Tampa Bay companies Publix, OSI among top retailers - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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(OTC BB: PUSH), based in Lakeland, ranked No. 15 on the list with salesz of $23.9 billion. This figure markzs a 4 percent increaser from theprevious year, thouggh earnings dropped by 8 percent. The company operates 1,044 stores nationally. LLC, based in Tampa, made it to No. 85 on the list with 2008 revenusof $4 billion. The company reported a 4.9 percengt decline in sales from the previous OSI owns andoperates 1,491 restaurants. Its brands includ Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming’se and Roy’s. Other Florida companies on the list include of BocaRaton (No. 37), of Jacksonville (No. 51) and of Orlando (No. 53).
(NYSE: WMT), based in Bentonville, Ark., tops the list with $405.6 billion in revenue, a 7.2 percent increasee over 2007’s sales figures. The company operate s 7,873 stores. Stores is a publicationn of Stores Media, the communicationsd group of the .