Publix is continuing its push further into Northern Virginia with the signing of a lease for a new store in Manassas (Prince William County). The 50,325 square foot supermarket will be located at the intersection of Dumfries Road and Spriggs Road.
The Lakeland, FL-based chain, which operates 1,421 stores in eight states (and employs approximately 261,000 associates, also confirmed that it will open two more Virginia stores in Winchester (Weems Lane and Valley Avenue) and Stephens City (Fairfax Pike and Warrior Lane). Those stores are also 50,325 square feet in size.Â
All three new Virginia units are expected to open in late 2026 or early 2027.
Since it first entered the Old Dominion in 2017 with the purchase of 10 former Martin’s stores (from Ahold Delhaize USA) and several newly built supermarkets in the Richmond area (including its debut store on Wyndham Forest Drive), the nation’s most profitable supermarket chain has steadily expanded its Virginia presence.Â
In 2020, Publix opened its first Fredericksburg area store and now has three units in that growing small city.Â
Additionally, Publix entered the Hampton Roads market in 2023 with a new Suffolk supermarket and in the past year has opened two others, in Virginia Beach and Carrollton.
The employee-owned retailer’s expansion into Virginia has been made easier with the completion of a new distribution center near Greensboro, NC which opened in 2022 and now services all 24 Publix stores in the state. That 2.2 million square foot facility also allowed Publix to expand into Kentucky where it debuted in 2024 and now operates six units. The Greensboro area depot also supplies Publix units in South Carolina and North Carolina.
Each of the three new stores is expected to employ about 150 associates.
