Exhibit 99.1


                                                           Contact: Maria Brous
                                                                 (863) 680-5339




                        Publix Announces Annual Dividend


     LAKELAND,  Fla., March 16, 2006 -- Publix Super Markets Inc. announced that
its board of directors declared an annual cash dividend on its common stock. The
2006  dividend  is $1.00 per  share,  up from 70 cents  per  share in 2005.  The
dividend will be paid on June 1, 2006, to stockholders of record as of the close
of business April 21, 2006.
     Publix stock is currently  priced at $80.50 per share.  Publix stock is not
publicly traded and is made available for sale only to current Publix associates
and members of its board of directors.
     Publix is owned and operated by its 135,000  employees,  with 2005 sales of
$20.6  billion.  Currently  Publix has 876  stores in  Florida,  Georgia,  South
Carolina,  Alabama and  Tennessee.  The company has been named one of  Fortune's
"100 Best  Companies  to Work For in America"  for nine  consecutive  years.  In
addition,  Publix's  dedication  to  superior  quality and  customer  service is
recognized  as  tops in the  grocery  business,  most  recently  by an  American
Customer  Satisfaction Index survey.  For more information,  visit the company's
Web site, www.publix.com. ###
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