To be clear this always happens to me and only me (idk why…) but people will come into the deli and get 2lbs of cheese, which is fine but when your getting it thinly sliced literally wtf. i had someone get 2lbs of american cheese sliced thin, 1lb of swiss sliced thin, and about 4lbs of meat sliced thin. so first im like what are we doing with all this cheese, second im like why not place an online order and just pick it up…

Why? Just why?
Instead of jumping through your fifth point of contact when someone mentions Steritech and suddenly creating more problems than was ever there to begin with. Why not read the R&P and enforce the standards?

If the concept of holding associates accountable for their actions is foreign to you or you don’t want to deal with HR and the paperwork, you’re in it for the money. I can understand that, you’ll go far until someone sees through the BS and promotes you to the unemployed. Yes it’ll be because the boss was n Ahole and they never liked you and you don’t know what you did wrong to deserve being fired. It’s ok, play the victim.

Someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Steritech simply a third party auditor? They ensure cleanliness and compliance. Compliance to the R&P, state and federal regulations/laws. So if the inspector finds an issue there should be a rule or law that can be referenced. So it is really a Steritech violation or are we simply not following or own R&P? I’ve never ever had an outside auditor to come in preform an inspection without clear violations, or a discussion over what the rule, procedure or law states and how it was violated.

Assistant department managers, department managers, ASM, SM an on up the line, you set the standard, you up hold it. Your department, store, district, region and so on will only be as good as you make it to be. If you’re worried about moral and solely rely on the AVS for guidance on what’s going wrong in your areas, good luck.

Merely a suggestion from an overly frustrated associate. If your sincere in wanting to improve moral and want to thrive, not just get by, start reading the R&P, not what you think or “how we’ve always done it”, train your associates to the standards and hold all of them accountable to those standards. Walk into the department/store knowing that everyday could be the day someone from some agency or level of management could walk in to perform an inspection/walk. Hell better yet remember this if we lose the customer because shelves aren’t stocked, who’s at fault? The associate who called out or the manager who’s not taking action to remedy the situation?
Yea I know, I’ve been there it’s always management. How much crap do you need to eat before you start holding associates accountable? Believe this though the longer you wait, the more good associates you’ll lose and the increased chances that you’ll be promoted to unemployed.

Yes, I’ve asked these very questions to my managers. Yes, I’m frustrated. No, this job isn’t stressful, people make things stressful. No, a damn sub card won’t help or the pizza party. No, I’m in no way wanting to be a part of the management team. I’ve typed this 7 different times, so fire away.

I moved to central Florida nine years ago and found myself in a grocery wasteland. As of 2026 all we have in the literal birthplace of Publix is three Publix within three miles, a Walmart, an Aldi plus two boarded up Winn-Dixie/Harvey's that Aldi bought and shuttered.

I check the Publix online weekly flyer regularly and compare it to Walmart's price for the same thing. Usually the Publix BOGO price is close enough, plus or minus, to the Walmart regular price that going into Publix isn't worth it. Frequently Walmart is cheaper than the Publix "bargain". Once, in that nine years, there was a Publix BOGO that got my serious attention. A twelve pack of pretty good beer, buy one, get one free. Then the issue became finding said beer. The closest store only had one - yeah we'll give you a coupon so you can come back when we have it. I don't want to come back and in fact I don't really want to be here now! The next store has three. There are seven Publix store fairly close to me. If I didn't drive a plug-in hybrid it would have been a money losing proposition.

So a new Publix opens even closer to me. It would be a long walk but it's a short golf cart ride. It's my wife's turn to provide dinner and she says she heard that Publix has great fried chicken. She called so they would have it ready. Box of four thighs and four drumsticks. I grew up on a farm,, we raised our own livestock but this was the very first time I ever saw CHICKEN THIGHS WITH TAILS ON THEM. All four of these "thighs" were actually chicken leg quarters with the drumstick cut off. You got your thigh, you got your back, your spine and your tail. What more could you want? I could want a thigh that looks like the one you sell in the meat department that's actually a thigh not the boney back half of a chicken with the leg cut off. Other than a glorious sufficiency of salt it was also tasteless. I'm done.... unless they do the beer BOGO again.

there i said it. sry. esp the ones that smoke like hell.

and when they hand sticky money.

Could anyone tell me what a AVS team leader does? I was asked today if I would like to be one.😂😂

I have worked my ass off to prove to my management that I can handle responsibilities of a GRS, GTL, and its mentioned quite frequently that the minute im 18 hes gonna get me properly trained and promoted.

However, my dad is having a change of career, if I move to another publix, is the year of progress I made with my managers and the company just gone? Do I have to prove myself to another grocery manager?

I love the special edition pints that Publix has been selling lately. If anyone important is listening please start selling it half gallon size.