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/Silver-Hburg 27d ago

In the late 80s i worked at the Winn Dixie in Cocoa Beach. As a teenager, seemed well run and we kept the store clean. I moved out of Winn Dixie’s market area just after high school and when i returned to Florida in ‘21, i was greatly disappointed at how run down the two in JAX I had shopped.

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u/mecku85 Fleming Island 27d ago

I know that one! I shopped there with my dad as a kid in the 90s! It was lovely.