---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000081061-26-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000081061"
company_name: "PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:09:54.803954+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Publix Executive Chairman Randall T. Jones Sr. to retire, remain chairman

## Summary
- Randall T. Jones Sr. (Todd Jones) will retire as Executive Chairman on May 31, 2026.
- He will remain as Chairman of the Board after retirement.
- CEO Kevin Murphy praised Jones's 46-year career and leadership.
- No successor for executive chairman role has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000081061-26-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000081061
- company_name: PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81061/000008106126000063/0000081061-26-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81061/000008106126000063/ck0000081061-20260504.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000081061-26-000063
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000081061-26-000063.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000081061-26-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Randall T. Jones, Sr. retired as Executive Chairman at PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: announce the planned retirement of Randall T. Jones, Sr. as Executive Chairman of the Company effective May 31, 2026. He will remain as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81061/000008106126000063/0000081061-26-000063-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.