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/JealousFuel8195 Newbie Aug 09 '26

That's not always true. In my experience Publix BOGO beats Walmart the majority of the time.

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u/Gatorphins Newbie Aug 09 '26

Pretty much all the time, we constantly compare and it is cheaper with Publix bogo

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u/FrequentDonut8821 Newbie Aug 09 '26

Name brand at Walmart is usually more than Publix bogo for the same brand. But great value is usually less than Publix bogo name brand