To celebrate the opening of their third hybrid store, Publix Super Markets in Florida commissioned a 500 lb. cheese sculpture that was crafted in house by Sarah Kaufman of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.

The sculpture helped call attention to the full-service artisan cheese department a the new 56,000-square-foot hybrid concept store here in the chain’s Jacksonville, Fla., division. These cheese departments are a feature of all of the chain’s new hybrid stores and GreenWise Markets, Publix spokeswoman Shannon Patten told SN.

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Photography by Publix Market