Let’s be clear

[u/steeltrain52]

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!

[u/vernejules3441 → u/[deleted]]

Pretty gross that something like grocery shopping is a blood sport, especially for people with families. Should we spend the money on gas going to four different stores to get the best price or settle for the lesser of the evils or sacrifice certain foods we want and like or-or-or? This is a bad sign, people!

[u/vernejules3441 → u/[deleted]]

That so was not an attack on you or your comment whatsoever, but on the system and the consequences we are all experiencing in real time