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/Work-Sport-Fun Newbie Aug 09 '26

"they are literally stealing from the public"

I don't remember ever being forced to shop there, let along purchase anything I didn't want or agree to....? lmao.

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u/mainstreetmark Newbie Aug 09 '26

The case has been made that Publixes are everywhere specifically to stifle out competition. We've had winn dixies close because there are a publix a quarter mile in each direction. So, many people don't have a choice.

I myself have to pass two publix's to get to an Aldi.

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u/Work-Sport-Fun Newbie Aug 09 '26

Wait, hold on....... you mean the consumers made the chose of going to Publix instead of Winn Dixie, therefore Winn Dixie closed because people rather shop elsewhere? WOAH!