Somehow Yelp missed this place, so I added it. Personally, I'd like to miss it too. Only in Florida could state, county, and local government allow a monopoly on supermarkets to be Publix, Publix, and Publix for 20-40 miles.
Knowing that they have this "Have it Our Way" stranglehold on the community makes these pleasant-looking, yet consumer-clipping places the ONLY GAME IN TOWN.
Florida is a place full of retirees. I never thought that produce should have a walker, but, the buyer for all Publix stores seems to have a knack for finding geriatric greens that barely make it a few days past their pick up. Not true, when I lived in competitive spaces with Fresh Markets, or pricey Whole Foods, or Trader Joe's
We can't get those here because of supermarket "Sixth Sense" planning. Like the movie, "Shhh.... I see POOR PEOPLE."
Markets draw big circles around neighborhoods to see the income levels. Our area has a radical split. Wealthy around the coastline/intracoastal waterway. Very poor inland toward the freeways. Result? Not only no tony Trader Joe's or their poverty alter-ego, Aldi, but Publix gets away with this specifically because it took over failing markets and can threaten the City and County with closing more of them, which reduces overall services.
So you choose this place, which is smaller than the nearby Southern Boulevard location, because it's geographically closer to you. The untold truth is that is populated more by people from upscale El Cyd who don't want to slog across the bridge to the "Palm Beach" Publix, and find the bodega-like atmosphere of the Southern Boulevard store less appealing.
Personally, I usually shop at Southern Boulevard, but, if I'm coming from the North, I swing in here. Not only is their produce LOUSY, but the size of this place is just so poorly programmed. The meat selection always is out of this or that. It took weeks of pointing out that Publix stupid stocking system wouldn't order enough of the pint-size of their house milks, in any fat content, to keep them on the shelves. Even before COVID, they were frequently out of things, and, with COVID, there is little point in coming here, other than when you're in a big hurry, because the other store on Southern gets resupplied much better.
Add to that the managers still have their staff wearing NO GLOVES at the checkout. It took weeks just to get facemasks on them. Aside from the danger to their staff, when the kid bagging my groceries fist-bumps some guy who walked in off of the street, and starts to bag my groceries again, YEAH, I have a problem with that.
Normally about three stars, this pathetic Publix has some nice people working in it. Too bad that their corporate doesn't think that their health, or ours is a PUBLIX SERVICE. read more