Exhibit 99.1

                 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                              AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report of Publix Super  Markets,  Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  September 28, 2002 as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Charles H. Jenkins, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, to the
best of my knowledge, that on the date hereof:


      (1) The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


      (2) The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
      material  respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations of
      the Company.


/s/ Charles H. Jenkins, Jr.
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Charles H. Jenkins, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
November 12, 2002