Publix is BOGO only for me (for the most part)

Food Lion FTW.

Tiggity® · 2025-03-09T15:22:38.489Z

yesterday's grocery run. Publix, either out of eggs, or cheapest are $9.99 a dozen. Food Lion, plenty of eggs, cheapest are $6.99 a dozen. Publix, ribeye's are $21.99/lb Food Lion ribeye's are $15.99/lb Publix - Beef filets are $29.99/lb Food Lion filets are $18.99/lb Publix - Fresh baby asparagus $2.99 Food Lion - Fresh baby asparagus $1.26 ALSO, bought two nice chuckeye steaks at Food Lion for $10. $8.99/lb. I have concluded Food Lion is a far superior value to Publix. I just wish they'd carry canned baby clams and Nespresso pods.

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I've shopped at Publix for 20+ years now. Since we got married in 2001

Mar 9, 2025, 12:12 PM

The change didn't come overnight. When covid hit and prices went through the roof, we started shopping at Wal-Mart and Sam's. Saved thousands. But Wal-Mart sux. So went back to Publix. But their prices never went down. So we basically buy all meats at Sam's, and everything else at Publix. Well, the real kicker were the meat prices. Like I said, we'd continued getting meats from Sam's, but the difference between Sam's and Publix kept growing. Publix kept raising prices, while Sam's didn't.

ANYWAY, Food Lion and Sam's are roughly on par with meat prices. But it's the other stuff I never realized, where Food Lion saves. Food Lion is also always stocked better, most times there's something I can't get at Publix. And the biggest thing, Publix is always packed, and it's miserable spending an extra 30 minutes saying "excuse me" to get through a shopping run. Food Lion is cheaper, less crowds, better stocked, I'm sold at this point.

I did a full grocery run yesterday for $177 at Food Lion. Would have been at least $225 at Publix. That's a minimum $2,500 savings over a year, likely more.

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self checkouts. Maybe 2 lines open when the self-checkout area is packed, with a long line. Food Lion does not have self checkout, and they have all lines open when busy. Kroger can't seem to keep stuff stocked, but they do have a broader selection than Food Lion.

My Food Lion got a re-model, re-stocking strategy as Kroger started all that, now Food Lion is cheaper, pretty good selection, and better checkout experience. I don't mind self-checkout for a few things, but when self checkout at Kroger is full of people who don't really know how to work it, it's irritating. And when I have a lot of groceries, I'd rather stand there and contemplate the meaning of life than ringing up all that stuff myself.

Plus Kroger is union, so their people only work so hard. Food Lion is non-union.

Food Lion FTW.

I wish I had food lion***

We got one

I've shopped at Publix for 20+ years now. Since we got married in 2001

^^^Must be nice to be that rich G***

Naw, I ain't buying for a big family anymore***

Yea that would cost so much for me.

I buy meat at Costco and send most of it to the freezer

Kroger > Food Lion***

Kroger is a pain to go to here.***

Re: Kroger > Food Lion***

Kroger here has the strategy of not enough open checkout lines, to push you into

I remember buying Kansas Leftoverture album at Kroger

Walmart

Sams

This is the way.

Which is usually the reason they're out of things.

Bought them out of Tiger Hot Sauce today

Re: Publix is BOGO only for me (for the most part)

Re: Food Lion FTW.

Was lucky to grow up with Publix in Florida.

The giant Harris Teeter off N Druid Hills was the shiz***

I would shop at Food Lion more, but my local one has

TWSS***

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