Publix has an ice cream truck? How to get free samples as it tours Florida this summer

Jeff Kleinman
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Publix is rolling out an ice cream truck that will make stops across Florida this summer.

The Lakeland-based supermarket chain will give away scoops as a promotion. The company also sends marketing teams to festivals and other events to give away supermarket swag like key rings, pens and drink holders.

But ice cream is a new level of retail persuasion for Publix.

“The ice cream truck is a newer way we are able to surprise and delight customers and the community,” Publix told Fox 35 in Orlando.’

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Publix crews hit the road in this truck for a stop in Tampa to give out swag earlier this year.
Publix crews hit the road in this truck for a stop in Tampa to give out swag earlier this year.

New ice cream flavors

The truck is surely a way to get the company’s summer ice cream flavors onto our palates — and possibly into our shopping carts during the next grocery run. Those flavors include lemon berry bliss with lemonade-flavored flakes, strawberry with white chocolate-flavored strawberry pecan bark, and piña colada with pineapple-flavored pieces.

Florida stops on the Publix ice cream truck tour

If you’re traveling through Florida this summer, here’s where and when the Publix ice cream truck will be:

▪ Jacksonville

July 5, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Community First Igloo, 3605 Philips Hwy.

▪ Orlando

July 7, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Lake Eola, 101 S. Rosalind Ave.

▪ Tampa

July 9, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Glazer Children’s Museum, 110 W. Gasparilla Plaza

▪ Sarasota

July 10, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Payne Park, 2010 Adams Ln.

▪ Lakeland

July 13, 11 a.m.–3 p.m at Barnett Family Park, 730 E. Orange St.

▪ Fort Lauderdale

July 15, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Museum of Discovery & Science, 401 SW Second St.

▪ West Palm Beach

July 16, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Cox Science Center & Aquarium,

4801 Dreher Trail N.

Other stops

And if you’re traveling outside Florida, you’ll find the ice cream truck in areas where Publix also has supermarket locations:

▪ Nashville, Tennessee

June 21, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Downtown Nashville, Fourth Avenue & Peabody

▪ Greenville, South Carolina

June 25, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Greenville Library, 25 Heritage Green Pl.

▪ Carolina Beach, North Carolina

June 27, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Chappell Park, 501 Dow Rd. S.

▪ Atlanta, Georgia

June 30, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Piedmont Park, 400 Park Dr.