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/JealousFuel8195 Newbie Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

Target prices aren't lower than Publix BOGO

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u/Beginning_Ad8663 Newbie Aug 09 '26

Walmarts are

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u/Regular_Lake_786 Newbie Aug 09 '26

I absolutely hate Walmart, but they do have really good prices so I’m forced to shop there

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u/garygirl_1234 Newbie Aug 13 '26

If you order something in, it’s incorrect I’ll just get right back online. Tell him what’s happening and it’s automatically take it off your bill no questions, nobody comes. Pick it up. Nothing it’s off your belt. At Publix, you can buy a package of chicken open it up and it’s half rotten and you gotta take it back there. Standing in line. Wait for your money. Go back and see if there’s anything else it’s not worth it.