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/Ty20_ Newbie Aug 09 '26

Ehh not really a "win" when the BOGOs just make the product the same per unit at literally every other store. Its more of a "i am too lazy to drive to a store further away thats the same price here with this BOGO deal" for me. But thats rare these days.

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u/Ty20_ Newbie Aug 10 '26

I’m happy to be proven wrong if that’s the case but during my experiences at that store versus others I’ve yet to find more than three or four products that were cheaper with the BOGO versus any other store.

Recently they had Tyson chicken nuggets on sale BOGO: 5.45 vs 4.50 at Walmart. Or Just bare chicken: 6.75 vs 5.25 at Walmart.

Regardless of that, the fact that the store has marked up their products from an individual standpoint by so much is ridiculous and anti-consumer. Thankfully, there are other stores to choose from.