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What's your opinion on Publix?

>> No.9082870

>>9082861
Winn Dixie is better for staples, whole foods better for gourmet shit.

>> No.9082877

>>9082861
Upper Mid class groceries, not quite gourmet too expensive to be staple

good sales

great deli

Same as Harris Teeter tbqh

Love their fucking hot n spicy nonbreaded wings

>> No.9082883

>>9082861

Short lines. Employees who are actually friendly and helpful. Fairly good selection. Great bakery. Nice buy one get ones. Mediocre meat and deli.

>> No.9082923

>>9082883
I've always found the opposite, they have good meat/deli but it's expensive unless shit is on sale

>> No.9082935

>>9082861

I don't know much about them other than the one time I ran groceries for my Grandparents while in West Palm Beach. The sandwich meme doesn't make sense to me because "crusty" bread doesn't exist in a state so humid and salty the air strips paint off cars. Their other shit was average-tier.

>> No.9082945

Only went there when I lived in Georgia as a kid. Their peanut butter cookies were baller and the store smelled nice.

>> No.9083049

Here's whats going on with Publix. About ten years ago whole foods came on the seen offering healthy alternatives for what your average grocery store could offer. Now, Publix and most other grocery stores carry the same shit as whole foods so fuck them.

>> No.9083133

>>9082861
Been working there for ten years, now manager AMA

>> No.9083146

>>9083133
pls hire me, my friends been there for years and hes got all these stocks and his life is going very well.

>> No.9083638

>>9083146
put your info in to the system and it goes to all stores nearby. introduce yourself for an edge to the manager you are applying

>> No.9083695

>>9082870
Winn Dixie is garbage compared to Publix

>> No.9084010

>>9082861
I grew up in florida with Publix my whole life. this is all you need to know.

Their subs are better than any sub place around.

and thier publix brand Chocolate Chip cookies are goat tier. lots of chocolate, chewy, i grew up on them and they are good. cant eat them anymore tho, im an adult now.

>> No.9084021

>>9082861
I never buy groceries, but i get the hot wing meal from the deli quite often

>> No.9084049

>>9082861
The dirtiest Publix I've ever been too was about as clean as the nicest grocery store where I live.

>> No.9084875

Overpriced. Visit there every time I see my dad down in Florida and I don't know why they shop there. I guess because it's close. Is it cheaper than Winn Dixie? There's one right nextdoor, but they never go there.

>> No.9084894

all i know is that publix is the only place i can get garam masala and winn dixie stores are laid out by schizophrenic autists, so i go there
t. dejected bong dying in the heat

>> No.9084900

>Shitty meat
>Okay produce
>Good for basics
>PubSubs are yummy but too much of a hassle to get at lunch time
>Friendly staff in the locations by me
>Not much cheaper than Whole Food's on anything except for their meat, which is garbage so you don't want that anyways.

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>>9084900
Forgot obligatory Pepe.

>> No.9086598

>>9082870
Winn Dixie is shit for meat, other stuff is ok. But really, the meat is like discount grocery shit. Publix is the best all around option. Last week they had 6 dollar tendie subs, shiiiet.

>> No.9086609

>>9084900
You can use the app or go online and they will make your sammy and set it aside. Ya, the sammy line at lunch is filled with nogs and college kids, gotta order ahead.

>> No.9086645
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9086645

best chain deli
https://youtu.be/3cEpzMbn0N0

>> No.9086652

>>9082870
where the hell are you where you still have winn dixie? the ones in my area died out over a decade ago.

>>9082861
publix is that gas. they're hella close, deliver groceries on the cheap and do crazy bogo deals all the time. employees there are awesome. they're like the chick fil a of supermarkets. i think the management has more to do with it than anything.

>> No.9086678
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9086678

>Publix just got a social media division
>Tfw you can't help but think every thread is a dedicated shill now

I've worked with managers that shitpost on 4chan, one from /m/, the other /k/ and /v/, so I can't help but think it.

>> No.9086696

>>9086652
IIRC (my pot dealer was a manager there) Their screening/interview is noticeably better so even if you get get black employees they aren't the obnoxious ones. They actually have incentives for the employees to provide good service. Stock options/quarterly bonuses etc. Having been in a college town I've actually noticed that a lot of the people who graduate actually stay with Publix. Not sure if that's because it's a nice place to work or because of dismal prospects. On the other hand, some people say it's slightly "cultish"

>> No.9086707

>>9086696
i forgot about that. it's pretty sweet to see an entry level job like that provide those kinds of benefits.

>> No.9086741

>>9086652
There's a Winn-Dixie in Brooksville

>> No.9087308

Winn Dixie is garbage

>> No.9087335

>>9082861
They have good sandwiches and they don't hassle you if you try to return anything. But the Publix near me regularly sells spoiled meat "on sale" and their produce isn't always good especially for what it costs. I don't know if every Publix is like that but whenever I bought Publix brand chicken it smelled off, and I bought a steak that was on sale which tasted sour after being cooked.

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>>9087335
>Sour steak

Do you know how to look at a piece of meat and smell/see if it's ok. Are you sure you're not digging in the dumpster?

>> No.9087363

>>9087349
It always looked okay. I could tell the chicken was off just by smell but the steak smelled okay before cooking. Never had a problem with their pork or name brand chicken. They might sell more pork so it doesn't sit around long enough to go bad, and the name brand chicken might have more strict guidelines of when they have to throw it away compared to management telling the butchers to repackage old Publix brand meat and put it on sale.

>> No.9087380

>>9082883
the deli is really good quality. Better than most grocery stores unless you go to whole foods. They use boars head which is a pretty good product.

>> No.9087383

>>9082861

They're pretty much the official church of Florida. I worked there for like 3 days while in college, so that was nice.

Also I love it, and I really think the Publix circlejerk is justified. Idk who tf actually believes their deli is shit, they have a fire ass deli, fresh baked desserts and bread every day, fresh pre-made sandwiches and salads, quality meat, etc. etc. I ate like 4 chicken tender subs last week because sale.

It's pricey but I pay because muh quality and I don't want to be around the black people at Walmart

>> No.9087386

>>9087380
>boars head

ive complained about their shit about 5 different times on this board. they're like a fucking monopoly on deli meat now. almost every grocery store near me only carries boars head. millions of shitty products. sauces, cheeses, packaged marinades, etc.

>> No.9087391

>>9082935
where do you live anon?

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>>9087383
>It's pricey but I pay because muh quality and I don't want to be around the black people at Walmart
I saw 3 pretty women speaking French at Wal-Mart a couple months ago. I think they were tourists just getting a few groceries. It was nice seeing them.

>> No.9087446

>>9087409

>going to Walmart

I went like 2 months ago for the first time in years just to sit in line while my friend returned something and the first brochure I picked up was some Mexican banks advert for Jose and Raul to send their money back to Mexico through Walmarts direct deposite scheme. I'm a tight ass conservative so I sat in line saying "what the fuck is this shit?" Also there was literally a basketball-shaped mouthbreather in a mobility scooter behind me inching closer and closer and seeing the stereotype manifest made me want to shower

I don't know how anyone can regularly shop in there among a panoply of degenerates and poors but maybe I'm a crotchety motherfucker

>> No.9087499

>>9087446
Everything is cheaper and the produce is just as good as what's sold at Publix. Once in a while I'll see the kind of people you're talking about but not that often, and I try not to judge anyway. Some of the cashiers are nice. I was in one of the express lines without the conveyor belts, and when the cashier noticed I was making sure everything was close for her to grab to ring up she thanked me. She said most people didn't care about making her reach for things and ignored her. She had a nice voice.

>> No.9087508

>>9087446
>>9087499
Also I once saw someone shopping there who had an obvious mental handicap. He didn't have enough money to pay for all of his food but I was able to help him out. If I wasn't there that day maybe nobody would've helped him. Not everyone who shops there is a degenerate and you shouldn't dislike someone for being poor.

>> No.9087509

>>9087499

Tbh that sounds nothing like the Walmarts near me (big city in Florida). The Walmarts here are crime hotspots and places to people-watch for your garden variety of degenerates. Shuhqueesha is usually working the register and cracking a smile would be tantamount to breaking a nail.

I also fell for the organic meme so Publix selection is better there

>> No.9087511

>>9087508

I don't dislike them because they're poor I dislike them because they act poor lel

>> No.9087526

Winter Park Publix never lets me down, neither does the Maitland ones

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9087888

who here /publixpaparellenas/??

>> No.9087891

>>9082861
Worse version of Ingles.

>> No.9087914

>>9082861
is this an England thing?

>> No.9089452

>>9087914
They are only in the southeastern US.

>> No.9089754

>>9084021
If you ever want to make all the Publix employees hate you, push as many carts as possible past the yellow line in the parking lot (if you didn't know, this locks the wheels to keep poorfags from stealing the carts)

>> No.9089808

>>9089754
What kind of shithole do you live in in which this is necessary?

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9089817

Their chili w/ beans and deli are top tier

>> No.9089828 [DELETED] 

>>9089754
This is how it is at all Publix stores. And there are none where I live, I only went to one when I was in Orlando last year. My brother was fucking around and pushed a cart across the line to see if it's true and it worked and he then had to drag the thing back to the front if the store.

>> No.9089836

>>9089808
This is how it is at all Publix stores. And there are none where I live, I only went to one when I was in Orlando last year. My brother was fucking around and pushed a cart across the line to see if it's true and it worked and he then had to drag the thing back to the front if the store.

>> No.9089847

I went to a publix in tampa that had a bunch of bakery items like empanadas and those mexican sweet breads, but my publix doesn't have them

I want them

>> No.9089870

>>9089836
The Publix stores were I live do not have that.

>> No.9089877

>>9089870
Well I guess it is in shitty areas exclusively, like Orlando

>> No.9089881

I work there, seafood specialist (discount department manager)

>> No.9089894

Can someone explain to me why people think Publix subs are so good? From all the pictures I've seen, they don't look much different than Subway.

Don't you guys have other good sandwich places down there or do you have to rely on a generic grocery store?

>> No.9089908

>>9086696
>Quarterly bonus
Hasn't been that way for many years. It's only once every six months, almost always only 25¢.

If you're literally a diamond in the rough running an entire department among a bunch of troglodytes they can get you a 50¢ raise
Ask me how I know

>>9087335
My ex-department manager was demoted for attempting to sell expired meat. They don't fuck around with shit like that.

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>>9083133
dep manager or store? which dep?

>> No.9089959

>>9089894
The bread is baked in the store, the accoutrements are prepared from in-store produce, the meats are cut to order from the deli, you can get whatever you want and they can do what you want within reason

And the people are a cut or five above those who work in subway

>> No.9090122

the bakery people yell at me when I ask for a cookie club cookie

>> No.9090127

>>9089881

...Norton, is that you?

>> No.9090187

>>9090127
No, but tell Norton that Calvin says hi and that I feel his pain

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>>9082861

Their chocolate glazed donuts are the best fucking donutes I've ever had.

>> No.9090602

>>9086678
>/m/anly /m/anager
Living the dream anon

>> No.9092578

>>9089954
Not telling the store, A main city in Florida. Customer Service.

>> No.9092664

Publix Liquor Specialist, ama

>>9089908
He said bonuses, not raises. Though they did stop bonuses.

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9092762

>My local Publix & Winn-Dixies got replaced by some spanish chain.
It was fun while it lasted. Thanks, South Florida.

>> No.9092804

>>9092762
Sedanos?

>> No.9092833

>>9092804
Nah, that was already here, but in it's own spot. They got replaced with Fresco y Más.

>> No.9093179

>>9092833
Isn't Fresco y Mas just Winn-Dixie's version of Publix Sabor?