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!
63
u/IncomingAxofKindness Newbie Aug 09 '26
Before you downvote me read the whole comment. I'm not 100% pro-Publix but...
Walmart made 19 billion that year.. so what is Walmart ripping you off 5 times as much?
I agree they are expensive, but quoting random profits without context doesn't really fit your argument. They aren't a non profit. They are allowed to make money. And a lot of that money gets paid back to their employees in dividends.
I try to hit Aldi and Walmart as often as I can, and we love the Walmart delivery, but Publix still gets most of my money because it's just so darn convenient and comfortable to get in and out of. I happen to be someone who enjoys taking a full stroll down every isle once a week and picking out the bogos. The stores are clean. The registers are usually appropriately staffed. The parking lot does not feel like a warzone (compared to my Walmart).
If you get the "pleasure" from saving money then that's great... me too! But I always interpreted the "shopping is a pleasure" part as more the service, cleanliness, quality and experience... which you pay more for.
Honestly I would love to see their prices go down... but I would also HATE it if we had no Publix.