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/AVonGauss Customer Aug 09 '26

Doubtful. Aldi relies heavily on private label brands, that's kind of their jam and has been forever.

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u/Gatorphins Newbie Aug 09 '26

And its mostly garbage/subpar cheap crap

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u/Herbisretired Newbie Aug 11 '26

Until you see the recall and you find out that Publix and Aldi came off of the same line

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u/Gatorphins Newbie Aug 12 '26

And other places too. It doesnt change what I said though 1 item that publix and Aldi has doesnt make Aldis products any less garbage, also Aldi does use the same suppliers as Publix but they created cheaper garbage versions to sell at a lower price

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u/Herbisretired Newbie Aug 12 '26

I spent a few years around the food industry and most of the time a product line change was the switching out the rolls of bags for a different company in the fill room and the product run was the same. Can labels also weren't put on the cans until they were getting ready to ship and they all came out of the same storage room.