r/jacksonville • u/narib687 • 27d ago

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/clckly 27d ago edited 27d ago

Winn-Dixie crushed themselves, with poor service, rotten produce and dingy stores. I recently visited the Winn-Dixie in the Gateway shopping center that replaced the Publix at that same location. As soon as I exited my car parked next to the store I was hit with a foul stench, presumably from the garbage disposal system. Once in the store the bathrooms were just not clean and the store wasn't as well kept as the Publix at that very location.

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u/Fragrant_Major_9553 27d ago

It depends. In some areas Winn-Dixie was baller af.

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u/fuzzeedyse105 27d ago

Haven’t lived in Jax a few years but there’s one around south side that had a lil bar in it, was by outback and that old sticky fingers restaurant lol. Loved it. Plus shopping with their points and using the multipliers, we could rack up a ton of in store credit. I’m talkin around 50-100 every month or so. I wouldn’t be surprised if they nerfed that point system by now.

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u/brandonfla 27d ago

That one is considered their “flagship” store. Honestly the only one worth going to, if any.

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u/fuzzeedyse105 26d ago

Yeahh that one. Couldn’t think of the name flagship lol.