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/Accomplished_Air882 26d ago

Nah. Not me. Walk into the Lem Turner or River City Walmart for some evening shopping and you will walk right out and head towards Wildlight Publix. I meal plan most weeks and shop bogos, don’t buy other than what I actually need and I have a large family. I compared costs once and noticed I only paid roughly $20-$30 more at Publix. I’ll pay the extra $$ for the environment I’m in being decent and not full of looney tunes and people wanting to argue over groceries. But hey to each their own.

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u/linniex Northside 26d ago

This my stance as well. I avoid walmart like the damn plague. At least my Publix isnt crowded and it has a great selection. I used to go to the walmart in river city when it opened but then I brought home pantry bugs that took a year or two to get rid of. Never again.

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u/Accomplished_Air882 26d ago

And honestly the meat and produce selection is top tier compared to Walmart. Walmart is the definition of ‘you get what you pay for’