Lakeland, Florida

Lakeland is a city in Florida, located roughly midway between Tampa and Orlando.

Though it has been a suburb of both Tampa and Orlando, it is a decent-size city in its own right.

It is best known as the headquarters for Publix Supermarkets, one of the largest American grocery chains (one of a very few having over 1,000 locations) and one of the largest employee-owned businesses of any type. Publix is world-renowned for exceptional customer service, thus allowing it to compete effectively with the much larger Wal-Mart.