Publix likes to make itself known when it opens its first store in a new market, so Tuesday at Coastal North Town Center on U.S. 17, the company’s divisional officials, local political, business and educational dignitaries gathered for a sneak preview of the store that’s to open to the public at 7 a.m. Wednesday. The nearly 50,0000-square-foot store includes enough items to keep shoppers busy for hours, and officials took the dignitaries on a tour of the store’s highlights. Publix likes to make itself known when it opens its first store in a new market, so Tuesday at Coastal North Town Center on U.S. 17, the company’s divisional officials, local political, business and educational dignitaries gathered for a sneak preview of the store that’s to open to the public at 7 a.m. Wednesday. The nearly 50,0000-square-foot store includes enough items to keep shoppers busy for hours, and officials took the dignitaries on a tour of the store’s highlights.