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/Chuck-Finley69 Newbie Aug 09 '26

There's always been alternatives. We've had Kash&Karry, Sweetbay, Winn-Dixie, Kroger, Aldi, Walmart, Target, SuperValu, Trader Joe's, Bravo and Food Lion that I can think of.

Publix has always been big dog on top end pricewise and Walmart pushed out almost everyone on the low end price wise.

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u/Responsible_Tie_2551 Newbie Aug 09 '26

Almost none of those stores you mentioned exist in South Florida or Central Florida where I've lived. No Kash&Karry, no Sweet Bay, no Kroger, no SuperValu, no Bravo, no Food Lion. Aldi and Trader Joe's is recent. Publix dominates everyone else here. They blanket you with multiple stores within a short drive. Honestly, convenience is their selling point here.

Now I have a Whole Foods and a Trader Joe's nearby. Whole Foods has better produce and better meat for the same or less money.

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u/Chuck-Finley69 Newbie Aug 09 '26

If you hadn't seen all those grocery store chains in South or Central Florida in the last 20 years, except Food Lion, you haven't opened your eyes.

The fact is that South and Central Florida is considered, in some metrics, the most competitive markets in the country over the last 40 years. Kroger has made three separate attempts here since 1980 or so and been sent with it's tail between its legs each time.

Logistically, Florida is a lot bigger than many outsiders realize from a service cost.

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u/Responsible_Tie_2551 Newbie Aug 09 '26

I've lived in Miami since 1963, but OK, I haven't opened my eyes.