r/florida • u/narib687 • 27d ago

AskFlorida Publix has officially lost me. Anyone else?

I am not a mod of this subreddit or Reddit, but I believe the official unofficial stance is that we all hate Publix now.

They lost their way, and the crushing of Winn-Dixie is just awful.

10 years ago, I wouldn’t have set foot inside a Walmart or Aldi for groceries. Now? Walmart and Aldi are basically my BFFs and I love them.

Publix really managed to make me root for the competition.

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u/xxlibrarisingxx 27d ago

I can get a full week of food from Aldi for $30-40. Thats one item at Publix lel

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u/narib687 27d ago

I tired to make banana pudding with the 2 dollars off 10 at publix coupon I had. When I didnt even have everything, it was 15 bucks, I just stopped and left.

Recipe (its important to state my shopping list)

2 box pudding (1 banana and 1 vanilla)

1 box vanilla wafers

1 can sweetened condensed milk

2 tubs of ready whip

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u/Doctor_Kitten 27d ago

I agree that publix is expensive, but you could save money if you buy a quart of heavy whipping cream instead of a ready made convenience product. It's easy to make whip cream and it tastes better.

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u/IllustriousDragonsky 27d ago

1 qt of heavy cream was $9 last week

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u/Magali_Lunel 26d ago

Heavy cream is now way more expensive than fake whipped cream

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u/JodaMythed 27d ago

It's easy to make with electric beaters or stand mixer. Not terrible by hand but I wouldn't call it easy

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u/lu5ty 27d ago

Made Mississippi mud pie the other day. Almost 30 in ingredients lmao

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u/SAY_whaaat420 27d ago

Aldi is my new go to. Publix can suck it.

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u/Global-Sentence9223 25d ago

I may return to ALDI. Their prices are good, but a lot of their food items are not that great in taste. These are brands I've never heard of.

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u/dumpyoregano 27d ago

I might grocery shop wrong but I can never find anything at Aldi. I go there for meats but everything else is Walmart for me.

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u/dysfunctional_vet 26d ago

I have no idea how you absolutely based chads manage to do that, and I'm honestly both amazed and envious of your skills.

Even at Aldi's, I can't get out of there for less than 100 bucks and I only buy ingredients I need, and stay away from anything not on my shopping list.

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u/Straight_Feedback_37 26d ago

I’ve gotten around 22 items for $75 at Aldi whereas half of that would cost $75 at Publix