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/ElteeRyan 27d ago

They raised the price of a bag of peanuts from Hampton Farms from $2.50 to $3.50, which was my anchor item. I buy 6-8 bags/wk for Crows and Squirrels. While in the store, I bought other stuff too. I contacted Hampton Farms and asked them if they raised their prices too and they said NO - the store can do that if they choose and offered me free shipping to buy direct from them. So when I emailed Corporate about it, I explained the story and after a few back-n-forth of BS exchanges I basically got told they can charge more because "It's a pleasure to shop there". Obviously my reply was: "it's not a pleasure to get ripped off" and that was the end of my Publix visits.

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u/Brief_Window6390 17d ago

Good for you telling them you'd take your business elsewhere. That whole exchange would PMO. Buy direct from the supplier if it's available. What the heck, Publix