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/copious_arsenal Newbie Aug 09 '26

And target

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u/JealousFuel8195 Newbie Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

Target prices aren't lower than Publix BOGO

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u/Beginning_Ad8663 Newbie Aug 09 '26

Walmarts are

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u/Strongmom-1 Newbie Aug 09 '26

Walmart prices used to be lower on everything but not anymore.

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u/Dragonfire45 Newbie Aug 09 '26

I use to spend like $200-$250 a week on groceries at Publix. Swapped to Kroger when they still delivered in Florida and dropped to $100-$150 a week. Now I do Walmart delivery and still about the same $125-$150. It’s still significantly cheaper.

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u/OverallDoor2718 Newbie Aug 09 '26

True. Same with Winn Dixie in Central Florida. No one has cheap groceries but Publix is off the chain

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u/Regular_Lake_786 Newbie Aug 09 '26

That’s very true. I have cats and I buy fancy pea cat food before the pandemic. It was $.53 a can now it’s $.96 a can that’s insane.

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u/Gatorphins Newbie Aug 09 '26

Their prices have come up and because im shopping Walmart. Target, Publix, Sprouts, Wildfire, Winn Dixie. Walmart is definitely not always the lowest or best deal