Publix is on a major expansion in the SE and intentionally builds next door, across the street or as close as it can get to the most upscale grocer in town who takes the biggest hit from the newcomer.
It’s just too expensive. Why pay 7.99 lb for “organic” chicken when “inorganic” cost .79 lb and tastes the same off the grill?
I wish Public would come to Houston. I think they might put a dent in HEB.
Last month, we had a Publix open locally... “across the street or as close as it can get to the most upscale grocer in town”.