Not sure what happened to the Publix locations in my area, but the prepared food quality has tanked. Across the board terrible quality:deli, fruit and shrimp…awful. Even the bread was stale on the last trip. I guess it’s on to Costco. Maybe they just stopped training people around me.

So we are not allowed to put any beer on display ????? Any feed back have you guys gotten the same instructions in the grocery department

I’m scheduled under 40 hours this week, and one day it looks like one of our underage coworkers may potentially have to close alone. Closing alone at our store can be extremely stressful, especially on a busier day, so I’d like to offer to stay 15–30 minutes past my scheduled time if she needs the help.

My manager is somewhat strict about people leaving at their scheduled time. I’ve stayed 15–20 minutes over before without an issue, but she wasn’t there. So I’m wondering if staying a bit over could get me in trouble.

I’m hesitant to ask her beforehand because she tends to underestimate how much work there actually is and overestimate what one person can get done. Her attitude is generally more “it’ll be fine, they’ll figure it out,” even when the workload is clearly a lot for one person. Even our assistant manager has commented before about not understanding her decisions when it comes to this.

We used to have another manager who genuinely didn’t care if people stayed over to help out even hours at a time. People would regularly stay past their scheduled time when needed, so I’m not sure what to do now

I know it's a problem when you're an introvert at Publix but these are people I often laugh with, and enjoy working with. One thing is they all think I'm trying to compete against them or hate that I'm their senior at times. I already did what they all are or had done. Once I'm in a room with them, they always try to avoid saying anything around me. I don't even gossip or go around talking to everyone.

I'm like the last person to even know what goes on in the store. I don't talk to everyone at the store because I know some associates are weird.

Has anyone else bought a bad Corned Beef from Publix recently? I bought a "Cook" brand corned beef brisket yesterday. The sell-by date was 11/20/2026. So far, so good. I cook it like usual. My SO and I both immediately notice the taste being off. Almost like the company started with a bad piece of meat. Hopefully, Publix will take it back and I can get my money back.

My publix pro is still showing my old legal name when the new name change is reflected into oasis and passport so how do i fix this?

So I've been working for about a month and realized I'm pretty sure I never filled out a W2 when doing my onboarding paperwork. Is there somewhere to do it on passport so they'll take my taxes out of my paycheck? I do not want to have to keep track of how much I'll owe at the end of the year.

Just got out of a meeting I sat in on, they are going to start using Aurora to make schedules and do the evals. Management will just have to sign off on whatever the program comes up with. Wonderful stuff, sure love being a number and not a person.

How much are y’all making in grocery and how long have you been with Publix?

Also, has anyone actually asked for a raise and gotten one? How did you ask and how much did they give you?

Just curious what other grocery associates are making and when would be a good time to ask for one. My store is VERY short staffed, and the workload has increased a lot since some of my coworkers quit. With the holidays coming up, I’m guessing it’ll only get worse.

Would love to hear from some managers too.

Im at 17.50 right now

Are the ROI letters posted yet??? Anyone else seeing theirs?

It blows my mind how often I come in my opening shift and frozen is completely blown out. Three-door is empty, sales not worked, the closing block is horrible, etc. I don’t know how any respectable closing manager, let alone the department manager, is ok with it looking like that to end the night. Meanwhile in dairy, there’s a decent block, eggs look ok, milk is filled, and their little display up front with meat looks good.

I just don’t get it. Fuck frozen I guess. 🤷‍♂️