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Rumor has it that Publix grocery is coming to the Harveston development

Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:30 pm
Posted by King of New Orleans
In front of The Hungry Tiger
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:30 pm
Heard that the other day from a neighbor.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:33 pm to
k... keep DR Horton posted.
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:35 pm to
Place sucks except for the deili/fried chicken
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
33006 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:36 pm to
Buffalo chicken sub gonna hit just right
Posted by OleVaught14
Member since Jun 2019
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:36 pm to
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keep DR Horton posted.


Surprised Publix would be willing to be tied to a neighborhood full of cheap houses like that
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:36 pm to
Congrats on the high prices.
Posted by TheGeauxt9
South Louisiana
Member since May 2021
610 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:37 pm to
Dont sleep on them key lime pies baw
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:37 pm to
No way. Publix cannot find the types of employees they want in Louisiana which is why they've never opened a store here.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
40483 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:39 pm to
So it would skip Mississippi to come to BR?
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:39 pm to
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Surprised Publix would be willing to be tied to a neighborhood full of cheap houses like that


Harveston is more than just a single neighborhood
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
8259 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:42 pm to
Place is gonna turn into a shite hole within 10 years with apartments in it. Fact.
Posted by LarryCLE
Member since Apr 2017
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:48 pm to
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Surprised Publix would be willing to be tied to a neighborhood full of cheap houses like that

That’s what the majority of Florida neighborhoods are now.
Posted by BR Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2004
4566 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:54 pm to
Interesting…..
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
19290 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:55 pm to
We recently got a couple of Publix here in Lexington.

Holy crap are they way overpriced. Absurdly so. They also seem to have a little less selection. I also thought their Publix brand sandwich bread was terrible.

I was a little surprised about all of this TBH considering how much hype we've heard about Publix. I know everyone says their deli subs are awesome, and I'm game to go back and pick one up some time. But it looked to me like they just use Boars Head products and that's why everyone raves about them? We've had that stuff here for a long time, so if that's what makes them so special then to me it's just going to be whatever. If there is something I'm missing there as to why the deli subs are so lauded, I'd certainly like y'all to tell me so I know what to go after.

I'm sure this post reads as "dickish" to people who love shopping there, but I'm just being honest about my first impressions. I did not come away from my experience seeing any reason why I would choose to switch to shopping with them.
Posted by liquid rabbit
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Member since Mar 2006
64685 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 4:58 pm to
Publix deli subs are for people on vacation or too lazy to go to a deli and get meat sliced for sandwiches to make their own. They're nothing special. I've had several and concluded I could make way better subs with a little effort.
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
4200 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 5:01 pm to
Yeah I agree but apparently going by the downvotes I got, a lot of people here love it which is a mystery to me. Very high prices and an average selection doesn't make the store special. I would rather go to Krogers and even Food lion. Wegmans is the best grocery store I've ever been too though.
Posted by Finch
Member since Jun 2015
3724 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 5:02 pm to
quote:

Place sucks except for the deili/fried chicken


Publix is 100x better than Rouses
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
4200 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 5:04 pm to
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Publix is 100x better than Rouses


What the hell is Rouses? Must be a Louisiana thing.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
10881 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 5:04 pm to
I’d be shocked unless they are planning on opening multiple stores in LA, MS, AL.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
19290 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 5:06 pm to
This confirms what I have suspected. Still, Im gonna run in one day and grab one, just because. At least I'll be able to say I tried it. Kroger is all over here, and their deli offerings are fine. They're good, in a pinch. They also have Boars Head deli subs prepped and honestly I think they're kinda meh...whatever. I guess what I'm saying is you hear people go on and on about this stuff and then it isn't really anything special. I imagine this is what In N Out Burger and Whataburger will be like whenever they expand into Kentucky.

The bottom line is Publix prices, here at least, are absolutely laughable when compared to the other regular grocery chains in Lexington. I could just go to Fresh Market or Whole Foods for higher end products for what Publix wants to charge for products that Kroger et al stock already. It makes no sense.
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