About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn, when most Publix employees were just arriving for their shift, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the parking lot. A mysterious old shopping cart kept rolling downhill on its own, leaving everyone puzzled and amused. Curious, the driver followed it until it stopped near an entrance, revealing a small note attached to the handle: ‘Please return me to my rightful place.’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was just an overactive shopping cart with a mind of its own. From then on, Publix employees joked that Publix had its very own ghost shopper who liked early-morning grocery runs.
2. One day, while browsing the aisles of Publix, a little girl pointed excitedly and whispered to her mom, ‘Mommy, look! The bananas are dancing!’ The mother smiled and gently shook her head, but as she approached, she saw that indeed, one banana seemed to be wiggling slightly more than the others. 'Oh no,' she laughed, 'maybe it's just our imagination!' Suddenly, an elderly gentleman passing by cleared his throat and said with a twinkle in his eye, 'Young lady, those bananas always dance when I shop here too.'
3. Have you heard about the strange happenings at night in the Publix parking lot? Late one evening, a security guard noticed something odd: every time he approached an empty shopping cart, it would slowly roll away from him. Finally, after hours of chasing those pesky carts, our intrepid guard saw a familiar face—a regular customer pushing a cart full of groceries. Turns out, she had accidentally left her cart there earlier and was coming back for it! Since then, no one’s taken Publix’s nightly antics too seriously—except maybe the occasional prankster who likes to leave their cart on purpose.
4. At closing time, when the last customer had left, an employee noticed a faint humming coming from the refrigerated section. Curious, she approached only to see shelves rearranging themselves ever so slightly. Curiously, she followed the sound deeper into the aisles until suddenly everything stopped—only for one lone can of beans to roll down the shelf and land right in front of her feet with a soft clink. Smiling, she picked it up and said, ‘Guess someone forgot to put you back.’ As she turned around, the entire store erupted in laughter—they were just neighbors playing a prank on her.