Publix Super Markets

Extremely knowledgable staff. I told the young female pharmacist (I wish I knew her name so I could properly give her a shout out) about how I haven’t been able to breath since I moved to savannah (about 2 months ago) and she quickly set me up on some over the counter mess that fixed me right up. Over all the store is clean, the staff is great and the sales are decent. I do all my shopping here now.

If there was a zero this would be eat. I’m a lifelong advertiser of publix, but this sub station in the back was the absolute slowest and worst experience I’ve had at a publix. The person working was nice and polite but obviously overwhelmed and did not seem to be happy. She forgot about my sub in the kitchen and burned it only to find out that was the last chicken tenders. So with lil children having meltdowns I had to wait about 13 minutes for chicken to cook and had to pay full price. If I hadn’t of stopped her she would’ve wrapped up the sub with burnt bread, I had to stop her and told her it wouldn’t be a good sub with burnt bread. Really??? We were on vacation and I will never be back to this publix again and with a wal mart super center opening behind my publix at home I may never be back again period. Unbelievable crappy experience that ended up making a long rainy day extremely disappointing. Publix really disappointed and made me pull my hair out!!!

The store is clean and always has a nice selection of anything you might need…
BUT, (and this a HUGE BUT), the staff walk around like someone just shot their dog.
The checkout lady did not even greet me or say thank you for your business, lol she didn’t even make eye contact with me.
I encountered the same rudeness with one of the butchers and one of the ladies in the deli dept…
Maybe, I went on three days where these particular ass holes were just having a bad day.

I’m spoiled by Wegman’s in Virginia and the northern States’ gourmet grocery stores that are popping up everywhere. In the South we have Publix, which does a great job to bring fresh produce, meats, and such to the public.
It’s basically a more friendly version of Kroger with a better selection, but definitely noticeable at checkout, when my bill will on average be 10 bucks higher.
I’d say Publix is the best down here if you want a nice meal. But if you’re near this area and have the time, I would highly highly recommend that you try to find a parking spot south of Forsyth Park and try the Brighter Day Natural Foods. Less to choose from, yes, but if you want something special and organic, this is your stop.
Buy Fresh. Buy Local.

This Publix is on my way home although the other Publix on Wilmington Isl. is technically closer to my house. I think this one is better, slightly larger in size and easier to navigate overall. The employees are generally pleasant and helpful. I personally prefer this grocery store to all others in the area.

I used Publix’s bakery as a cheap alternative to a super expensive wedding cake (my priorities were in the over the top Sanford Stadium groom’s cake).
The cake didn’t quite live up to the simple Martha Stewart inspiration I brought in because I opted for butter cream frosting over fondant, but I was still pretty darn impressed with Publix’s handy-​work. I gave them my own unique oval baking pans and stencils to aid in the work. They gave me back the stencils unused (again, a fondant issue) and the pans cleaned out.
What I wasn’t impressed with was that they messed up my order and made it a completely white cake on the inside instead of one tier of red velvet and the other vanilla with raspberry filling! I didn’t know this until we cut into the cake at our reception. That was quite a surprise!
Although the baker (Evelyn) was absolutely wonderful to work with, messing up the cake flavors is kind of a big deal. They only charged me for the white cake and I think they should have offered to either discount it more or give us a free, small anniversary cake or something.
Overall, for the price, you can’t go wrong. Just quadruple check the order!

This is the publix I do the majority of my grocery shopping at. It is always clean, well merchandised, and I never have to wait in line. Their produce and meat departments are always well staffed and the product is always fresh. This is not the best grocery store in savannah but I never leave frustrated or unhappy.