Todd Jones began his career in 1980 as a front-service clerk at a Publix store in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He progressed through various store positions, becoming a store manager in 1988, district manager in 1997, regional director in 1999, and vice president of the Jacksonville division in 2003. He was promoted to senior vice president of product business development in 2005 and became president in 2008. In 2016, he became the CEO of Publix Super Markets, the first non-member of the founding Jenkins family to lead the company.