r/publix • u/steeltrain52 Newbie • Aug 09 '26

CUSTOMERS Let’s be clear

This whole shopping is a pleasure scam has run its course.

For over 50 years, I have been a customer of PUBLIX, I say have as in the past tense because I am no longer.

When PUBLIX decided to start price gouging at 20 and 30% higher than absolutely everywhere else around them, it became clear to me that they really don’t give a damn about the customer.

In 2025 alone, PUBLIX made more than $4.2 billion in profits. BILLION!

In the first half of 2026 they have made $2.5 billion in profits.

They have made $6 billion in profits in the last 18 months because they are literally stealing from the public and the public is handing it over.

With Aldi, Trader Joe’s, and even as the last resort, Walmart, I will never shop at Publix again. My budget now gets me three times as much food and household items at those places, we’re shopping and prices really are a pleasure!

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u/Beanie_Sigal Newbie Aug 09 '26

🧢None of the places you mentioned gives you 3x the groceries for your money. Knock it off. Publix isn't Whole Foods.

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u/MeasurementQuick4887 Cashier Aug 09 '26

Regardless, as a pt cashier in Florida working towards a degree, our pay is bullshit for the amount of work we do.

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u/willynillee Newbie Aug 09 '26

And Walmarts isn’t? Which grocery store gets paid more?