BIDDING BIG.

• Position: STATEWIDE: Triad

Guilford County is rolling out some big-time incentives for Publix Super Markets, hoping to woo the Florida-based retailer to Greensboro for a distribution center and 1,000 jobs that would pay an average $42,000 annually.

County commissioners voted in mid-April to refund Publix 80% of the county property tax the company would pay over 1 0 years, which could be around $17 million at the current tax rate. The Greensboro City Council passed a similar tax incentive in March, promising to refund Publix...