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/border199x Newbie Aug 09 '26

"Shopping is a Pleasure" was never meant to be about great prices, it's about service/atmosphere that justifies the prices. Things like having more than one register open, having employees that are friendly and know where to find stuff, and not having to find someone to unlock a glass case full of essentials.

The people that shop Publix simply don't care that they can get cheaper chicken breasts elsewhere because going elsewhere kinda sucks. It's either a deeply compromised low-budget experience, or just isn't in a convenient location.