With the rise of Wal-Mart, smaller supermarkets across America have struggled to compete. But not Publix Super Markets, which recently opened its 900th store, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and is defying Wal-Mart's market-share success in food sales. Publix is America's largest privately owned grocery chain, with revenues in 2006 of $21.7 billion, up 5% from 2005, and net profits of $1.1 billion, up 11%. Publix has a market share of more than 40% in Florida, its home state, and it is taking business from Wal-Mart and others as it expands into Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina. It has a competitive edge over Wal-Mart because it is strong in precisely the areas where Wal-Mart is vulnerable.
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机译：随着沃尔玛的崛起，美国各地的小型超市都在努力竞争。但是最近在田纳西州默弗里斯伯勒开设其第900家门店的Publix Super Markets却没有，并且无视沃尔玛在食品销售市场上的成功。 Publix是美国最大的私人杂货连锁店，2006年的收入为217亿美元，比2005年增长5％，净利润为11亿美元，增长11％。 Publix在其本州佛罗里达州拥有超过40％的市场份额，并且正在从沃尔玛（Wal-Mart）和其他地区收购业务，并扩展到阿拉巴马州，乔治亚州，田纳西州和南卡罗来纳州。它在沃尔玛方面具有竞争优势，因为它在沃尔玛易受伤害的地区恰好具有优势。
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