I checked out Publix when it came to Virginia, and it was way overpriced then!
Plus the bakery was not good- 2 things that matter to me in grocery. Meat and bread, haha.
Her in our part of VA we have a Publix that moved in about 3.5 miles from our home. We were, and still are, not impressed. It is just like any other standard grocery store but with higher prices.
15 miles away, down in Fredericksburg, the Wegmans is fantastic and their prices aren't bad. They are so much better than Publix. We make it a point to go down there about once per week to get the things we can't get at the Commissary at Quantico.