re: Help me figure out Publix

Friend,

There is little to figure out. Publix is an average grocery store that charges premium prices. It has gained through some unknown method a groupie following in Florida and somehow parlayed that into a growing monopoly in Florida. It is the Bucee’s or emperor without clothes of grocery stores.

Specifically, their BOGO’s are rarely better priced than GV every day prices. BOGO chicken breasts for instance are $8/lb making the effective price $4/lb. The chicken is not organic or free range. Fresh Marker and Whole Foods have better quality at better prices on chicken breast.

Publix deli sandwiches are decent, but not worthy of the fame attached to them. Based on number Publixite recommendations I have twice gotten a chicken tender sub. The chicken was dry and caked with a tasteless batter. No amount of their fructose thick honey mustard was going to salvage this carb rocket. The sliced deli meat sandwiches are decent enough, though, they all taste the same. In the world of delis, it gets a 4/10. Do people who sing Publix deli’s praises know what a good deli tastes like?

The produce section is another display of mediocrity masquerading behind absurd prices. $5 for a pound of tiny bruised Driscolli strawberries while better Driscollis are at the same time $2/lb at Sam’s.

Baked goods are often baked offsite, dry, and again overpriced. I will occasion a black and white cookie, knowing full well ahead of time it will be a disappointment. Every grocery has better cookies and their cakes are a study in uninspired batter with overly sweet icing.

There is not a single department in Publix that exceeds average. The only Publix made item that is remarkable is its premium ice cream, which is superior to Blue Bell. I think its primary selling point and attraction for most is its relative exclusivity — its high prices keep out the lower classes. Such people who care about such things have no love of the good life, thus, they love Publix.

A run through HEB, Central Market, Wegman’s, or even Mariano’s would open their eyes at what an above average grocery store looks like. I imagine, though, that most Publixites have no passion for groceries and will continue to give patronage to the most uninspired grocery store in America.

Yours,
TulaneLSU

Friend,

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Yours,
TulaneLSU

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Baw’s getting feisty

It's 1 mile away. I don't have a "food" budget. Pub subs are awesome. I buy alcohol at Total Wine. $5 sushi on Wednesdays. Clean store, friendly employees. Beats the heck out of the surly workers I encountered in Baton Rouge grocery stores.

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Winn Dixie isn’t overpriced. He’s wrong again as usual.

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In NOLA their non sales prices are priced the same as Dorigncs with Walmart service.

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Best sub sandwiches in the southeas

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Generally prefer French bread but their subs are great. The Ultimate is the bomb

It's a grocery store

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Best sub sandwiches in the southeast

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It highly depends on who is behind the counter.

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You pay to avoid certain clientele.

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wish they had one near me because this would be worth every Penny

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Publix in my area currently has BOGO free chicken breast. Nobody else does that kind of thing.

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Winn Dixie has this fairly regularly lol