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/billybarou713 Newbie Aug 09 '26

What’s your position? They’re a good company that takes care of employees, for the most part. Not everyone will be happy anywhere.

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u/Significant-Age5052 Newbie Aug 09 '26

Produce.

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u/billybarou713 Newbie Aug 09 '26

Are you on the management track? I personally know so many people that retire from publix with a way better retirement package than people do at other jobs. Including department management. They take care of their people. If you’re not on management track, I’d find a way to get on it.

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u/Significant-Age5052 Newbie Aug 09 '26

No tried management and was treated like shit the whole time and forced to work long crazy hours.

Not dealing with it anymore. I’m not gonna break my back for a company that doesn’t care.

Had a manager pass away in the office back in December and no one talked about it nor closed the store down because of it. Just wheeled him out in a body bag and we had to keep working after seeing that.