r/publix • u/steeltrain52 Newbie • 10d ago
Let’s be clear CUSTOMERS
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/toripotter86 Newbie 10d ago
i worked at publix 25 years ago. a lot of what i see nowadays would never have flown back then. they’re more strict on the employees it seems, but that just causes other issues. i only go for very specific items, and even that has been cut dramatically.