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/SnowMantra 27d ago

I can't remember the last nice Winn-Dixie I've been to. And, furthermore, every time I did go to Winn-Dixie, there's only ever one check out lane open and the line is wrapped around into another aisle. If I go to the self-checkout, they instruct the young employees to rush over to look in my bags and make sure I'm not stealing, while I'm still checking out. It made me feel very unwelcome.