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I saw the line waiting to get in as I drove by at 6:40 this AM. Longer than I would have guessed.
Slight hick-up, but if you go to their website, it still shows this store as "to open on 10/29". Only minor, but they should now update the link to a clickable store. (Posting in case someone from Publix sees this.)
Drove by about an hour ago and the lot was absolutely packed. I have seen Facebook pictures of people lining up in the dark like it was an iPhone sale or something.
At noon: an absolute madhouse! A struggle to find parking, a jam-packed selling floor. I found one favorite item priced much higher than I've been paying elsewhere. Another favorite item is a brand they just don't sell. I left without buying anything. All in all, this first impression was unfavorable.
My wife was in around noon as well. Jam packed, even moreso than when we visited the state fair two Saturdays ago. It was too busy to check out the prepared foods and bakery, a couple of things we were interested in seeing. Her view was that pricing is similar to Lowe's, whose prices seem to have gone up since we last shopped there about a year ago.
At noon: an absolute madhouse! A struggle to find parking, a jam-packed selling floor. I found one favorite item priced much higher than I've been paying elsewhere. Another favorite item is a brand they just don't sell. I left without buying anything. All in all, this first impression was unfavorable.
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So, it sounds just like HT then! That is my experience every time I go there now, even for things they carried a few years ago.
At noon: an absolute madhouse! A struggle to find parking, a jam-packed selling floor. I found one favorite item priced much higher than I've been paying elsewhere. Another favorite item is a brand they just don't sell. I left without buying anything. All in all, this first impression was unfavorable.
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Publix is not a place that is known for low prices......unless they are trying to destroy nearby competition. Their regular pricing is higher in general.
I would be interested to find out how the service is up there.
Also, make sure to check out the bakery and fresh grinder/sub counter. Seems like people always like that part, although I find it just okay.
Was there this morning when they opened and stood in line for about 10 minutes or less to get in the store. Everyone was given a small bag with a few samples from the pharmacy (hand lotion, a few gummy vitamins, magnet with pharmacy info on it) and a carnation from the florist dept. It was super crowded with the parking lot nearly full from the get go.
I found the prices to be as high, if not higher than Harris Teeter. The deli and bakery department jammed up quickly and had a lot to offer from what I saw. The prepared sandwiches and salads looked nice, but a little pricey. They have a hot bar with Chinese food like HT and an Olive bar. Not sure if I saw a salad bar. They did have several two-fer offers. Got two half gallons of ice tea for the price of one ($1.79 I think) for example. Several flavors of it and even diet to choose from. When I saw the higher prices I focused on the house brand items which are very good prices and in every department.
At the check out they gave each shopper one of those cloth recyclable bags. The employees were friendly and helpful considering how big the crowd was.
All in all it wouldn't be my go to place just because of the prices, although there were many brands there that I'd not seen before.
We're about to head over at about 6:30pm or so. Anyone who stopped by after work have any input on the crowd situation now?
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