Exhibit 32.1


                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  June 28, 2003 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
August 6, 2003



A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided to Publix  Super  Markets,  Inc.  and will be retained by Publix  Super
Markets,  Inc. and furnished to the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission or its
staff upon request.