy start and educate moms-to-be about the importance of taking the B vitamin folic acid.