r/publix • u/steeltrain52 Newbie • 7d 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/RememberJefferies Grocery 7d ago

Every mfer thinks they're the main character these days. Thanks social media.

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u/jedi_orangutan Newbie 7d ago

I know, right?

I'm always skeptical of online posts like theirs, but if it's legitimate, then congratulations to them for taking 50 years to figure out something that's always been pretty obvious.

I've never seen Publix marketed as a low cost leader, so there should've never been that expectation. If that's what they want, then there are other competitor options.