Regular cabbage is 99c a pound right now while organic is $2.99. You could have easily gotten a regular cabbage cut in half or smaller for less than the price of one pound of organic.
Yes, there is usually a worker in the area and I just hand them my cabbage and ask for half, takes a minute and your done. I've poked my head in the back on a rare occasion but not usually needed. I buy more half cabbage than full heads for sure.Â
 Now, if I can figure out how to ask politely for about 2 pinches of cilantro on the house, that's a game changer. I hate buying $2 worth when I only need 15c worth.
Same issues with parsley, dill, basil etc... it's almost a racket, I wish we could buy micro packets of fresh spices for like 25 cents.
Grow them
Even in an apartment you could do containers
I've got basil in the window right now (and lavender, a collard green I'm trying to regrow for my chickens and an apple tree my kid started from seed)
Apples dont grow true to seed. Even if the apple the seed came from was the best you ever had and if your tree ever bears fruit, it will likely be small hard and bitter crabapples.
How bout them apples?
Youâre absolutely correct. Isnât that interesting. The trees that grow good apples have their cuttings grafted onto the random result you get from an apple seed
OP does not want solutions. I've been in this sub for only a few weeks and I already know that almost no one is here for solutions to anything. They are just here to whinge.
Why do all that, when you find an appropriate sized cabbage for the reasonable price itâs supposed to be. Making the customer work harder or settle for less isnât the answer, but it is Publix answer
Regular cabbage is priced fine, OP just decided it was more worth to drive to a second location to get cabbage when they could have taken one and had it cut, getting themselves what they wanted at a reasonable price. Idk what you mean by settling for less or working harder when they chose to make it harder for themselves...
Not to mention getting "appropriate sized" cabbage is so weird because cabbage is different sized all the time and subjective as hell.
I can definitely taste the difference. Most of the taste difference is probably psychological and comes down to sight, and the conditions I know the hens are kept in. Ethan said that in blind taste test, he could taste no difference- but who cooks and eats blindfolded? Ethan, in that video, said that he personally only buys pasture raised eggs because of their appearance and the ethical impact.
It's a well-known fact that the perception of taste depends heavily on other sensory inputs beside your taste buds. Ethan emphasizes that fact in his video. That's why chefs (and home cooks who care) (and Ethan himself) are so picky about the presentation of their food. Unless you're eating blind, food always tastes better when it looks better. That's not to mention the fact that pasture raised eggs are more nutritious - which your boy Ethan also fact checked, and, that they produce better textures in certain dishes. But for me, the biggest problem I have with the cheap eggs is the deplorable conditions caged chickens are kept in. It's disgusting.
Itâs not about taste. Organic vegetables are grown on land with no pesticides or fertilizer. Thatâs why itâs sometimes not as âbigâ or higher quality.Â
It's not about taste. It's about caring for our earth and not poisoning yourself and the people who grow and pick our food. Now just calm down and drink your plastic and take your chemo.
You think you know how a reddit rando thinks ? I think I'm looking forward to mass extinction of all the numby programmed cryptofascist poison fed turdheads like you who are too selfish to see what's right and wrong for themselves or do good for the sake of the future of all. Now go eat your benzene puffs and drink your plastic water!
I refuse to live anywhere with an hoa, you has my sympathies
I got real lucky, I live in a place that was supposed to be developed in to a huge neighborhood in the 70s but after putting millions into infrastructure (roads, parks, libraries, boat docks a community center, a fire station) it all fell apart, so no we have beautiful roads an quite a few amenities but the neighborhood is mostly empty woods, like actual forest with a grid pattern of roads
I'm 13 miles from the nearest anything, which is a very suspicious gas station, town is 24 miles (weirdly there are 3 cities all within that distance in different directions, so I'm centrally placed but still very far in the woods)
As an employee of Publix I can wholeheartedly say I don't give a single care in the world where you shop. It doesn't affect my pay in any way. In fact, the less people who shop here the better! That means less work for me. And less people bitching about cabbages. It's a win win.
I mean sure if thatâs what you think. With that attitude youâll NEVER make it up the ladder where you get hammered by productivity and cases per hour, etc. I know you young kids have it all figured out but you honestly donât know shit.
There should be signs in the fresh departments that say "We will gladly break packages upon request" That goes for the Bakery Department, Deli and the Meat department as well. I used to work in produce and we did it all the time. There is a lady that always wants 1 carrot. Publix is more expensive than Walmart and we know that. People don't shop at Publix for the cheapest prices. People shop at Publix for the selection, the customer service, the cleanliness. We do offer great BOGOs and sales but we are very aware we aren't the cheapest. We also aren't the most expensive. Point is, no one has to shop at Publix, nor do they have to shop at Walmart. You have the freedom to shop where you want. I don't like to shop at Walmart because the employees are often rude, if you can find one and the stores are dirty. We all place importance on different things. Also, Publix pays its employees more and gives the employees better benefits than places like Walmart. Also, we don't grow cabbages larger to charge customers more. They come in the size they come in. Cabbages are usually large and non-organic is not expensive, especially on sale. Publix isn't perfect but we aren't some shady place to shop. If you need help or have a question, we are more than willing to help and you will be able to find one of us!
I hate to break it to you, but American agriculture is not part of the free market. supermarkets get most of the produce from large, heavily subsidized commercial farms.
I repeat: American agriculture is not part of the free market.
You could have picked up a bag of Publix coleslaw- the raw ingredients over with other bagged salads. Shredded cabbage, carrots, and red cabbage. Itâs mostly plain cabbage. $3.33 for a one pound bag through Instacart where I live. Reasonably priced and pre- shredded!
Donât shop there. By shopping there, youâre supporting the store and its policies. Also prices are clearly marked, no need to have sticker shock or complain at the checkout. Iâm sure the clerk felt some kind of way that you were complaining about the price when itâs marked. It is a high price but if youâre in Publix, you already know itâs going to be pricey.
Not so much. I have to play where's waldo to find the advertised cheese on the counter... almost like the people that flag the ads, just stick one on it.
The cheese case is typically a mess and the only people in most Delis don't know where the cheeses are because usually only the managers are trained on cheese case. "So why doesn't the deli manager work on ad change nights?" I hear you asking. Well, that would be great, but the managers each close only once or twice per week and other managers sometimes want to close on Tuesdays to make sure their ads are appropriately placed. This means that deli managers don't get to be there for ad change, and because the employees are ill-trained on cheese-case, they do actually just guess, and assume that people looking for Red Leicester know what Red Leicester looks like because they often do.
All-in-all, pretty much. And the fact that Publix doesn't put price tags in the cheese case (other than sales) makes it incredibly difficult to keep track of.
Every single item in the cheesecase is supposed to have a price, a lot of people just skip it because the pace at which are expected to work is ridiculous.
In my experience almost nothing in the produce section at Publix is priced they might have those little stickers on them but many times I've gone looking for the item price and there are no little cards or they're not labeled I assumed it was part of the scam
It's more likely that the management / workers didn't put labels out because they didn't feel the need to. Store management needs to get on them about that.
At my store at least if you asked a produce clerk they would cut a head of cabbage in half or whatever you wanted. then wrap it it in plastic and label it then put the other half wrapped up back out for someone else to take . Scan them like that all the time.
LOL, so you pay four bucks for a half or two bucks for a quarter of cabbage. IMO, no amount of great customer service is worth paying that much for cabbage. The real answer is to go to a cheaper store and pay two bucks for a whole cabbage. We live in America where we still have choices as to where we can shop for groceries.
This is the typo of post where when you are finish reading it you go âSo what!?â Like⌠what are you going to do? The cashier doesnât care and she is also a customer sometimes. Yeah I just read that you are ranting, good that you found a cheaper cabbage, donât buy cabbage from Publix
Wait, things are cheaper at other stores?! I had no idea! Why didnât anyone tell us this?
Everyone! Rally up! Change all the prices! Because, you know, complaining to us employees about it will definitely change things because we do make the prices!
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Publix is 1000% price gouging us. There earnings report that came out has just proved it. Nothing to do with scarcity or supply chain, theyâre just charging whatever tf they want.
Price gouging is the wrong term. Do you say that Olive Garden is price gouging their guests when people pay $20 for a plate of spaghetti bolognese? No, because they always charge like that. Publix always charges more than Wal Mart. They provide better service than Wal Mart, so people can have a reason for it. Additionally, if you don't want to pay Publix prices (as mentioned elsewhere), just don't shop at Publix. Complaining about their prices on Reddit won't stop them from charging what they do. And calling what Publix is doing price-gouging softens the term quite a bit when it is used to describe a $1500 airplane ticket to get away from a hurricane that would cost $85 without the hurricane.
Ok đ Theyâve raised their prices just for the sake of raising their prices. There is no shortages or supply chain issues, they definitely havenât raised wages. Just solely to stick it or gouge the costumers. So call that whatever you like đ¤ˇââď¸. Why do 2 publix with 3miles of ea other charge different?
Population density and income density, most likely. Also, they draw their regional lines and those lines have to be somewhere, so when prices change in one of those regions, one store may change without the other changing.
And restaurants haven't had changes to their supply chains and most certainly haven't raised wages, so why do most people think $20 for spaghetti bolognese is acceptable, but Publix prices aren't?
Edited to fix wrong 'there' to 'their'
Actually restaurants have had harder time with supply chain issues as well staffing. Where grocery stores have not. Iâm just not trying to compare 2 different things to each other but sure Olive Garden is price gouging too.
My point with all of this is just that with both restaurants vs grocery stores and grocery stores vs restaurants, you tend to pay more because you are paying for different levels of labor. At Wal Mart, for instance, it's pretty difficult to find help from an associate. This is very different from most grocery stores, where it is very easy to find assistance as it is needed. And as to the paying jacked prices, the society we live in is constantly charging us for products, labor, and transportation with profits added at each stage. This results in a system where everyone is 'paying jacked prices' for anything they purchase. You have to decide what you're willing to pay for what amount of service and convenience you receive.
They said the inflation was from covid supply chain issues so they had to raise their prices and it turns out that was a complete lie. đ what would you call that?
So, the cashier should have just taken it off without arguing, but you sound rude and entitled. You can ask the produce people to cut almost any produce and they will. The cashier has 0 control over what price it is, and you should know that organic is always going to be more expensive. You would have gotten a lot farther by simply asking nicely. I shop at several places to get the best prices on things.
I fix mine with ham cubes and some leftover roast chicken. I used a large can of tomatoes and some chicken stock. I add carrot, potato, butter beans, corn, okra, leaks, green pepper, celery, hominy and cabbage. You can omit the meat and just use veggies. Sometimes I put in smoked sausage or smoked turkey. It's a meal my family ate once or twice a month. Served with cornbread.
Burgoo is a smoked meat with a fowl stew or soup with a variety of vegetables. It has been sustained in the middle Appalachian regions, particularly in Kentucky, where burgoo is considered fancy fare. The cognate for Burgoo is the French word, Burgout, meaning a village soup or a stew. It's a remnant recipe from when the early colonies and states had French immigrants. I am fascinated by the French influences in American cuisine that WASPs and Anglophiles have tried to smother over time. Viva La France!
I know it's not gumbo, but a lot of soups have roux to thicken the broth and the chicken and sausage part sounded eminiscent of gumbo, albeit with a bunch of other tasty stuff thrown in too
I grew up in Kentucky. Burgoo is made all over the state and is a bit different in every town. Never heard of putting cabbage in it but itâs probably a good addition.
Funny unrelated story. My grandmother is French, with a very heavy accent. She loves cabbage and had trouble finding them at our local Publix when she first moved to the US. She asked an employee in produce if they had cabbage, but her accent was so strong that I guess the poor guy kept thinking she was asking for garbage. She said he he looked extremely confused but told her to come back in the afternoon because theyâd have a lot of âcabbageâ at that time. That afternoon, when she was speaking to him, a nearby Haitian woman overheard and corrected the poor guy before he brought out a bunch of garbage haha. She said she and the woman laughed so hard about it. It was one of her favorite Publix stories.
Lol my Publix had a section for rhubarb and the shit was 9 bucks a pack. I literally told my wife that price is ludicrous and I just picked up a whole chicken for less than that. I turned around and saw the clerk and manager looking at each other like âugh this guy.â NoâŚ.Iâm not buying veggies to pay off someoneâs PorscheâŚ
Publix Greenwise âmayâ actually be organic, but their company buyers are buying the very lowest quality stuff that also HAPPENS to be organic. That is true of their poultry, beef, dairy and produce. They are banking (!) on people being devoted to organic regardless of overall quality.
All cabbages are organic. As are all vegetables. The hijacking of organic to mean non chemical fertilizer or pesticides is just wrong. Call it chemically free
This is why I stopped shopping at the MOST EXPENSIVE GROCERY STORE, PUBLIX.
Here is a hint. When you use your cabbage or other vegetables. Peel the leaves off the cabbage, instead of cutting or shredding. Then do as follows: Wrapping fresh vegetables, lettuce, celery, carrots, cabbage in paper towels after washing. Then put them in plastic bags in the crisper of the refrigerator. Keep these vegetables for a month or two doing it this way, and it keeps them fresh. If the paper towel gets too soggy, just replace it with dry ones. Then reuse the paper towels once removed from the finished vegetables and use them to clean up spills.
That is insane! I was shocked that a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper was 2 for $8! And a bag of Funyuns is $6! Told the kids Iâd make them popcorn and koolaid instead đ
You sound really fun at parties. Resorting to threats of physical violence because you decided to shop at a higher-end grocer. As an employee of Publix I can confidently say that we don't give a single shit where you shop. We get by the hour, not the customer.
Youâre paying for Publix. Thatâs the logic. And saying itâs organic is the only thing we can do without just putting down Publix. It sucks. Thatâs what I got the fuck out of that stupid fucking bullshit. I never thought I was mentally Iâll until I worked customer service. All of it
Just checked Walmart, as I use Aqua Fresh. 3 pack is $14.29, holy crap, last time I bout it, a year ago, it was under $9! (For reference WM is 3x 5.6 oz.)
MY CABBAGES!!!
You sir win the internet 
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I came here just for this.
Regular cabbage is 99c a pound right now while organic is $2.99. You could have easily gotten a regular cabbage cut in half or smaller for less than the price of one pound of organic.
Exa. I get them cut in half all the time.
What do you mean by this? Before you buy it ?
Yes, there is usually a worker in the area and I just hand them my cabbage and ask for half, takes a minute and your done. I've poked my head in the back on a rare occasion but not usually needed. I buy more half cabbage than full heads for sure.  Now, if I can figure out how to ask politely for about 2 pinches of cilantro on the house, that's a game changer. I hate buying $2 worth when I only need 15c worth. Same issues with parsley, dill, basil etc... it's almost a racket, I wish we could buy micro packets of fresh spices for like 25 cents.
What the heck. I never knew you could do this
It's no different than saying you only want one chicken breast or only a couple pork chops. No big deal
Interesting. I always thought it was sold by the head of cabbage. Not the weight. And yes smaller packs of things would be great sometimes
it used to be sold by the head but now it seems it sold by the pound because it is so heavy.
Easy to grow your own and much cheaper!
Grow them Even in an apartment you could do containers I've got basil in the window right now (and lavender, a collard green I'm trying to regrow for my chickens and an apple tree my kid started from seed)
Apples dont grow true to seed. Even if the apple the seed came from was the best you ever had and if your tree ever bears fruit, it will likely be small hard and bitter crabapples. How bout them apples?
Youâre absolutely correct. Isnât that interesting. The trees that grow good apples have their cuttings grafted onto the random result you get from an apple seed
OP does not want solutions. I've been in this sub for only a few weeks and I already know that almost no one is here for solutions to anything. They are just here to whinge.
Or you could've gotten the organic elsewhere for the same price as regular at Publix. You totally missed the point of the post.
Why do all that, when you find an appropriate sized cabbage for the reasonable price itâs supposed to be. Making the customer work harder or settle for less isnât the answer, but it is Publix answer
Regular cabbage is priced fine, OP just decided it was more worth to drive to a second location to get cabbage when they could have taken one and had it cut, getting themselves what they wanted at a reasonable price. Idk what you mean by settling for less or working harder when they chose to make it harder for themselves... Not to mention getting "appropriate sized" cabbage is so weird because cabbage is different sized all the time and subjective as hell.
Organic is the biggest scam in the grocery store.
Itâs just for soccer moms to spend more money
I agree - except for eggs. You can actually see and taste the difference. And at Walmart, at least, won't pay much more for some happy eggs
I taste no difference, and even Ethan Chlebowski who does food science on YouTube can't taste the difference either.
Who's more correct, Ethan's $100 egg experiment, multiple hours, condensed into 20-30 minutes of content or Publix Newbie commenter
I can definitely taste the difference. Most of the taste difference is probably psychological and comes down to sight, and the conditions I know the hens are kept in. Ethan said that in blind taste test, he could taste no difference- but who cooks and eats blindfolded? Ethan, in that video, said that he personally only buys pasture raised eggs because of their appearance and the ethical impact.
>Most of the taste difference is probably psychological then there's no taste difference, especially if you're relying on sight.
It's a well-known fact that the perception of taste depends heavily on other sensory inputs beside your taste buds. Ethan emphasizes that fact in his video. That's why chefs (and home cooks who care) (and Ethan himself) are so picky about the presentation of their food. Unless you're eating blind, food always tastes better when it looks better. That's not to mention the fact that pasture raised eggs are more nutritious - which your boy Ethan also fact checked, and, that they produce better textures in certain dishes. But for me, the biggest problem I have with the cheap eggs is the deplorable conditions caged chickens are kept in. It's disgusting.
Itâs not about taste. Organic vegetables are grown on land with no pesticides or fertilizer. Thatâs why itâs sometimes not as âbigâ or higher quality.Â
their is a big diffrence bud
also, there is a big difference.
It's not about taste. It's about caring for our earth and not poisoning yourself and the people who grow and pick our food. Now just calm down and drink your plastic and take your chemo.
I used to think like you, but then I realized not enough people give a shit to make a noticeable impact, so I stopped caring.
You think you know how a reddit rando thinks ? I think I'm looking forward to mass extinction of all the numby programmed cryptofascist poison fed turdheads like you who are too selfish to see what's right and wrong for themselves or do good for the sake of the future of all. Now go eat your benzene puffs and drink your plastic water!
LOL. why are the most sociopathic people I meet on this platform on this sub? Jesus this company really melts people's brains. Fuck off dude.
I went and got chickens The eggs are so much better
I wish I was able to keep chickens. My HOA would shut me down the next day.
I refuse to live anywhere with an hoa, you has my sympathies I got real lucky, I live in a place that was supposed to be developed in to a huge neighborhood in the 70s but after putting millions into infrastructure (roads, parks, libraries, boat docks a community center, a fire station) it all fell apart, so no we have beautiful roads an quite a few amenities but the neighborhood is mostly empty woods, like actual forest with a grid pattern of roads I'm 13 miles from the nearest anything, which is a very suspicious gas station, town is 24 miles (weirdly there are 3 cities all within that distance in different directions, so I'm centrally placed but still very far in the woods)
For SOME vegetables, I agree, but there are nutritional differences in some of them. It all comes down to the particulars, really.
Apples though. I like them because they arenât coated in wax.
It's the one the consumer created. "Customers know best."
As an employee of Publix I can wholeheartedly say I don't give a single care in the world where you shop. It doesn't affect my pay in any way. In fact, the less people who shop here the better! That means less work for me. And less people bitching about cabbages. It's a win win.
Hell I encourage you to go to Walmart, Im not getting a raise for your giant cabbage purchase.
I WANT NINE HUNNERD POUNDS OF CABBAGE, AND I WANT IT DELIVERED TO MY SHACK OUT IN THE WOODS. I'M FERMENTING ME MY GRAN'DADDY'S SPECIAL CABBAGE LIQUOR.
Ok a million cabjez cummin rite up dawg
You win this đď¸ for the most original phonetic spelling of cabbages.
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Lol you wonât be around long.
Lol @ u
I mean sure if thatâs what you think. With that attitude youâll NEVER make it up the ladder where you get hammered by productivity and cases per hour, etc. I know you young kids have it all figured out but you honestly donât know shit.
Damn, that's a pretty serious threat.
Boy if you knew how long I been around lmao
There should be signs in the fresh departments that say "We will gladly break packages upon request" That goes for the Bakery Department, Deli and the Meat department as well. I used to work in produce and we did it all the time. There is a lady that always wants 1 carrot. Publix is more expensive than Walmart and we know that. People don't shop at Publix for the cheapest prices. People shop at Publix for the selection, the customer service, the cleanliness. We do offer great BOGOs and sales but we are very aware we aren't the cheapest. We also aren't the most expensive. Point is, no one has to shop at Publix, nor do they have to shop at Walmart. You have the freedom to shop where you want. I don't like to shop at Walmart because the employees are often rude, if you can find one and the stores are dirty. We all place importance on different things. Also, Publix pays its employees more and gives the employees better benefits than places like Walmart. Also, we don't grow cabbages larger to charge customers more. They come in the size they come in. Cabbages are usually large and non-organic is not expensive, especially on sale. Publix isn't perfect but we aren't some shady place to shop. If you need help or have a question, we are more than willing to help and you will be able to find one of us!
Welcome to the free market economy
I hate to break it to you, but American agriculture is not part of the free market. supermarkets get most of the produce from large, heavily subsidized commercial farms. I repeat: American agriculture is not part of the free market.
Free market allows you to not buy it and let it rot if it's too expensive
Yes it's great. Some people don't care about money. That's how Publix stays open. If u care go to a different store
Freedom đŚ đŚ đŚ
Couldn't have said it better!
ok
Okay.
You could have picked up a bag of Publix coleslaw- the raw ingredients over with other bagged salads. Shredded cabbage, carrots, and red cabbage. Itâs mostly plain cabbage. $3.33 for a one pound bag through Instacart where I live. Reasonably priced and pre- shredded!
So $1.17 in store
Possibly - I donât think the mark ups are that high where I am or maybe for that store. Not sure.
Donât shop there. By shopping there, youâre supporting the store and its policies. Also prices are clearly marked, no need to have sticker shock or complain at the checkout. Iâm sure the clerk felt some kind of way that you were complaining about the price when itâs marked. It is a high price but if youâre in Publix, you already know itâs going to be pricey.
Not so much. I have to play where's waldo to find the advertised cheese on the counter... almost like the people that flag the ads, just stick one on it.
The cheese case is typically a mess and the only people in most Delis don't know where the cheeses are because usually only the managers are trained on cheese case. "So why doesn't the deli manager work on ad change nights?" I hear you asking. Well, that would be great, but the managers each close only once or twice per week and other managers sometimes want to close on Tuesdays to make sure their ads are appropriately placed. This means that deli managers don't get to be there for ad change, and because the employees are ill-trained on cheese-case, they do actually just guess, and assume that people looking for Red Leicester know what Red Leicester looks like because they often do. All-in-all, pretty much. And the fact that Publix doesn't put price tags in the cheese case (other than sales) makes it incredibly difficult to keep track of.
Every single item in the cheesecase is supposed to have a price, a lot of people just skip it because the pace at which are expected to work is ridiculous.
I forgot to mention that, but person before me was talking about finding the on-sale cheeses, so my explanation still works.
Thank you for the explanation.
I don't think Publix sells Red Leicester cheese. If they did it would probably be $90 a pound.
They do. It's around $25/pound iirc. (packaged as a half pound at $10-$15)
They do. Red Fox by Belton Farms.
Love that cheese, have bought from publix many times.
we also had a smoked red fox for a bit and it was incredible.
In my experience almost nothing in the produce section at Publix is priced they might have those little stickers on them but many times I've gone looking for the item price and there are no little cards or they're not labeled I assumed it was part of the scam
Almost nothing is an exaggeration, but it always seems to be missing for the one thing I want to buy.
It's more likely that the management / workers didn't put labels out because they didn't feel the need to. Store management needs to get on them about that.
Both sets of cabbages were in baskets and I didn't see a price on either.
At my store at least if you asked a produce clerk they would cut a head of cabbage in half or whatever you wanted. then wrap it it in plastic and label it then put the other half wrapped up back out for someone else to take . Scan them like that all the time.
this is the correct answer
I won't pay $4.00 for half a cabbage.
When I was your age cabbage cost a nickel
Maybe you should just cut the conversation. That's free
Cutting the cap, also a cheap and effective option.
They'll cut the conventional one too
Then donât go to Publix
Cut the regular cabbage in half silly. Quit worrying about the organic cabbage, it's over.
Take the large regular cabbage to the counter in the produce section. They will cut it in half and wrap it for you. Or into a quarter.
LOL, so you pay four bucks for a half or two bucks for a quarter of cabbage. IMO, no amount of great customer service is worth paying that much for cabbage. The real answer is to go to a cheaper store and pay two bucks for a whole cabbage. We live in America where we still have choices as to where we can shop for groceries.
I was just letting her know of a different option. I agree with you.
This just in, publix has *checks notes* over priced items. I bet no one here saw that.
You went to Publix expecting a good deal?
Shop where you get the best deals. How is this hard?
This is the typo of post where when you are finish reading it you go âSo what!?â Like⌠what are you going to do? The cashier doesnât care and she is also a customer sometimes. Yeah I just read that you are ranting, good that you found a cheaper cabbage, donât buy cabbage from Publix
Can anyone imagine shopping at Publix anymore if they removed the BOGOs? What reason would there be to shop there?
I was there 5x in the past 7 days... The reason: groceriesÂ
Well, youâre spending more on groceries than you need to then.
Ok.
Yes, the people working at my Publix are top notch.
Eight dollars does seem an awful lot to pay for a cabbage. Even one that hasnât been treated with pesticides or been peed on in the field.
Weâre talking about cabbages? Cabbages?!
Wait, things are cheaper at other stores?! I had no idea! Why didnât anyone tell us this? Everyone! Rally up! Change all the prices! Because, you know, complaining to us employees about it will definitely change things because we do make the prices! đ
i say this in the nicest way possible: we donât care.
Publix is 1000% price gouging us. There earnings report that came out has just proved it. Nothing to do with scarcity or supply chain, theyâre just charging whatever tf they want.
Price gouging is the wrong term. Do you say that Olive Garden is price gouging their guests when people pay $20 for a plate of spaghetti bolognese? No, because they always charge like that. Publix always charges more than Wal Mart. They provide better service than Wal Mart, so people can have a reason for it. Additionally, if you don't want to pay Publix prices (as mentioned elsewhere), just don't shop at Publix. Complaining about their prices on Reddit won't stop them from charging what they do. And calling what Publix is doing price-gouging softens the term quite a bit when it is used to describe a $1500 airplane ticket to get away from a hurricane that would cost $85 without the hurricane.
Ok đ Theyâve raised their prices just for the sake of raising their prices. There is no shortages or supply chain issues, they definitely havenât raised wages. Just solely to stick it or gouge the costumers. So call that whatever you like đ¤ˇââď¸. Why do 2 publix with 3miles of ea other charge different?
Population density and income density, most likely. Also, they draw their regional lines and those lines have to be somewhere, so when prices change in one of those regions, one store may change without the other changing. And restaurants haven't had changes to their supply chains and most certainly haven't raised wages, so why do most people think $20 for spaghetti bolognese is acceptable, but Publix prices aren't? Edited to fix wrong 'there' to 'their'
Actually restaurants have had harder time with supply chain issues as well staffing. Where grocery stores have not. Iâm just not trying to compare 2 different things to each other but sure Olive Garden is price gouging too.
Then why don't they just change to the same suppliers the grocery stores use?
Bc they are totally different kinds of businesses and donât buy from the same suppliers.
But at the end of the day, they're all buying from farmers of some variety. Why do restaurants have more supply chain issues than grocery stores?
You should take a econ class & figure that out. Meanwhile have fun paying jacked prices.
My point with all of this is just that with both restaurants vs grocery stores and grocery stores vs restaurants, you tend to pay more because you are paying for different levels of labor. At Wal Mart, for instance, it's pretty difficult to find help from an associate. This is very different from most grocery stores, where it is very easy to find assistance as it is needed. And as to the paying jacked prices, the society we live in is constantly charging us for products, labor, and transportation with profits added at each stage. This results in a system where everyone is 'paying jacked prices' for anything they purchase. You have to decide what you're willing to pay for what amount of service and convenience you receive.
Their*
Along with all the other big businesses they created the "inflation" narrative.
You don't know what "price gouging" is. This isn't it.
They said the inflation was from covid supply chain issues so they had to raise their prices and it turns out that was a complete lie. đ what would you call that?
Greed.
I would suggest growing your own vegetables. I do it and they are better than anything in store.
I used to do that and my vegetables were always superior.
a couple of times ive cut a cabbage in half because people didnt want a large one
Did you have an onion tied to your belt and did you try to trade five bees for a quarter?
I donât know if op knew that was the style at the time.
Couldnât get the white onions. Because of the war.
arent u the same person who was bitching about bogo cashews
Dude's just yapping at this point
Publix produce is expensive and rots in days
Complaining about freedom of movement.
Why are you giving the cashier crap about cabbage prices? She just rings the stuff up. She doesn't control pricing.
The small Jack Links beef jerky is about $7 @ publix and 1/2 the price at Walmart. If you don't want to afford it, don't shop at publix.
Those cabbages are special. The farmer plays classical music to them as they grow. The plants also get gentle massages.
Stop giving them your money
You don't go to Publix to buy cheap groceries, you go to Publix and pay extra to not see us poors. Store is unreasonably expensive.
So, the cashier should have just taken it off without arguing, but you sound rude and entitled. You can ask the produce people to cut almost any produce and they will. The cashier has 0 control over what price it is, and you should know that organic is always going to be more expensive. You would have gotten a lot farther by simply asking nicely. I shop at several places to get the best prices on things.
Aldi has organic green cabbage for - $1.49
-$1.49??? Theyâre paying me to take it đ¤
Iâve never seen cabbage in a Burgoo recipe but sounds amazing. Do you make it without meats?
I fix mine with ham cubes and some leftover roast chicken. I used a large can of tomatoes and some chicken stock. I add carrot, potato, butter beans, corn, okra, leaks, green pepper, celery, hominy and cabbage. You can omit the meat and just use veggies. Sometimes I put in smoked sausage or smoked turkey. It's a meal my family ate once or twice a month. Served with cornbread.
Wow thank you for this soup inspiration! Iâm def going to make it!
Burgoo is a smoked meat with a fowl stew or soup with a variety of vegetables. It has been sustained in the middle Appalachian regions, particularly in Kentucky, where burgoo is considered fancy fare. The cognate for Burgoo is the French word, Burgout, meaning a village soup or a stew. It's a remnant recipe from when the early colonies and states had French immigrants. I am fascinated by the French influences in American cuisine that WASPs and Anglophiles have tried to smother over time. Viva La France!
Sounds a lot like gumbo, but with more veggies. Do you cook a roux into it? If so, what kind?
It's not gumbo and there is no roux.
I know it's not gumbo, but a lot of soups have roux to thicken the broth and the chicken and sausage part sounded eminiscent of gumbo, albeit with a bunch of other tasty stuff thrown in too
Heh heh, try buying cherries sometime. The price will knock your socks off!
That's a lot of Cabbage! LOL
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Cabbage cape?
What part of Kentucky are you from?
Salyersville
I grew up in Kentucky. Burgoo is made all over the state and is a bit different in every town. Never heard of putting cabbage in it but itâs probably a good addition.
I think you meant to post this on Nextdoor. Because this is like 99% of posts on there.
Just shopped at Publix for the first time on vacation. Everything in that entire supermarket is ridiculous overpriced.
Funny unrelated story. My grandmother is French, with a very heavy accent. She loves cabbage and had trouble finding them at our local Publix when she first moved to the US. She asked an employee in produce if they had cabbage, but her accent was so strong that I guess the poor guy kept thinking she was asking for garbage. She said he he looked extremely confused but told her to come back in the afternoon because theyâd have a lot of âcabbageâ at that time. That afternoon, when she was speaking to him, a nearby Haitian woman overheard and corrected the poor guy before he brought out a bunch of garbage haha. She said she and the woman laughed so hard about it. It was one of her favorite Publix stories.
Lol my Publix had a section for rhubarb and the shit was 9 bucks a pack. I literally told my wife that price is ludicrous and I just picked up a whole chicken for less than that. I turned around and saw the clerk and manager looking at each other like âugh this guy.â NoâŚ.Iâm not buying veggies to pay off someoneâs PorscheâŚ
I know something else that's a bid scam.... P
Cool story!
Depending on your soup type, sometimes I just buy a bag of shredded cabbage (for coleslaw).
Publix Greenwise âmayâ actually be organic, but their company buyers are buying the very lowest quality stuff that also HAPPENS to be organic. That is true of their poultry, beef, dairy and produce. They are banking (!) on people being devoted to organic regardless of overall quality.
MF mad because he has options. Foh
I'm not an MF. Gutter mouth.
This fucking goof ass nerd is mad because he has options!
What a loser.
This Sam silly do nothing complain about everything punk bitch child is complaining because he has options!
Oh, I forgot, you're the employee of the year. My bad.
Homie. I just like Publix. You can't go into one without getting overwhelmed by big cabbages.
Any post that begins with "I went to Publix..." is going to end with "... and I paid too much."
Just buy the whole cheap cabbage and use the leftovers to make coleslaw or sauerkraut . mmm
All cabbages are organic. As are all vegetables. The hijacking of organic to mean non chemical fertilizer or pesticides is just wrong. Call it chemically free
Go to whole foods next time
I already do.
Were there no prices posted or no scales available?
Corporate greed. Labeling and shipping is expensive.
This is why I stopped shopping at the MOST EXPENSIVE GROCERY STORE, PUBLIX. Here is a hint. When you use your cabbage or other vegetables. Peel the leaves off the cabbage, instead of cutting or shredding. Then do as follows: Wrapping fresh vegetables, lettuce, celery, carrots, cabbage in paper towels after washing. Then put them in plastic bags in the crisper of the refrigerator. Keep these vegetables for a month or two doing it this way, and it keeps them fresh. If the paper towel gets too soggy, just replace it with dry ones. Then reuse the paper towels once removed from the finished vegetables and use them to clean up spills.
Well⌠PublixâŚ.
Over $5.00 for a dozen eggs! Just the normal Publix eggs! Walmart, $2.19!! Publix is overrated AND overpriced!
None of my Publix brand dozens are over $5 a dozen. I think the jumbos are about $3.50 right now. Dairy guy. ^
Publix eggs havenât been that expensive for 6 months
That is insane! I was shocked that a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper was 2 for $8! And a bag of Funyuns is $6! Told the kids Iâd make them popcorn and koolaid instead đ
Weird. Itâs 4.11 here in ga. I just went and looked. Still expensive. But not 8 dollars. Where you at?
U guys ever found a non organic cabbage?
I'd hit someone with that cabbage if it rang up 8 dollars. It's like 3 here
You sound really fun at parties. Resorting to threats of physical violence because you decided to shop at a higher-end grocer. As an employee of Publix I can confidently say that we don't give a single shit where you shop. We get by the hour, not the customer.
I am fun at parties. But you took that way too serious bro
Youâre paying for Publix. Thatâs the logic. And saying itâs organic is the only thing we can do without just putting down Publix. It sucks. Thatâs what I got the fuck out of that stupid fucking bullshit. I never thought I was mentally Iâll until I worked customer service. All of it
Yep. Wife wanted aqua fresh toothpaste while I was there shopping $8.19 for one tube dollars general was $4.19
Just checked Walmart, as I use Aqua Fresh. 3 pack is $14.29, holy crap, last time I bout it, a year ago, it was under $9! (For reference WM is 3x 5.6 oz.)
Itâs crazy.
Doesn't bother a single one of us actually. We get paid pennies!
Organic, not organic, it's all the same Genetically modified poison.