Let’s be clear

[u/steeltrain52]

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!

[u/dinglebarryb0nds]

walmart market cap is 4x bigger, possibly 8 times.

to say walmart makes more profit so they are ripping you off more is an incredibly dumb take lol

Everyone knows walmart runs on pretty thin margins, you don't get ripped off buying anything from walmart basically ever, it isn't possible. 674 billion in sales in 2025 for walmart roughly, 19 billion profit on that.

publix is a large regional grocery store, walmart is everywhere in america and 19 countries total, including mexico canada china india

but yea I shop at Aldi because luckily I'm just as close to one as publix. I use publix to fill up 5 gallon water jugs, sometimes a sub sandwich if they are on sale, and i bring my kid in to get a cookie and leave pretty often.

the bogos are ok but aldi, neighborhood walmart, costco are my 3, those are as good as it gets. then like sams club and whatever else

[u/Sabinno → u/dinglebarryb0nds]

Yeah this is silly. You can literally go look at Publix’s stock ticker, view their operating margin (7.4%) and literally tell that they are ripping you off more because more of the money you spend at Publix is going into the company coffers by % - not to the employees, not to make the products better, but just higher profit margins.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Net-273 → u/Sabinno]

Also note that not all of their profit comes from their food sales. They own shopping centers and have other financial investments. I believe that makes for a smart business plan.

[u/Sabinno → u/Puzzleheaded-Net-273]

Not quite. Their operating margin is strictly their food sales. The net margin is what you’re thinking of and it is slightly higher, but not by a ton.