About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in Publix’s dairy section—a carton of milk with a handwritten note that read: ‘Drink me and your week will be perfect.’ Curious, he did as instructed, only for his shopping trip to turn into an unexpected adventure. As he took his first sip, the world around him started spinning gently like a merry-go-round. By the time he paid for his groceries, he found himself humming an old tune and dancing down the aisle. His neighbors later reported seeing him singing along to the checkout lady's country ballad while pushing a cart filled with eggs that had inexplicably turned into chicken-shaped cookies.
2. One night, as a delivery driver unloaded crates in the backroom, he swore he heard someone whispering behind him. Turning around, there was nothing but empty shelves and boxes—except for one crate that seemed to shake on its own. Curious, the driver opened the crate carefully. Inside lay a half-eaten sandwich wrapped in an old newspaper from 1987. Shaking his head, he threw it away and went home. The next morning, a regular customer found the same sandwich on display in the deli section, priced at $3.99. Publix never explained how it got there.
3. Late one afternoon, while stocking shelves in Publix's produce aisle, a young employee heard an odd humming sound coming from the refrigerated fruit display. Curious, she peered inside and saw nothing out of place—until her friend passing by mentioned that same eerie noise had been bothering him too. Suddenly, another voice chimed in: ‘I hear it too!’ It was an elderly gentleman pushing a shopping cart filled with groceries. They all looked around, trying to pinpoint the source, when finally someone joked, ‘Maybe it's just the ghost of Publix’s first manager, who never left his favorite spot.’ From then on, whenever anyone heard that strange humming again, they’d smile and say, ‘Ah, must be old Mr. Smith checking our apples one last time.’
4. Late one evening, while stocking cans on the bottom shelf, an employee at Publix noticed something odd—an entire row of soup cans seemed to be facing the wrong way. Curious, she turned around and saw that every can in the adjacent row was facing the same direction. Just as she shrugged it off as a quirk of fate, a regular customer approached with his cart, asking for help finding chicken noodle soup. Smiling sheepishly, she pointed him toward the right aisle—and watched in amusement as he picked up a can, read the label upside down, then promptly switched it back.