Publix #628 (Bayshore Blvd) - Tampa, FL

Welcome to another edition of Publix stores by GTB Retail! This time, we will be looking at the store on Bayshore Blvd and Platt Street.

This is also the final post of 2019.

This is the last traffic light before you cross the Hillsborough River. This light is for Ashley Drive.

Let's make a left turn in order to go to Downtown Tampa's first Publix!

Publix #628

243 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa, FL

Opened on September 17, 1998 as one of the first smaller format Publix stores in the area. This store model is the 27M, being a predecessor to the current 28M model.

Publix #628 is 28,357 square feet and used to have a pharmacy until the mid-2000s.

Welcome to the Publix near Downtown Tampa! The other Publix in the Channel Club Apartments did not open until August 29, 2019, so residents living at or near those apartments and wanting to find a Publix would have to drive here.

This is also the primary Publix for Gasparilla, which happens in January and February.

A Publix Delivery section along with books and magazines, placed in the former pharmacy.

Aisle 1 is in a split formation with regular groceries and the deli/bakery departments.

The deli is to the left, and the remainder of grab and go is to the right of aisle 1.

You can see how this store has primary aisles (2 to 9) and the secondary wine aisles. Again, this is a small format Publix!

The wine aisles are unnumbered.

Meat department signage, and one of the coolers placed below the service window.

Signage for aisle 3 in Publix #628 and part of the checkouts.

This is a big sign for a produce department inside a Publix supermarket!

From produce, here are the remaining 3 aisles inside this small format Publix in Tampa.

Floral is located along a part of aisle 9, along with frozen foods. Aisle signage is shown above.

Publix’s frozen food department signs used in the Sienna décor, which debuted in 2010 and continued to be used until 2021.

Looking down aisle 9, which is the last aisle in the store and in the frozen foods department.

Checkouts 3 to 7 in the store are original.

These express lanes were added by Publix, which increases the checkout count to 10 from 9.

Thank you for shopping at Publix #628!

You can even see Downtown Tampa and the Crosstown Expressway (SR 618) from this Publix!

And as a side note, blogging will not resume until after January 6th due to Christmas and New Year’s.

See you in 2020!