[newfloridian41]

Originally Posted by sinatras

Everyone is not going to immediately switch to online grocery shopping.

But MANY people will. Just like MANY people now buy shoes and dresses and TVs online (Remember when everyone said "I will never buy shoes or dresses or TVs online"?????)

And MANY physical stores will close.

And when the physical stores start closing by the hundreds and suddenly you have fewer options for fabric softener or soap or chicken stock or Q-tips, you and everyone else will be ordering from Walmart.com or Amazon, etc.

I don't like to shop for all my food on the Internet, just the stiff that comes in cans.. But Central Market in Texas offers options for everyone. People who like to go to thn store, people who like delivery, people who like to order it online and pick it up. They also have upscale items and downscale items. It's like an all-in-one store.

Publix is not like that. It's very limited and very expensive. why is it so expensive? I was talking to my new co-workers today and they said in Florida there is not one perfect store. You have to go to several stores. So I am left with whole Foods and Lucky's and Aldi I guess.

[newfloridian41]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

As already stated thankfully there are some options that have begun appearing. Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Fresh Market have been here for awhile with Lucky's Market, Earth Fare and Sprouts sprinkled around the state with more on the way. With Bi-Lo (who previously acquired Winn-Dixie) in financial straits and Kroger seemingly backing out of expanding it would seem Wegman's might be giving it some thought with their expansion into NC currently.

I don't like Trader Joe's, that also very limited. Sproutds is just OK.

[newfloridian41]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

You know.....I think more of it depends on where their stores are located....and what their customers are
Our Winn Dixie is very up scale....much better quality and better variety than our closest Publix

Might try a store in a more upscale neighborhood

Good suggestion thank you.

[vaughanwilliams]

Originally Posted by Jay Kernan

This is patently false. Your underlying assumption is that "you and everyone" (your hyperbolic words) has or even uses a credit card or a debit card or other "banking vehicle" in order to effectuate a transaction on "Walmart. COM"


Many Americans are "un-banked" customers.


Second, many Americans aren't dumb enough to put foodstuffs or grocery non-perishables on a damn credit card to add to their debt, and FINANCE food essentials (really stupid). This would be unsustainable in the longterm, for the customer and the credit grantor.


Additionally, many Americans don't have access to the "internet", others are smart enough also not to have a detailed "footprint" of their habits and whereabouts on the internet!


Of course some people are quite stupid and gullible. Others are knowitalls with an agenda. If you trust online retailers you are a bonafide, card-carrying dunce.


Most Americans might be duped into allowing any company on the web, to correlate your personal buying habits, credit information, identity, preferences, imputed income, billing address, and perhaps your DELIVERY ADDRESS.


If they become that braindead and/or indifferent, they deserve the exposure and associated dangers.

I can't even imagine buying my foodstuff online. Smashed bread, dented cans, wrong items constantly, pulverized crackers, busted bags of cat litter all heaped on my front stoop. I'm not that lazy where I need some stranger picking out my groceries.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by newfloridian41

People in Florida seem to be very enamored with Publix. More than likely because they have seen nothing better.

True. Winn Dixie is a total joke and has been for 28 years. It was nice in the 70's.

[bale002]

I have no complaint about Publix, and it is increasingly competitive with Whole Foods in certain organic products. Perhaps I am lucky because I live near one of the biggest and possibly best managed stores in the middle of a new and highly urbanized neighborhood.

At Whole Foods I buy mostly bulk grains and a few specialty items that I can't find elsewhere and sometimes produce when on sale.

At Fresh Market I buy hormone-free beef and chicken when on sale on Tuesdays.

I tried Trader Joe's but can't find anything useful there, though many people swear by it.

In any case, all of it is pricey, but I have learned the value of eating less but of higher quality, so about the same impact on budget and a lot healthier.

Surprised that no one has mentioned Costco and Super Walmart as alternatives. Years ago, I used to shop at a Super Walmart in an upscale neighborhood and was satisfied with it (except meat), but in some other stores in other areas I have been downright scared.

I used to buy fish at Albertson's but the store went out of business.

Winn Dixie never appealed to me.

Good Luck!

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by vaughanwilliams

I can't even imagine buying my foodstuff online. Smashed bread, dented cans, wrong items constantly, pulverized crackers, busted bags of cat litter all heaped on my front stoop. I'm not that lazy where I need some stranger picking out my groceries.

Just think what buying meat pete would be like.

[Corrie22]

Originally Posted by bale002

in the middle of a new and highly urbanized neighborhood. !

That's the code.....they cater to their clients

Our Winn Dixie is in a very up scale expensive area....it's the best thing going
...our closest Publix is in a not so nice area....not so good

If you guys are running into bad stores, look around where you are...and up your game

[gypsychic]

I have no complaints with Publix as a general big chain grocery store. For awhile, I tried Super Target, ALDI, Trader Joe's and Fresh Market, but eventually stopped going to any of them and now I shop almost exclusively at Publix. They carry more organic foods than before, and bakery has improved. They have great sales, so much so that I don't end up spending any more money than if I shopped at a "discount" grocer. And I like going to just one store for everything I need. I do find that stores can vary in quality and selection by neighborhood, so some are better than others. But the one I go to is a mile up the road, and am in and out and home in nothing flat. Will never do online grocery shopping for other than a few odd items. As has been mentioned time and again in the Florida forums, Florida DID used to have more grocery chains, but they all folded and left. Survival of the fittest.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by sinatras

Everyone is not going to immediately switch to online grocery shopping.

But MANY people will. Just like MANY people now buy shoes and dresses and TVs online (Remember when everyone said "I will never buy shoes or dresses or TVs online"?????)

And MANY physical stores will close.

And when the physical stores start closing by the hundreds and suddenly you have fewer options for fabric softener or soap or chicken stock or Q-tips, you and everyone else will be ordering from Walmart.com or Amazon, etc.

But not yet and when it happens people will be slaves to the online stores and the costs will go ... UP.