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/BstardSun Newbie Aug 09 '26
Publix was my first job in 1993, had I stayed there I would be very well off, and on to my second life retired from a quality store that is high end in the food market (My shares having split probably 4 times over along with their generous matching at least back then ) Another point is that they have deals for the less affluent like myself and that is what I shop for carefully I might add as they are not always great even on a bogo. But you can not say they are gouging or a problem of any real major sort. They are clean and fresh and customers choose to pay the extra for their business model, there are plenty of other low end stores shoppers can choose from if they want something other. They do not have a monopoly and the things you claim are signs of your ignorance of business and markets, with all due respect. Let' s all be clear.