Florida Inflation Hotspot

Not me. It is the closest grocery store to my house but I will drive an extra 4 minutes for Kroger which is sooooo much cheaper. It’s not as fancy, convenient or nice but money is money. Publix is not worth what they charge.

 

I like Kroger also. When I’m in Georgia I shop there. There aren’t any in the Tampa Bay Area so that’s out. I buy lots of bogo at Publix.

 

I can't comprehend why people would choose to pay sometimes twice as much at publix for the same product. It's not always a money issue for us but principal as it's not an inconvenience to shop strategically. I'm not driving out of the way for a few cents but the gap has widened so much that we hardly buy anything at publix anymore. Even their Bogos are often the same price or more than other store options.

Publix used to be every bit as clean and well laid out in the 90s and early 2000s without the high prices. In fact they were usually cheaper and didn't require a club membership like most other chains. We are almost totally finished using them with a few exceptions but to each their own. I don't care that people still shop there and if people choose to overpay then more power to them for charging what they charge.

 

Climate remains by far the biggest problem for Florida’s economic future. Nothing is close

 

Compared to tampa & Miami, nobody wants to move to Minneapolis or Detroit. Comparing inflation (property value increase) of Miami to Minneapolis seems like a stretch at best.

 

Yes, this is incorrect. Not sure what they were talking about in terms of management. Employees own 80%, Jenkins family owns the other 20%. And it's 100% private.

Maybe he meant the "new" CEO (since 2016), Todd Jones? He is the first CEO of Publix to not be a member of the Jenkins family, but he was picked by the family and board years beforehand to be the one to take over once the last family member stepped down.

There have been alot of cuts and changes to benefits, pay structure, 401K, etc since he stepped outside of the family's shadow and took control.

I have a family member who has been with the company for 20+ years and they've told me of the many negative changes that have been made and that Publix relies on its public perception/image from years ago to promote it's still what it was, but internally, it has changed drastically.

They are having a horrible time with hiring and moving people up in the company. Many see the changes and have decided to not move up and even outright leave the company and it has left a huge void in department/middle management at the store level. They used to promote associates to management strictly in-store or by "outside" hires being at the company for a number of years before being considered for manager, but they've had to throw that out because of the void at that level.

My family member used to work at Winn Dixie years ago and said the same structural/operational changes are happening at Publix now that happened back when Winn Dixie was successful and ultimately had its downfall.

 

Sounds like the story I was being told. Aeems like there were big changes to performance based compensation making many question hours required in management positions. He said it was a different company than 3 years ago andbthe juice wasn't worth the squeeze anymore. They have to be losing a lot of market share right now

 

I can't speak to the market share because they've become so oversaturated in many markets that sometimes they are the only choice to shop at. They are really good at that.

It has come with a price, though, because they are being stretched very thin with staffing problems. Word has also gotten around that it's not the company that it used to be to work for. Their pay is also low in comparison to Target and Walmart. They use the employee-owned stock that they voluntarily give you each year as a talking point for compensation, but obviously that takes years to build up and they give less than they used to.

 

They are but people still choose to shop there.
The one closest to my house is about 10-15% high on most items. It’s on the beachside and many tourists flock there.
Simple supply and demand.

Plenty of cheaper places if people want to shop elsewhere they can.

 

Probably correct that Tampa/St. Pete and Miami/Lauderdale are incomparable to Minneapolis/St. Paul in many ways. The piece, however, didn't only cite Minneapolis/St. Paul. It also cited D.C./Alexandria, Phoenix/Scottsdale and urban Hawaii. I would suggest, though, that comparing Minneapolis to Miami is much more appropriate than comparing Minneapolis to Detroit. The Minneapolis/St. Paul metro is actually pretty nice in terms of infrastructure, job market, and green spaces. Some of the suburbs (Edina, Bloomington, Burnsville) are very nice. Detroit, otoh, tops many lists of worst cities in the U.S.

 

Curious how do you propose the Governor stop the demand for housing in Miami and Tampa?

Price controls?

What specifically can the Governor of a state due to decrease demand?
I’m curious to know how much of the high price buying in those markets is from offshore investors.

Should he pass a law preventing that?
If he did we would hear the cries of racism immediately.

 

The climate of Miami destroys any comparison to that of Minneapolis right off the bat.
That’s why Tampa and Miami are so hot.

Just need a good Cat 3 to cool it off. (joking).

 

Me too

Publix only for its bogos

 

We do both Publix and Aldi…

 

I was in Aldi yesterday to check it out. Not many name brands or selections.

Had to fill my grocery list at Publix afterwards.

Walmart and Target are too far away.

Convenience and cleanliness are important for me. Publix checks both of those boxes.

 

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Obviously DeSantis didn’t cause the inflation. But if he is going to take credit for the economy (which he largely didn’t cause) then he gets blamed for inflation also.

You could argue that if his argument is true that he is making florida such a great place that everybody is moving here, that certainly could put upward pressure on housing and other costs. But these are trends that have been going on for a long time and little to do with meatball Ron.

 

Seems like DeSantis and handlers are conspiring to keep Democrats away from Florida.

 

Back in my younger bachelor days I lived off baymeadows near 9a where the Publix is across the road from the winn dixie. I'd go to Publix for bogo, then winn dixie for bogo. Then grab a few other necessities from winn dixie. I'd just build my meals around Bogos.