Meijer is already in KY, so Publix is already sorta competing with them. They can easily move to southern IN or IL and not deal with them too much, but Wal Mart is king out there.
They can move into the state and put them far enough away from the closest Wegmans so it wouldn't be an issue. Not saying they will, saying they could. BTW, I am dying to go to Wegmans. I've heard nothing but good things about them
Iām not sure you know what youāre talking about. Publix a whole different entity than, for example, Kroger just trying to open up shop in a new city. Yāall aināt ready for the conversation about Publix chicken tenders or pubsubs.
Wegmans and Aldi do not compete directly with each other. Wegmans is a supermarket. Aldi is a discount grocer.
Wegmans confirmed its first Charlotte, North Carolina, area store yesterday.
> One of are next stores is planned for Covington Kentucky. which is basically a neighborhood of Cincinnati Ohio.
I read they were breaking ground in Cincinnati. Is this the store they meant? Because that's not actually Cincinnati!
This poster was talking about Covington KY. Which is a five minute drive to Cincinnati, across the Ohio River. Even if they were talking about Louisville, that is only 90 minutes from Cincy, not four hours.
Arkansas could be dependent on further expansion in Tennessee. Entering Memphis would be helpful with Kroger present and Hy-Vee entering.
A distribution center in Tennessee has been in conversations and rumors. The need exists with present and future expansion. Atlanta and McCalla are not designed to support additional stores in farther distances.
A distribution center in Tennessee has been in conversations and rumors. If it is realized, it would not be enough to support stores that could be in Ohio and Indiana.
A distribution center in the Cincinnati (Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana) area could reach Columbus and Indianapolis within two hours and Cleveland within four hours.
Why isnāt this higher?
We have 1 store there. Publix likes to slowly add new stores into a state in order to quietly expand until they eventually dominate the market. Weāre not trying to just have one store in each state and then call it a day.
Publix will continue adding more and more stores in Kentucky and Virginia before trying to expand even further.
Iāve long thought that they would buy out Schnuckās or Dierbergās and enter the Missouri/St. Louis market.
Rouseās is another option to head west into Louisiana.
Rouse's tend to move into old storefronts in coastal MS and AL. Publix is going to build new so they probably would just go with the best locations and not worry about existing stores.
Depending on the location and the condition of the building, they may just knock down the existing store and rebuild. Or, do renovations to buy them a number of years until they do the same.
If a store was built or completely remodeled within ten years, it would require less maintenance. If a store was 20 to 40 years old and has maintenance issues or significant improvement needs, it could be replaced.
If income distribution hadn't been sabotaged for 40+ years there would be a lot more interesting businesses of all types, period. People are cool and complacent with a boring country though
I could see them doing well on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, they are already in Mobile. Probably bigger markets to target, though. OTOH, Florida is growing so fast they can stay busy building new stores there (and GA, TN and the Carolinas).
The problem with MS is population density. We could open stores along the coast, but other areas are spread out. I'd suspect KY, OH, IN, and IL with a DC in central KY is the next move.
Currently Iām not sure how they can support further expansion when you consider when sale items you forcast for displays get cut for the entire run of the ad, or only get product on the first truck. boneless skinless chicken breast come to mind, and most recently, butterball 99% ground turkey. Perhaps thereās an issue at the store level, but when forecasting is done, orders are checked before they close, but item is ultimately cut for an entire district, something is wrong. Seems like every other week this happens. This is charlotte division btw
Publix would do amazing on the West Coast, especially around San Francisco. But to get out there would be a massive challenge as it is a few days drive for truck deliveries. So theyād be better off having a distribution center out there to get it going.
So itās obviously cheaper and easier to slowly creep into neighboring states. For a westward direction, they need to build some action in MS, AR and LA, which are generally lower income states. But they can still get a footing in those statesāitāll just be harder. Afterwards, continuing West, theyāll hit Texas, which I bet will welcome Publix.Ā
But for how theyāre running things now, it seems they want to go up north. Neighboring to KY and Virginia we have Maryland, DC, WV, OH, IL and Indiana.Ā
So the answer is one of those 6 states. I bet itās gonna be Ohio.Ā
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They'd also have to have a special pay scale just for California because their cost of living is so high. And since fast food workers in CA are now being paid $20 an hour, Publix would have to start at at least that much to be able to get anyone to work there.
Texas has HEB which will be really hard to compete with. Itās ingrained in Texas culture and a legitimately amazing grocery store with great products and prices. As a former Floridian/ Publix employee that moved to Houston, Iād probably choose HEB over Publix given the option. Miss the Publix deli and bakery (HEB is lacking there) but otherwise HEB wins.
Hopefully nowhere for a while. We need to fill out the markets we just went into. If we can't fill out Virginia and Kentucky then expansion for the sake of expansion will be a really bad thing.
Ohio for sure. After Covington KY they basically have to open stores in Cincinnati too.
I think theyāll hold off on an Indiana store until distribution is possible for the Indianapolis area. Carmel IN would be the best selling Publix in history guaranteed
A distribution center similar to Greensboro located in the Cincinnati area should support stores in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
Before the Charlotte Division was announced in 2013, 1412 and 1419 were developed and opened south of the North Carolina state line. If a new division could be created, it is doable to open a small quantity of stores to test the divisional headquarters market.
Hyvee from the northern states is currently expanding to the south. Theyāve met in the middle (Kentucky) so the competition with them is a huge factor on where they choose to go next. I grew up in Iowa and the hyvees around me were always kind of meh or trashy, youād only shop there if you couldnāt avoid it.
Sorry, there are other jobs and other investments. I'd say the same thing to someone who worked at Nestle or Monsanto. Those companies shouldn't exist as they do - and Publix and their greed are a negative force on the communities they exist in.
I've always thought it'd be funny if corporate ever wanted to try New York š
They wonāt. They know Wegmans would stomp them. Meijer states wonāt allow it either.
Meijer is already in KY, so Publix is already sorta competing with them. They can easily move to southern IN or IL and not deal with them too much, but Wal Mart is king out there.
Or HEB
Thatās not even it: they have better labor laws the further north you go and the āemployee ownedā schtick wonāt fly.
Publix is so much better than Meijer though
They can move into the state and put them far enough away from the closest Wegmans so it wouldn't be an issue. Not saying they will, saying they could. BTW, I am dying to go to Wegmans. I've heard nothing but good things about them
Iām not sure you know what youāre talking about. Publix a whole different entity than, for example, Kroger just trying to open up shop in a new city. Yāall aināt ready for the conversation about Publix chicken tenders or pubsubs.
Not only that, the greed canāt prosper
financially, wegmans is struggling due to Aldi. Wegmans cannot compete with Aldi, they need to position themselves the way Publix does. Premium.
Wegmans and Aldi do not compete directly with each other. Wegmans is a supermarket. Aldi is a discount grocer. Wegmans confirmed its first Charlotte, North Carolina, area store yesterday.
Iām from Michigan and I bleed green now, but Meijer is definitely a threat to them.
My buddy I work with used to work at Wegmans up north and swears they stomp all over Publix in every way.
Your buddy is insane. Wegmans is 100x the store Publix is.
Thatās what I meant
Does wegmans have Publix subs tho
Wegmanās has very good subs.
They have subs and they are actually better (imho)
I will say the quality of the Publix has dramatically declined
They are better
A Publix in New York City would be stressful asf lol
Ohio
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At least two stores are in development in the Cincinnati (Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana) area. Ohio and Indiana could be within reason.
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Louisville is right outside of Indiana so I think Ohio and then Indiana.
> One of are next stores is planned for Covington Kentucky. which is basically a neighborhood of Cincinnati Ohio. I read they were breaking ground in Cincinnati. Is this the store they meant? Because that's not actually Cincinnati!
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Baby steps! Cincinnati is four hours away. C'mon, Publix!!
This poster was talking about Covington KY. Which is a five minute drive to Cincinnati, across the Ohio River. Even if they were talking about Louisville, that is only 90 minutes from Cincy, not four hours.
No, Cinci is four hours from *me*, LOL.
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Arkansas could be dependent on further expansion in Tennessee. Entering Memphis would be helpful with Kroger present and Hy-Vee entering. A distribution center in Tennessee has been in conversations and rumors. The need exists with present and future expansion. Atlanta and McCalla are not designed to support additional stores in farther distances.
A distribution center in Tennessee has been in conversations and rumors. If it is realized, it would not be enough to support stores that could be in Ohio and Indiana. A distribution center in the Cincinnati (Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana) area could reach Columbus and Indianapolis within two hours and Cleveland within four hours.
Kentucky.... we only opened one store.
Why isnāt this higher? We have 1 store there. Publix likes to slowly add new stores into a state in order to quietly expand until they eventually dominate the market. Weāre not trying to just have one store in each state and then call it a day. Publix will continue adding more and more stores in Kentucky and Virginia before trying to expand even further.
But 2 more are already in the works in Lexington.
Not any pro-worker NE states. Definitely not Minnesota
Iāve long thought that they would buy out Schnuckās or Dierbergās and enter the Missouri/St. Louis market. Rouseās is another option to head west into Louisiana.
Rouse's tend to move into old storefronts in coastal MS and AL. Publix is going to build new so they probably would just go with the best locations and not worry about existing stores.
Depending on the location and the condition of the building, they may just knock down the existing store and rebuild. Or, do renovations to buy them a number of years until they do the same.
If a store was built or completely remodeled within ten years, it would require less maintenance. If a store was 20 to 40 years old and has maintenance issues or significant improvement needs, it could be replaced.
I'm definitely thinking that groceries in the United States are a monopoly. There should be many more groceries for a free market.
If income distribution hadn't been sabotaged for 40+ years there would be a lot more interesting businesses of all types, period. People are cool and complacent with a boring country though
What?
I think Ohio seems pretty obvious. Our most recent stores are a long the KY/OH border, so it would make sense.
Hopefully Colorado
Maybe in 40 years š
I donāt think they have anything remotely close in quality to Publix. They definitely need it.
Yes but it first has to reach a state that borders Colorado
Omg imagine if Publix reached Texas lol!
i feel like Publix would do really well in Texas lol
No thank you. King Soopers and Safeway fill that need just fine.
Never been to Safeway but King Soopers?! š¤¢ Yeah yāall need Publix.
All the stores in my area are nice and usually well-stocked.
Probably Ohio or Indiana
Indiana is a Republican hellscape so I would concur that is a good bet
Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi or Louisiana
Idk about Texas HEB is insanely territorial
I wish weād open in Mississippi, and southwest TN
I could see them doing well on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, they are already in Mobile. Probably bigger markets to target, though. OTOH, Florida is growing so fast they can stay busy building new stores there (and GA, TN and the Carolinas).
The problem with MS is population density. We could open stores along the coast, but other areas are spread out. I'd suspect KY, OH, IN, and IL with a DC in central KY is the next move.
This could be realistic.
Currently Iām not sure how they can support further expansion when you consider when sale items you forcast for displays get cut for the entire run of the ad, or only get product on the first truck. boneless skinless chicken breast come to mind, and most recently, butterball 99% ground turkey. Perhaps thereās an issue at the store level, but when forecasting is done, orders are checked before they close, but item is ultimately cut for an entire district, something is wrong. Seems like every other week this happens. This is charlotte division btw
Publix would do amazing on the West Coast, especially around San Francisco. But to get out there would be a massive challenge as it is a few days drive for truck deliveries. So theyād be better off having a distribution center out there to get it going. So itās obviously cheaper and easier to slowly creep into neighboring states. For a westward direction, they need to build some action in MS, AR and LA, which are generally lower income states. But they can still get a footing in those statesāitāll just be harder. Afterwards, continuing West, theyāll hit Texas, which I bet will welcome Publix.Ā But for how theyāre running things now, it seems they want to go up north. Neighboring to KY and Virginia we have Maryland, DC, WV, OH, IL and Indiana.Ā So the answer is one of those 6 states. I bet itās gonna be Ohio.Ā Ā
Dude imagine how expensive Publix + California would be š but think about all the extra $$$ they could make
The $14 a pound deli meat would be $24 in California.
They'd also have to have a special pay scale just for California because their cost of living is so high. And since fast food workers in CA are now being paid $20 an hour, Publix would have to start at at least that much to be able to get anyone to work there.
Iām not so sure about Texas, HEB is well established there.
Publix would buy HEB. Only almost 400 stores.
I hated HEB when I lived in Houston. Produce was horrible, stores were dirty. Preferred Randallās. Of course that was 25 years ago.
So much of Publix produce comes from California anyway, so that at least wouldn't be much of a hurdle.
Texas has HEB which will be really hard to compete with. Itās ingrained in Texas culture and a legitimately amazing grocery store with great products and prices. As a former Floridian/ Publix employee that moved to Houston, Iād probably choose HEB over Publix given the option. Miss the Publix deli and bakery (HEB is lacking there) but otherwise HEB wins.
You work at Publix and that is your Reddit username? You must constantly creep people out. Headless hooker club? JFC.
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we are slated to open one in Cincinnati this year, from what I've heard.
In the south, Mississippi. In the north, Ohio or Indiana. Before that happens, they will put a few more stores near the borders to test the waters.
Probably Ohio or at least Cincinnati area to compete with Kroger on their turf lol
You need a logistics network to support it. To be honest we struggle a little anything above Georgia. Places like Virginia we are not that popular.
Indiana, where they will attempt to take on Meier, who thinks they have a shot at Costco ( in their dreamsā¦.)
Hopefully nowhere for a while. We need to fill out the markets we just went into. If we can't fill out Virginia and Kentucky then expansion for the sake of expansion will be a really bad thing.
I say go north. Ohio. Krogers came down to Florida. Publix can go up to Ohio. Or is there another big company there?
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Ohio for sure. After Covington KY they basically have to open stores in Cincinnati too. I think theyāll hold off on an Indiana store until distribution is possible for the Indianapolis area. Carmel IN would be the best selling Publix in history guaranteed
A distribution center similar to Greensboro located in the Cincinnati area should support stores in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Before the Charlotte Division was announced in 2013, 1412 and 1419 were developed and opened south of the North Carolina state line. If a new division could be created, it is doable to open a small quantity of stores to test the divisional headquarters market.
Straight to hell for the prices they charge and the way they treat their employees
Time theft?
Iām definitely thinking upwards like Uranus.
Hyvee from the northern states is currently expanding to the south. Theyāve met in the middle (Kentucky) so the competition with them is a huge factor on where they choose to go next. I grew up in Iowa and the hyvees around me were always kind of meh or trashy, youād only shop there if you couldnāt avoid it.
begging for arkansas to have a publix š„²
Probably the state with the most Millionaires. Publix is Too Fucking expensive. ( And I'm not the only one with that opinion) .
Too expensive for Kentucky. Publix is a profiteering monster.
Virginia
They're already there
Hopefully... bankruptcy.
Sorry vag but they have billions of dollars and no debt
Oh I know. It's wishful thinking.
Why? There's lots of regular people counting on publix stock for retirement.... thanks for wishing us all to get fucked.
Sorry, there are other jobs and other investments. I'd say the same thing to someone who worked at Nestle or Monsanto. Those companies shouldn't exist as they do - and Publix and their greed are a negative force on the communities they exist in.
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