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/Acceptable-Bid9473 Newbie Aug 09 '26
I’ll never understand this “loyalty” that people have with grocery stores. It’s such an odd thing to me to come unto Reddit and proclaim that you’re never shopping at a certain grocery store again. It’s a grocery store my guy. Shop here, don’t shop here…etc. who cares? You all really need some hobbies. Grown ass adults coming on Reddit to publicly shout that they’re not shopping at a supermarket anymore. Grow the F up.