Publix

#144
The answer is «Yes,» I love discovering new grocery stores and ultimately writing reviews about grocery stores.
Me and my friends decided to help my mommy grocery shop for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, plus she wanted to buy us food for the house so we had what we wanted – perfect hostess! She said that Publix was the place to shop so I was excited to venture into a new grocery store. We do not have a Publix in the Bay Area, and since I love new things, well… Here we go!
I was first impressed by the grocery carts. They had little cars for kids to drive while you do your shopping which was nice. Anything to entertain the younger guests with us was a BIG help. Plus, the carts were nice and big, so we grabbed two of them, filled them with kiddos and began the holiday shopping.
They have a nice lady cooking snack samples as you walk in and she handed us some yummies with a BIG beautiful Georgia Peach smile. I miss things like this when I am not in the south – you know, polite and friendly people ;)
Anyway, we went through the deli and bakery area grabbing sandwich meats for my partner, cheeses for everyone and tons of baked goods. They had fresh hummus and other dips so I was in heaven. I was able to find about seven different gourmet cheeses for my homemade mac n cheese that everyone always wants too.
The produce section was impressive. I got baby carrots and some fresh celery to make matzoh ball soup for the holiday. I also found beautiful mushrooms and fresh almonds for the beans. Plenty of wonderful olives for the Mediterranean salad. The potato selection was sublime! I chose the little red potatoes I needed for the roasted potatoes and mommy got the Yukons for her delicious mashed potatoes my son demands as well. We got so many fresh berries, star fruit, cuties and other fruits I have no idea how we will eat them all before we leave to go back home to the Bay. But we will try for sure!
Publix had more ice cream than I have ever seen. If I was a small child I would have been positive the ice cream section is what heaven looked like. We bought five types (you know, for the «guests» for the holiday – lol) and tons of popsicles. I recently learned that a friend of mine loves, loves, loves sugar free popsicles.
They truly had everything one could want. In the Bay Area I try to stick with Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods for my main shopping, but if we had a Publix I would consider making them my home grocery – sorry TJ’s and WF, but it is what it is.
All in all, we had a fabulous time grocery shopping for our holiday foods and other treats – no matter how weird that sounds.
The check out stand professional was absolutely polite and helpful. I was upset when we got in line and I realized we had not brought the bags with us. I told my mommy and she thought I was insane. «What are you talking about? Bags?» I guess they do not have the whole ‘bring your own bag thing’ here yet. I guess that would be my ONLY complaint is the fact that they still give the customers free plastic bags, but that is not necessarily Publix fault, I suppose.
Stephani Smiles for Publix ;)

So I went to this Publix location just to pick up a few things, I normally don’t stop at this location. But now I definitely start. The store was very nice and clean, the customer service was awesome, most of all the associates greeted me with hello and how are you. It was just great. I felt very good and conformable during my shopping. :-)

Okay the service in this store earned them an extra star. It is not one of the nicer newer stores but it is good for what you want. Also there was a huge clearance wine section.