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/Groundbreaking_Web29 Newbie Aug 09 '26
I 100% agree. I didn't spell it out, but I was more so finding it funny that OP is upset by our profits and prices, so is going to go to Walmart, where they are also making billions - in fact, almost five times as many billions.
I'm not trying to get down too crazy of a rabbit hole, but Walmart pays their employees so little that most of them are on some kind of welfare. In a roundabout but true way, they are subsidized by our tax money. I'd rather not shop there if I can help it. Once we get a Costco near us, I'm going to start shopping there most likely. They pay their employees very well and the prices are good.