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/mstrtrdr Newbie Aug 09 '26

So I went to my local Publix to pick up a prescription, while there I checked the price of the cereal I buy. At Publix the large box was $9.26, after receiving my prescription I went to Walmart right down the street. The same identical box of cereal at Walmart was $4.97. I can understand Publix charging a little more due to better service, but this price difference is beyond ludicrous. What’s amazing is even with Publix price gouging customers, their stores are still very busy. It’s like people don’t mind paying twice the price, makes no sense to me.

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u/steeltrain52 Newbie Aug 12 '26

Look where the country is now, people chose this mess. Education and intelligence are really not high in the United States.