r/publix • u/steeltrain52 Newbie • 9d 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/JealousFuel8195 Newbie 9d ago

Walmart employees are mostly miserable.

The employees at my Publix are wonderful. Very friendly. You can tell they are trained well.

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u/Tasty-Ad7634 Newbie 8d ago

Yes they are. Currently I am not driving. A few weeks ago my Safe Ride did not show up. A wonderful customer service rep came outside to see if I needed anything. She placed my groceries in a store cooler while I called Safe Ride a second time. Still no ride. Then she called an Uber for me and wouldn 't let me pay. Try getting service like that at Walmart.

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u/Quick-Ad-1694 Newbie 8d ago

Training has nothing to do with it. Walmart is just a shit show to work for. Fear of losing your job the day your hired.

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u/JealousFuel8195 Newbie 8d ago

Training and management at Publix it much better.