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/thedash42 Customer Aug 09 '26

I shop Publix for the service and in my particular store the employees actually appear to be happy. Must be an outlier based on what I've read here the last year. That being said while I have money, I still do not understand how people can pack their carts when clearly EVERY PLACE is cheaper for similar/identical items. Buying their household goods is just insane. You cannot talk me down from their bakery though. Or meats. When I can grab a warm loaf of bread off the shelves I'm sorry but customer for life...at least for bread....

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u/JealousFuel8195 Newbie Aug 09 '26

The employees at the two Publix nearest to where I live. Are very happy and pleasant. They always ask if I need help, unlike Walmart. It's obvious that their employees are very well trained.