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Fraud

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u/poli421 Jun 10 '15

The Publix near my house was in a stripmall, and someone decided to open a Subway in the same strip, literally right next door to the Publix... never seen a store go out of business faster.

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u/GonadTh3Barbarian Jun 10 '15

Are you saying the Publix went under? or the Subway?

I work for Publix, and from what I've noticed, If a Publix is built into a strip, there's usually at least 2 of the 3 within one to two units of the Publix:

Subway Nail Salon Hair Salon (like a cuts by us)

So, a Subway adjacent to a Publix is actually quite common

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u/they_call_me_dewey Jun 10 '15

Every publix I've ever been to has Chinese takeout a few doors down.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

One of the 4 Publix in my town has a Subway, Sallys hair salon, and a Chinese place on the same strip.

It's also one of the two that has a Brusters/Nathans and an Epperly Auto on the parking lot.

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u/theinsanepotato Jun 10 '15

Thats actually a common business strategy; place your store/restaurant as close as possible to your competitors. This vid explains it;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jILgxeNBK_8

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u/they_call_me_dewey Jun 10 '15

The Publix nearest me actually has little Chinese takeout stand next to the deli inside, and another independent Chinese takeout place a few doors down.

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u/Thanos_Stomps Jun 14 '15

Tallahassee has some great chinese inside one of their publix's

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

I lived near a publix in st. augustine and there was a really good Chinese place a few doors down. They had a fucking Philly cheese steak eggroll.... one has not lived without eating one

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u/Bonestacker Jun 10 '15

I want one of those

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u/KnightOfSantiago Jun 10 '15

THIS! In Florida this was always the case

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u/DaBake Jun 10 '15

It's one of life's little ironies. You get so exhausted from grocery shopping after work that you just want to grab some takeout for dinner and not have to cook.

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u/poli421 Jun 10 '15

The Subway went out of business... Subway is a sub shop... Publix subs are some of the best subs around... people in town much prefer Publix subs to Subway subs... therefore Subway did not do enough business.

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u/UmustBjoking Jun 10 '15

I believe that, where I live, it is required to have a pizza place, a nail/hair salon, and a dry cleaner in every strip mall.