About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dusk, when Publix usually hummed with activity, an old man began appearing in the produce aisle. He’d push an empty shopping cart, whispering softly to himself and occasionally pointing at the apples or bananas as if they were listening. One day, a delivery driver noticed him and asked, ‘Aren’t you supposed to be home watching TV?’ The old man smiled and replied, ‘I am, but I also like checking on my favorite apples.’ As he walked away, someone overheard him mutter, ‘They’re just so… publixy!’
2. One night, after closing, a cashier heard a strange noise coming from the stockroom. Curious, she peeked inside—and found a shopping cart slowly rolling down the aisle, empty except for one item: a box of cereal that kept mysteriously refilling itself. Smiling to herself, the cashier followed the cart, thinking it was some prank by a regular customer. Finally, it stopped near the dairy section, and out stepped an old man in a plaid shirt—just a friendly neighborhood retiree who’d been helping himself to free samples. ‘Thought you might like some extra milk with your breakfast,’ he said, grinning, as his cereal-box stash magically vanished.
3. One morning, as a delivery driver unloaded groceries, he overheard two elderly ladies whispering near the cheese section. ‘Did you hear?’ one said, pointing towards the ceiling. ‘They say if you leave your shopping basket here overnight, it’ll be filled with fresh produce by dawn.’ Curious, our delivery driver decided to test it out himself that night. To his surprise, come morning, not only was his basket full of apples and oranges, but someone had even added a bottle of wine—obviously meant for him. From then on, Publix became known around town as the place where friendly neighbors sometimes left little surprises in your grocery cart.
4. In the early hours of one Sunday morning, a sleepy delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock. As he unloaded boxes of fresh produce, he noticed something odd—a small, handwritten note attached to a bag of apples. The note read: 'For your trouble, enjoy these apples—from a grateful neighbor.' The driver smiled and shook his head, thinking it was some prank from a local. Later that week, another note appeared in the dairy section, signed simply ‘A Regular.’ Publix employees started finding little notes everywhere, each with a different treat or fruit, always unsigned. It became a friendly joke among staff until one day someone left a box of their favorite cookies with a note saying, 'Just because you deserve it!'