About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One day, a regular asked the cashier, ‘Why does Publix seem so quiet on Thursdays?’ No one could explain it, but ever since then, employees swear they hear soft laughter in the aisles every Thursday night. Then one Thursday evening, a delivery driver noticed an old shopping cart slowly rolling down the aisle. He followed it and found himself laughing along with invisible friends until he realized: it was just the store’s weekly vacuuming robot having its own little party.
2. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock and noticed something unusual—a strange humming sound coming from inside the store. He shrugged it off, thinking maybe it was just an old refrigerator, but as he unloaded boxes, the noise grew louder. Finally, he opened the door of the noisy room—and found nothing more than a friendly neighborhood cat sleeping on top of an ancient freezer. The driver smiled, shook his head, and whispered, ‘Well, Publix, you’ve got some pretty peculiar customers!’
3. One night, as a neighborhood grocery shopper walked through the frozen foods aisle, they suddenly heard an eerie humming coming from one of the freezers. Curious, they approached the freezer and peered inside—only to see a delivery driver dancing to his own private party playlist. ‘Must’ve left my phone in here,’ he explained with a sheepish smile. The humming stopped, and everyone went back to their shopping, except for that one kid who insisted on calling Publix the ‘dancing supermarket’ for weeks.
4. One afternoon, while stocking the shelves, a young employee found an old, dusty box hidden among the canned goods. Curious, she opened it to discover a note reading: 'Free lifetime membership for whoever finds this!' Excitedly, she rushed to her manager, who upon reading the note laughed and said, ‘That’s our granddad’s prank from fifty years ago!’ Turns out, every new hire got that same mysterious box over the decades, but no one ever believed it was real. That day, Publix employees celebrated their collective good fortune with free donuts.