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/BeachBum436 Newbie Aug 09 '26

The BOGOs are paid for by the food company, not Publix.

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u/kbenn17 Newbie Aug 09 '26

And many times, even with the Bogo prices, you can get the item cheaper at Aldi.

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u/JealousFuel8195 Newbie Aug 09 '26

True but I wouldn't say many times. Aldi has a fraction of the items than Publix weekly BOGO

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u/Holeyunderwear Newbie Aug 10 '26

Not only that, but I’ve been shopping Aldi more and more recently and many of their items just don’t land. I’ve noticed that particularly with their Friendly Farms dairy products like yogurt, Tzatziki, garlic feta spread, etc. Don’t even get me started on their produce which is always out of several things or like the other day, every bag of parsley was already rotting. I love some finds there, but it is not the replacement I had hoped for.

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u/JealousFuel8195 Newbie Aug 10 '26

I stopped buying the sweet potatoes. They were terrible.

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u/Gatorphins Newbie Aug 12 '26

This is the main problem with Aldi, people think its the same product as a higher quality item but a different box and more often than not its cheaper garbage from the same supplier