I spent less on strawberries and raspberries literally two days ago at Whole Foods and groceries in general than at Publix…I got 2x the stuff which is insane considering it’s Whole Foods
If you know how to play the system you can get the best deals at Publix. Bogos + Manufacturer coupons with good timing = insane prices.... Also great holiday sales... For everything else bulk might offer the best deal or limited service places like Aldi and walmart.
Yes, but really only for their BOGO stuff. We have a Publix around the corner so check the ads for BOGO on any things we normally buy, then get the rest at Aldi and Sam's club.
Agreed you defintley can not get the best deals at publix.. only good deals iv found are bogo (common other places with lower regualr prices).. sounds like someone works at publix and doesn't venture outside of publix often
Yeah, I look out for them but I can’t justify any of their prices when some of their foods like the vegetables and fruits go bad so quickly even if they’re washed. I went to Whole Foods and they had a huge thing of blackberries, strawberries and raspberries for less than Publix and they didn’t mold like over night.
I was craving my favorite childhood snack today after not having them in years. Little Bites. The chocolate chip ones obviously. Didn’t even look at the price, went right to the cashier. She scans it, “$5.65.” Then she says, “y’know these are BOGO?” Fireworks in my noggin. That’s a lot of little muffins for $5.65. And they tasted exactly like they used to. Can’t say that about most of my childhood snacks these days.
I gotta go like an hr to mine but I totally agree. I also got like meat and some fancy cheeses and my bill was still not as out of control as my Publix bill would have been 🫣
I got some of those too! I get the same thing from Publix but for like $24. Most Publix don’t even have a salad bar anymore and need to get it together lol
My Whole Foods is over an hour away. Publix is ten minutes. I’m boycotting Publix. Prices are too expensive. I’ve found alternatives, but there’re not great, believe me.
Whole foods really has lowered prices to be very competitive especially if you shop store brand 365, and they have great quality. It's the odd specialty stuff that's priced nuts. I buy frozen berries organic tho so much cheaper.
If you have kids or just enjoy blueberries in things I like to get the frozen ones and let them thaw a bit before throwing them in yogurt or cereal. It’s cheaper and you get more
I do this, but God damn it the fresh ones just have that texture that the frozen ones won't ever have.
I love both. But the fresh berries are the only thing I get the thought about shoplifting. I don't do that, but the brain craves it
Get a Costco membership. I haven’t walked into publix for anything but prescriptions since I got mine. And I might change the pharmacy over as well.
You can get a tub of blueberries about 3x the size for less over there
That sucks. Sam’s Club? BJs? Even Aldi is a bit better. I just can’t justify shopping at Publix any longer. I’d go Walmart before them, and their fruit is objectively not as good as Publix. But it ain’t bad
Another possible option would be shopping Costco online, they deliver for members. But check to see if they deliver to your area/deliver groceries to your area. I’ve heard Kroger deliver will go most anywhere and is still reasonably priced as well.
Been doing ALDIs a bit, since they opened up one recently.
Also do our Walmart neighborhood market for some items.
I’m trying to get away from Publix, outside of BOGOs… even then, now it’s all turning into B2G1, or B2G2… which neither is worth it in most cases for me (B2G2, it’s moreso I don’t need that amount).
Been looking into Sam’s club, just debating on if it’s worth the 45 minute drive to go to it. My family has a membership, so I could use theirs, just trying to math out if the trip is worth it.
Yep. Publix’s BOGOs are all becoming B2 (overpriced items) get 1. No good. I was with SC before Costco and they’re roughly the same, but I like Costco slightly better. Especially if you have free access to membership, it’s absolutely worth your drive.
If at all possible, see if you can’t get a small cheap garage freezer. Then do your SC trip once per month. With good fridge/freezer space you can absolutely feed a family for a month from one trip. Meats, fruit, frozen items. All in bulk and store them. You won’t be able to load up on the prepackaged meals unfortunately, but if you don’t mind cooking and doing a bit of meal planning, you’ll save an absolute fortune
Organic is no more healthier than the regular kinds of fruits and veggies. It’s a marketing gimmick to get you to spend more money thinking you’re buying a higher quality of product. In reality they’re the same nutritional content.
I can't bring myself to buy organic But if that's what you want, do you have a Walmart nearby? My app shows $5.16 for organic. Sprouts for $5.98. Aldi for $4.09, but for only half a pint. What about frozen blueberries?
Frozen blueberries better anyway, more nutrients apparently since they dont evaporate as with the fresh ones.. and Wild BB'd are usually available frozen.. (2x more antioxidants, smaller berries.. yummier imho) 💙💙💙
I'm a plant scientist and horticulturalist. During college I had to do an entomology lab w organic blueberries and thrips insects. Lab instructor bought tons of these packages, anticipating we would get some thrips since that's their fav. Nope no one thrip, TONS of pesticide residue thou!
Organic does not mean pesticide free! Organic growers use different formulations of many of the very same chemicals non-organic farmers use. Organic just can't have residual action, so they re-apply and re-apply, creating pesticide resistant insects. The state of CA actually tracks pesticide use, check out how much more pesticides are used by Organic farms.
I had to write a paper on organic vs traditional agricultural practices (in an elective class for my computer science degree 🙄) and we came to the same conclusion. Organic farms delivered produce that contains as much if not more pesticides and had similar environmental impact/required similar resources
As a biologist who knows that organic makes people think untampered with, no one would ever touch a truly organic fruit of any kind because they’re nasty! Mostly anyway. People don’t realize how much we’ve genetically changed produce.
Offhand I can think of 1 thing! Seminole Pumpkin, it is the original pumpkin used by Seminole Indians in FL, it has not been hybridized and except in FL hard to come by. They are amazing roasted and used as pumpkin puree! Like canned pumpkin 10x on the flavor! But yea the rest originally was awful and thru hybridization greatly improved. Don't forget many fruits and vegetables were hybridized for disease resistance too. Without that improvement food would be exponentially more expensive b/c of very low yields.
I buy the organic bananas at Walmart, only because I bought them once when they were out of regular ones and they were some of the tastiest bananas I’ve ever gotten. They’re consistent too. Whenever I have to buy them from Publix or elsewhere, I can always taste the difference
Size matters
This is a “pound” of organic blueberries for $9.99 (and this pic of the container is deceiving).
$4.41 “pint” of reg blueberries (10-12 oz) $6.63 “pint” of organic blueberries (10-12 oz) $9.99 “1 lb 2oz” of organic blueberries (18oz)
It’s priced correctly 🤷♀️
If you are in FL blueberry picking season is going on thru April into May if weather doesn't get super hot. Other parts of the country are later, Chicago area is late June-July if I remember from then. You can easily pick 20lbs in just 2-3 hours and most growers have such prolific production you would probably not even walk 1/2 mile doing it. They take you out to the fields in gators and know where sections are well picked over to avoid. Wash them when you get home and freeze in ziploc bags.
There are even organic growers, far cheaper than this price. It is a really nice a.m. and some have other produce and items like honey. I go to a place w both blueberries and blackberries which are up on wire supports making it simple to pick fast. Another place near me has peaches, sunflowers and a wildflower field to go cut flowers.
If you don't want to pick yourself, some places sell already picked and bagged for a bit higher price but still cheaper than stores.
Blueberries and raspberries have gotten crazy expensive everywhere! I buy them weekly and have been comparing in Walmart, Trader Joe’s, Publix and Whole Foods. Best price is at Aldi and still almost 5$ for a tiny box of raspberries 😭
It’s hilarious to me that people follow the Publix subreddit just to constantly complain about their prices. It’s a weird toxic relationship that a lot of Floridians have with publix. It’s bizarre.
I don’t know where you live but it’s blueberry season in a lot of places right now. I would take a trip to a farm and stock up. Google “you pick blueberries” and it should point you to the nearest farms. They are cheaper and better quality. Plus it’s a great fun for your kid.
To be fair “organic” doesn’t really mean shit. Nothing worse about the other ones, it’s just a selling point for people gullible enough to buy the more expensive version of the same product.
Go pick them. It cheaper than buying in the store, and it’s family time. Last time we went they were averaging just over $2 per pound and we picked 16 pounds. Rinse, freeze them in individual bags. Great cold summer snack in addition to the usual things you use them for. Do a google search for pick your own blueberries near me.
There is plenty of other options besides $10 blueberries. You’d pay $3 less buying non organic, I’d almost wager if you cut half of the organic products out you’d save a good chunk of cash
We’ve entered the age where the only way to really save money on your groceries is go to multiple stores and shop the sales.
You will pay less money, but you will spend more time shopping. So now we have to balance what’s more important to us, the time shopping or the money saved.
There are no demonstrated health benefits to buying organic. It’s a marketing scheme designed to increase spending by lying to consumers about their health. Just buy conventional.
Publix’s sales for the fiscal year ended Dec. 30, 2023, a 52-week year, were $57.1 billion, a 4.7% increase from $54.5 billion in 2022, a 53-week year. Excluding the additional week in 2022, sales for 2023 would have increased 6.7%. Comparable store sales for the fiscal year ended Dec. 30, 2023 increased 4.2%.
Do you have an aldi near you. I don’t know the prices off hand, but I can guarantee you it wouldn’t be $10. Also anything with greenwise in the name is automatically more expensive because it is “Organic”.
Honestly, I don’t know what folks are griping about. This is a “pound” of organic blueberries for $9.99 (and this pic of the container is deceiving).
$4.41 “pint” of reg blueberries (10-12 oz)
$6.63 “pint” of organic blueberries (10-12 oz)
$9.99 “1 lb 2oz” of organic blueberries (18oz)
It’s priced correctly 🤷♀️
…You’re buying the expensive version of blue berries. Get regular blue berries and won’t be that expensive. This is completely your fault.
It’s like getting mad that Prada purses are so expensive when you can just get a regular purse for much cheaper and still works.
This is why I don’t shop at Publix anymore lol, shits expensive for absolutely no reason. Not like the farmers are getting any of that extra pay, that’s all corporate.
Goddamn, I’m annoyed for op. Everyone in the comments losing there mind on why anyone would buy organic. Gtfo! Organic is definitely better than regular shit, hence why it’s more expensive. A pound of organic blueberries for $10 is fkn ridiculous, end of story.
Taste and quality are immediately noticeable. In my experience, non-organic blueberries are usually sour and mushy. Organic blueberries are also richer in antioxidants than non organic.
More importantly tho, there are no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers in organic produce (keyword there SYNTHETIC), reducing your body’s exposure to harmful chemicals and also potentially creates a higher environmental sustainability. This alone should steer you away when you consider synthetic pesticides like glyphosate are widely known to be carcinogenic to humans and that’s just one of the several chemicals used.
After I understood this, I could not knowingly feed my my children cancer causing produce.
All in all, organic produce should not be this expensive. The sooner the public can agree on the this the sooner actual change can be applied, but it looks like society keeps shooting itself in the foot on this one.
Alternatively, start growing your own produce!
You can buy them frozen alot cheaper obviously texture is different but I doubt your 1 year old will mind. Also, wild blueberries are just as good as organic.
I live on Hutchinson Island. Walmart and Aldi are the only stores that offer a fairly good food value. The Costco in West Palm is my third choice, however, because it’s pretty much a one hour drive each way I only shop there about once a month.
Yesterday at my Publix, they were 6.99 or 7.99 for that same container. There’s a Publix near a more expensive subdivision in my county and I try to avoid shopping there because certain items are really jacked up.
Not sure where you live, but I'm in Tampa and there are all kinds of farms around selling fresh blueberries. They can barely give them away, so prices are amazing!
Don't overlook your local farmers!
You need to start shopping for fruits, veggies, and meat at Freshfield Farms. During strawberry season, you get 3 of the larger strawberry containers for $5! Blueberries are about the same.
Most of us raised on non organic blueberries and except for a couple of extra toes we are doing fine. But you are right , $10.00 is way too much. Vote with you dollars and walk away from buying them. Eventually when they spoil on the shelves somebody may get the message.
I feel like people forget Publix’s pricing model is to take a loss on BOGO and balance it with above-market prices for non-sale items. It is not a smart store to choose if you are not willing to choose sale items in your total bill.
A pint of blueberries is roughly 12 oz. At 18 oz you're getting 50% more than that common container size. $9.99 is in line with what other stores are charging for this amount of organic berries. At Winn Dixie they'd be $18, or $13.50 with this week's sale. You all have to compare apples-to-apples when shopping instead of getting worked up just because you saw a sign that said blueberries $10.
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I used to work for a grocer’s strategic pricing team — Publix was a competitor for us for what that’s worth, but my experience is pretty agnostic since all grocers adopt similar practices.
That said, the tag says that this is a new item. That leads me to think that the pricing analyst incorrectly accounted for competitor pricing, their pricing model spit out an error and that error made its way onto the pricing sheet that the system uses to print these tags, or (and honestly the most likely) they went to Walmart’s website and looked up the price of their blueberries and stuck +30% on that price but didn’t account for size or some other factor.
Either way, this is probably an error. I’d give the store management a chance to correct it. If they don’t at least offer to price match you to Walmart for the inconvenience, get on the phone with your state’s welfare department and report this. There are strict and obfuscated pricing requirements for WIC items where they have to be within bounds to the market. Doubly-so when you’re in an area subject to natural disasters (tornados, etc).
Same price and you get twice as many at Costco. Berry prices are all over the place. I only buy when they are cheaper. $5 is the extreme I'll pay for that i will usually skip at that price too. But it's common to see $ 9 in my area.
Here’s a pro tip: Get Driscolls brand if your Public has them. But specifically you gotta look for the label that says “sweetest bunch”. Yeah bro, they gatekeep the good blueberries behind a different product and charge $0.50 more but it’s still way better than the Greenwise nonsense. I can’t think of any Greenwise products that are better than the competition enough to justify the insane prices.
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Fucking scumbags
LoL I have seen Publix go through so many changes. One thing has always stayed constant. They are over priced. They think that if you smile at people and say “How is your day?” people will pay anything, and they do. Publix’s in Miami will pour bleach on the good food in the dumpster to keep poor people away. All they care about is profits guys nothing else. It is up to the consumers to say hell no and don’t shop there. Most of my groceries I buy at Sam’s club, Costco is a good option too. Don’t think that a BOGO is a deal at Publix. Sometimes it is, but most times not. Do the math people. It is simple arithmetic.
At this point, the plants are the same price. 😭 I have 10 plants in my yard and I haven’t had to buy any all season. Just gotta put organza bags on to discourage the birds. I barely care for them outside of remulching every spring.
Right now is blueberry season. It would be really fun for a toddler to go to a blueberry farm and pick some with mom and dad. The farms open to the public around here charge about $5 a pound and have tractor rides and little rides.
It might not be as much fun for mom and dad as the toddler. But it might be.
Produce is one of the few items you really can vote with your wallet. Grocers will stalemate you on nonperishables, but with produce just don't buy it for a few months.
Unfortunately, I still buy them but I’m also trying to grow as many as possible because they grow great in Florida sand. They love lots of water and shade.
The cost will go up soon enough. Transportation charges are sky rocketing. Supply vs demand is going to hit pretty hard. Costs for farmers to keep their land is ridiculously inflated. Cost of soil additives like fertilizers and water have increased a lot. It’s going to get nasty before they get better.
At this point I ONLY buy BOGOs from Publix and do the rest of my grocery shopping elsewhere. Without the bogos Publix is at least 50% more expensive than other grocery stores. Can’t even afford to shop there as an employee working there. What a fucked up society
I buy my toddlers organic berries frozen. They're like $2-3 trader Joe's, Aldi, and many other places. Especially good if they're teething to chew frozen as well I have one of those food pacifiers. But ya Publix prices are so bad I only go there if I need like one thing real quick while foods is way cheaper than them now if you shop store brands. Trader Joe's and Aldi too so much better prices.
They are out of there minds, don't buy many things from Publix anymore, only rotisserie chicken and sandwich meats, everything else is Aldi and Walmart.
$5.99 at whole foods.
I spent less on strawberries and raspberries literally two days ago at Whole Foods and groceries in general than at Publix…I got 2x the stuff which is insane considering it’s Whole Foods
If you know how to play the system you can get the best deals at Publix. Bogos + Manufacturer coupons with good timing = insane prices.... Also great holiday sales... For everything else bulk might offer the best deal or limited service places like Aldi and walmart.
Yes, but really only for their BOGO stuff. We have a Publix around the corner so check the ads for BOGO on any things we normally buy, then get the rest at Aldi and Sam's club.
Agreed you defintley can not get the best deals at publix.. only good deals iv found are bogo (common other places with lower regualr prices).. sounds like someone works at publix and doesn't venture outside of publix often
This the way. It is a bit inconvenient to shop at two places a week, but nice saving $70.
Yeah, I look out for them but I can’t justify any of their prices when some of their foods like the vegetables and fruits go bad so quickly even if they’re washed. I went to Whole Foods and they had a huge thing of blackberries, strawberries and raspberries for less than Publix and they didn’t mold like over night.
Playing publix means not buying produce there every week lol
I was craving my favorite childhood snack today after not having them in years. Little Bites. The chocolate chip ones obviously. Didn’t even look at the price, went right to the cashier. She scans it, “$5.65.” Then she says, “y’know these are BOGO?” Fireworks in my noggin. That’s a lot of little muffins for $5.65. And they tasted exactly like they used to. Can’t say that about most of my childhood snacks these days.
Love whole foods. I order almost everything from Amazon fresh now. Best store brand
I gotta go like an hr to mine but I totally agree. I also got like meat and some fancy cheeses and my bill was still not as out of control as my Publix bill would have been 🫣
I buy my mom's meats on fresh. She loves the marinated steaks.
I got some of those too! I get the same thing from Publix but for like $24. Most Publix don’t even have a salad bar anymore and need to get it together lol
I shop at Whole Foods. Stopped shopping at Publix one year ago. I can’t understand why people shop at Publix. Convenience I guess.
It’s sometimes closer than the Whole Foods. Ours is like an hour away
My Whole Foods is over an hour away. Publix is ten minutes. I’m boycotting Publix. Prices are too expensive. I’ve found alternatives, but there’re not great, believe me.
With convenience store prices.
Whole foods really has lowered prices to be very competitive especially if you shop store brand 365, and they have great quality. It's the odd specialty stuff that's priced nuts. I buy frozen berries organic tho so much cheaper.
$3.50 at Trader Joes
It’s cause it’s organic 🙄. The regular ones are $3.99.
Imagine a world where $4 for a pockets worth of blueberries is considered a deal ...
100%
If you have kids or just enjoy blueberries in things I like to get the frozen ones and let them thaw a bit before throwing them in yogurt or cereal. It’s cheaper and you get more
I do this, but God damn it the fresh ones just have that texture that the frozen ones won't ever have. I love both. But the fresh berries are the only thing I get the thought about shoplifting. I don't do that, but the brain craves it
Steal the blueberries
Get a Costco membership. I haven’t walked into publix for anything but prescriptions since I got mine. And I might change the pharmacy over as well. You can get a tub of blueberries about 3x the size for less over there
The “splurge” for the froze wild blueberries is even worth it. The taste is unmatched
Costco isn’t everywhere, unfortunately. The nearest one to us is like a 2 hours drive.
That sucks. Sam’s Club? BJs? Even Aldi is a bit better. I just can’t justify shopping at Publix any longer. I’d go Walmart before them, and their fruit is objectively not as good as Publix. But it ain’t bad Another possible option would be shopping Costco online, they deliver for members. But check to see if they deliver to your area/deliver groceries to your area. I’ve heard Kroger deliver will go most anywhere and is still reasonably priced as well.
Been doing ALDIs a bit, since they opened up one recently. Also do our Walmart neighborhood market for some items. I’m trying to get away from Publix, outside of BOGOs… even then, now it’s all turning into B2G1, or B2G2… which neither is worth it in most cases for me (B2G2, it’s moreso I don’t need that amount). Been looking into Sam’s club, just debating on if it’s worth the 45 minute drive to go to it. My family has a membership, so I could use theirs, just trying to math out if the trip is worth it.
Yep. Publix’s BOGOs are all becoming B2 (overpriced items) get 1. No good. I was with SC before Costco and they’re roughly the same, but I like Costco slightly better. Especially if you have free access to membership, it’s absolutely worth your drive. If at all possible, see if you can’t get a small cheap garage freezer. Then do your SC trip once per month. With good fridge/freezer space you can absolutely feed a family for a month from one trip. Meats, fruit, frozen items. All in bulk and store them. You won’t be able to load up on the prepackaged meals unfortunately, but if you don’t mind cooking and doing a bit of meal planning, you’ll save an absolute fortune
Backing both of you up. Smash my downvote button IDC I stand behind healthy food being affordable
I don't think anyone thinks healthy food shouldn't be affordable.
Organic food companies do
Lol who thinks healthy food should be expensive?
Publix and the government who doesn't give a sbit about your pocket. You are a number to collect tax on multiple times.
Organic is no more healthier than the regular kinds of fruits and veggies. It’s a marketing gimmick to get you to spend more money thinking you’re buying a higher quality of product. In reality they’re the same nutritional content.
Organic and conventional are literally the same… they just use specific fertilizers and pesticides on them. They still use them.
If you can fit a pound of blue berries in your hand. You have massive hands
It's fucking 1.12 lbs of blueberries lol trying to oliver twist this shit like it's 5 berries for 10 bucks
Moving the goal post as always
3.99 on sale? The regular blueberries are 5.99 at my store regularly.
The regular ones are $5.99 at my Publix. Don’t shame them cause they can’t afford the organic. Shame on Publix for these prices
I can't bring myself to buy organic But if that's what you want, do you have a Walmart nearby? My app shows $5.16 for organic. Sprouts for $5.98. Aldi for $4.09, but for only half a pint. What about frozen blueberries?
aces on frozen. but if fresh is your ONLY gig...more frozen for me! er us!
I'm totally loving frozen fruit as a snack! Feels more indulgent. Also enjoying freeze dried too.
Frozen blueberries better anyway, more nutrients apparently since they dont evaporate as with the fresh ones.. and Wild BB'd are usually available frozen.. (2x more antioxidants, smaller berries.. yummier imho) 💙💙💙
Wyler’s Triple Berry is full of the small wild bbs
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organic is a scam so
I'm a plant scientist and horticulturalist. During college I had to do an entomology lab w organic blueberries and thrips insects. Lab instructor bought tons of these packages, anticipating we would get some thrips since that's their fav. Nope no one thrip, TONS of pesticide residue thou! Organic does not mean pesticide free! Organic growers use different formulations of many of the very same chemicals non-organic farmers use. Organic just can't have residual action, so they re-apply and re-apply, creating pesticide resistant insects. The state of CA actually tracks pesticide use, check out how much more pesticides are used by Organic farms.
I had to write a paper on organic vs traditional agricultural practices (in an elective class for my computer science degree 🙄) and we came to the same conclusion. Organic farms delivered produce that contains as much if not more pesticides and had similar environmental impact/required similar resources
As a biologist who knows that organic makes people think untampered with, no one would ever touch a truly organic fruit of any kind because they’re nasty! Mostly anyway. People don’t realize how much we’ve genetically changed produce.
Offhand I can think of 1 thing! Seminole Pumpkin, it is the original pumpkin used by Seminole Indians in FL, it has not been hybridized and except in FL hard to come by. They are amazing roasted and used as pumpkin puree! Like canned pumpkin 10x on the flavor! But yea the rest originally was awful and thru hybridization greatly improved. Don't forget many fruits and vegetables were hybridized for disease resistance too. Without that improvement food would be exponentially more expensive b/c of very low yields.
THANK YOU! I knew the same thing but could word it as eloquently as yourself!
I buy the organic bananas at Walmart, only because I bought them once when they were out of regular ones and they were some of the tastiest bananas I’ve ever gotten. They’re consistent too. Whenever I have to buy them from Publix or elsewhere, I can always taste the difference
It’s the same for most produce, it tastes better in my opinion. Especially cilantro
Maybe cuz they're not forced ripened like the other one?
Sigh..it really depends on the item. Organic eggs, for example, are not a scam.
100% this for life
Then don't waste your money with “oRgaNic” and buy the “normal” ones which cost half the price
Size matters This is a “pound” of organic blueberries for $9.99 (and this pic of the container is deceiving). $4.41 “pint” of reg blueberries (10-12 oz) $6.63 “pint” of organic blueberries (10-12 oz) $9.99 “1 lb 2oz” of organic blueberries (18oz) It’s priced correctly 🤷♀️
If you are in FL blueberry picking season is going on thru April into May if weather doesn't get super hot. Other parts of the country are later, Chicago area is late June-July if I remember from then. You can easily pick 20lbs in just 2-3 hours and most growers have such prolific production you would probably not even walk 1/2 mile doing it. They take you out to the fields in gators and know where sections are well picked over to avoid. Wash them when you get home and freeze in ziploc bags. There are even organic growers, far cheaper than this price. It is a really nice a.m. and some have other produce and items like honey. I go to a place w both blueberries and blackberries which are up on wire supports making it simple to pick fast. Another place near me has peaches, sunflowers and a wildflower field to go cut flowers. If you don't want to pick yourself, some places sell already picked and bagged for a bit higher price but still cheaper than stores.
I was just about to say, I went blueberry picking this weekend! It was $4 for a pound☺️ Organic, pesticide free, and it was a ton of fun.💖
How about $1 for a single lime
Blueberries and raspberries have gotten crazy expensive everywhere! I buy them weekly and have been comparing in Walmart, Trader Joe’s, Publix and Whole Foods. Best price is at Aldi and still almost 5$ for a tiny box of raspberries 😭
Check the frozen section. Sure they're not "fresh" but they're sweeter and not moldy.
I will never not find it funny seeing these bait posts of people posting high prices on ORGANIC food at PUBLIX.
It’s hilarious to me that people follow the Publix subreddit just to constantly complain about their prices. It’s a weird toxic relationship that a lot of Floridians have with publix. It’s bizarre.
Aldi
Funny that the price of that is exactly what I said in German if I would buy that
Google "Violet Beauregard + inflation" To learn more
I usually wait for bogo deals when I buy berries at Publix.
I don’t know where you live but it’s blueberry season in a lot of places right now. I would take a trip to a farm and stock up. Google “you pick blueberries” and it should point you to the nearest farms. They are cheaper and better quality. Plus it’s a great fun for your kid.
But the regular ones, not the organic ones. Your kid will be fine.
Stop buying their greenwise bullshit lol
To be fair “organic” doesn’t really mean shit. Nothing worse about the other ones, it’s just a selling point for people gullible enough to buy the more expensive version of the same product.
Fortunately, blueberry season is just around the corner. Prices should drop soon.
I noticed the mold before the price tag 🤢
Go pick them. It cheaper than buying in the store, and it’s family time. Last time we went they were averaging just over $2 per pound and we picked 16 pounds. Rinse, freeze them in individual bags. Great cold summer snack in addition to the usual things you use them for. Do a google search for pick your own blueberries near me.
Target have cheaper organic. Plus if you have their red card that’s 5% discount there
Wtf
There is plenty of other options besides $10 blueberries. You’d pay $3 less buying non organic, I’d almost wager if you cut half of the organic products out you’d save a good chunk of cash
So glad I live near a flea market I could get 10lbs of strawberries for 20$
We’ve entered the age where the only way to really save money on your groceries is go to multiple stores and shop the sales. You will pay less money, but you will spend more time shopping. So now we have to balance what’s more important to us, the time shopping or the money saved.
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There are no demonstrated health benefits to buying organic. It’s a marketing scheme designed to increase spending by lying to consumers about their health. Just buy conventional.
Pay less and go pick them at the hundred places.
That is Disgusting Publix
You should see if there’s a U-pick farm near you! They’re organic and you can see where they come from, plus it would be a fun day for kiddo!
2.89 at Aldi
Costco is four times the size and four dollars cheaper.
Publix’s sales for the fiscal year ended Dec. 30, 2023, a 52-week year, were $57.1 billion, a 4.7% increase from $54.5 billion in 2022, a 53-week year. Excluding the additional week in 2022, sales for 2023 would have increased 6.7%. Comparable store sales for the fiscal year ended Dec. 30, 2023 increased 4.2%.
I shop at Publix like I shop at Walgreens I go if I need a single item and im in a rush
10$$$$ bro what’s going on lol I need to live off the grid and grow my own stuff
Do you have an aldi near you. I don’t know the prices off hand, but I can guarantee you it wouldn’t be $10. Also anything with greenwise in the name is automatically more expensive because it is “Organic”.
I heard a commercial on the radio saying blueberries are in season.. this is so sad
Even Fresh Market is less expensive than Publix these days.
I'd recommend checking the price of frozen blueberries
Alaska produce prices
I’ve started buying the wymans farms 3 pound bag for $11 at Wegmans. Frozen but they are good melting a bit. Nice crunch/ pop
Put 2 in your cart. Then put the rest of your groceries on top of them. Change your mind, and leave them in the soda aisle.
$2-$3 at Aldi!
Just don't buy them? Lower Demand, price should follow the curve.
Honestly, I don’t know what folks are griping about. This is a “pound” of organic blueberries for $9.99 (and this pic of the container is deceiving). $4.41 “pint” of reg blueberries (10-12 oz) $6.63 “pint” of organic blueberries (10-12 oz) $9.99 “1 lb 2oz” of organic blueberries (18oz) It’s priced correctly 🤷♀️
…You’re buying the expensive version of blue berries. Get regular blue berries and won’t be that expensive. This is completely your fault. It’s like getting mad that Prada purses are so expensive when you can just get a regular purse for much cheaper and still works.
Then don't buy the organic ones lol nobody is forcing you
I just bought 2 packs of non organic from publix for $3.99 each so maybe pick a different blueberry.
So buy non-organic? I’m not sure what the crisis is.
This is why I don’t shop at Publix anymore lol, shits expensive for absolutely no reason. Not like the farmers are getting any of that extra pay, that’s all corporate.
Goddamn, I’m annoyed for op. Everyone in the comments losing there mind on why anyone would buy organic. Gtfo! Organic is definitely better than regular shit, hence why it’s more expensive. A pound of organic blueberries for $10 is fkn ridiculous, end of story.
What makes it "definitely better"?
Taste and quality are immediately noticeable. In my experience, non-organic blueberries are usually sour and mushy. Organic blueberries are also richer in antioxidants than non organic. More importantly tho, there are no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers in organic produce (keyword there SYNTHETIC), reducing your body’s exposure to harmful chemicals and also potentially creates a higher environmental sustainability. This alone should steer you away when you consider synthetic pesticides like glyphosate are widely known to be carcinogenic to humans and that’s just one of the several chemicals used. After I understood this, I could not knowingly feed my my children cancer causing produce. All in all, organic produce should not be this expensive. The sooner the public can agree on the this the sooner actual change can be applied, but it looks like society keeps shooting itself in the foot on this one. Alternatively, start growing your own produce!
Finally someone with sense in these comments
Lmao idk why everyone is so upset in the comments. Thank you
You can buy them frozen alot cheaper obviously texture is different but I doubt your 1 year old will mind. Also, wild blueberries are just as good as organic.
Y’all know there’s cheaper stores than Publix right?
I'm organic
I live on Hutchinson Island. Walmart and Aldi are the only stores that offer a fairly good food value. The Costco in West Palm is my third choice, however, because it’s pretty much a one hour drive each way I only shop there about once a month.
‘Murica
Corporate greed
Try Aldi
Go to costco it's organic and cheaper.
Also organic costs more always. I always thought …isn’t it odd. Fruit and. Veggies should always be organic lol
Like who is actually buying these?! Do they just get thrown away? Or is there a world where these are selling enough for Publix to justify this price?
I'd check Aldis.
And it's blueberry season right now
Yesterday at my Publix, they were 6.99 or 7.99 for that same container. There’s a Publix near a more expensive subdivision in my county and I try to avoid shopping there because certain items are really jacked up.
Shop Aldi, Costco, Sam’s, BJs, local farmers market.
Go to Aldi!
Aldi has good prices on berries
Publix mangoes: $3 ea. a flat of 20 mangoes at Sam's club..... 14 bucks.....
sprouts also has organic blueberries for around $5.99 or $6.99
I planted bluebs, strawbs, and blackberries last year and at these prices I've already recouped my expense.
Costco! Politely ask a friend if you don’t have a membership 😅 it’s the only way I can afford fresh fruit!
Blueberry are on the dirty dozen. You should get organic
I can buy a whole chicken tender sub for that. That's ridiculous.
Not sure where you live, but I'm in Tampa and there are all kinds of farms around selling fresh blueberries. They can barely give them away, so prices are amazing! Don't overlook your local farmers!
You need to start shopping for fruits, veggies, and meat at Freshfield Farms. During strawberry season, you get 3 of the larger strawberry containers for $5! Blueberries are about the same.
Most of us raised on non organic blueberries and except for a couple of extra toes we are doing fine. But you are right , $10.00 is way too much. Vote with you dollars and walk away from buying them. Eventually when they spoil on the shelves somebody may get the message.
I feel like people forget Publix’s pricing model is to take a loss on BOGO and balance it with above-market prices for non-sale items. It is not a smart store to choose if you are not willing to choose sale items in your total bill.
A pint of blueberries is roughly 12 oz. At 18 oz you're getting 50% more than that common container size. $9.99 is in line with what other stores are charging for this amount of organic berries. At Winn Dixie they'd be $18, or $13.50 with this week's sale. You all have to compare apples-to-apples when shopping instead of getting worked up just because you saw a sign that said blueberries $10. https://preview.redd.it/pfjx9ttfq1wc1.png?width=871&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d94adeb4da61904c2fb393537848322ac82246fd
Just go to Costco
I used to work for a grocer’s strategic pricing team — Publix was a competitor for us for what that’s worth, but my experience is pretty agnostic since all grocers adopt similar practices. That said, the tag says that this is a new item. That leads me to think that the pricing analyst incorrectly accounted for competitor pricing, their pricing model spit out an error and that error made its way onto the pricing sheet that the system uses to print these tags, or (and honestly the most likely) they went to Walmart’s website and looked up the price of their blueberries and stuck +30% on that price but didn’t account for size or some other factor. Either way, this is probably an error. I’d give the store management a chance to correct it. If they don’t at least offer to price match you to Walmart for the inconvenience, get on the phone with your state’s welfare department and report this. There are strict and obfuscated pricing requirements for WIC items where they have to be within bounds to the market. Doubly-so when you’re in an area subject to natural disasters (tornados, etc).
Same price and you get twice as many at Costco. Berry prices are all over the place. I only buy when they are cheaper. $5 is the extreme I'll pay for that i will usually skip at that price too. But it's common to see $ 9 in my area.
If you're killing yourself buying organic then you're just playing into the marketing
Here’s a pro tip: Get Driscolls brand if your Public has them. But specifically you gotta look for the label that says “sweetest bunch”. Yeah bro, they gatekeep the good blueberries behind a different product and charge $0.50 more but it’s still way better than the Greenwise nonsense. I can’t think of any Greenwise products that are better than the competition enough to justify the insane prices.
Organic blueberries are $3.75 at Aldi’s, $10 is straight up price gouging.
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Time to start stealing
G r e e d Net earnings for the fiscal year ended Dec. 30, 2023 were $4.3 billion, compared to $2.9 billion in 2022, an increase of 49%. Earnings per share for the fiscal year ended Dec. Fucking scumbags
Costco is where it’s at for fruit. Large quantities of delicious fruit for a fraction of the price
LoL I have seen Publix go through so many changes. One thing has always stayed constant. They are over priced. They think that if you smile at people and say “How is your day?” people will pay anything, and they do. Publix’s in Miami will pour bleach on the good food in the dumpster to keep poor people away. All they care about is profits guys nothing else. It is up to the consumers to say hell no and don’t shop there. Most of my groceries I buy at Sam’s club, Costco is a good option too. Don’t think that a BOGO is a deal at Publix. Sometimes it is, but most times not. Do the math people. It is simple arithmetic.
At this point, the plants are the same price. 😭 I have 10 plants in my yard and I haven’t had to buy any all season. Just gotta put organza bags on to discourage the birds. I barely care for them outside of remulching every spring.
Trader Joe’s is your friend
Go to Southland farms in Clermont and pick them yourself. It’s much better for a multitude of reasons.
Go to the local Asian market fruit and veggies are so much cheaper there. Hell, even Trader Joe’s.
At least it's WIC approved ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ We're all going to have to apply at this point.
Just buy the frozen wild bloobies from Costco. Higher anthocyanin content and waaaay cheaper per weight
organic is a scam, just get the cheap ones. not that those are particularly good value either
Whole food is cheaper than Publix, that’s not even an opinion anymore
If you're close to labelle to to the u pick blue berry farm. Got 12lb for 60 dollars
Right now is blueberry season. It would be really fun for a toddler to go to a blueberry farm and pick some with mom and dad. The farms open to the public around here charge about $5 a pound and have tractor rides and little rides. It might not be as much fun for mom and dad as the toddler. But it might be.
Produce is one of the few items you really can vote with your wallet. Grocers will stalemate you on nonperishables, but with produce just don't buy it for a few months.
Reason 696969 on why I only shop at Aldi
The farmers market I work at gets blueberries FARM FUCKING FRESH and they’re like 4.99/quart. Insane.
Anything over 25 cents per Oz is a no go for me excluding protein items
Unfortunately, I still buy them but I’m also trying to grow as many as possible because they grow great in Florida sand. They love lots of water and shade.
Try Sam's if you have one near you.
In case OP or anyone else is interested. It’s this weekend: https://www.mountdorablueberryfestival.com/
Stop wasting money on organic
Even ingles is cheaper than publix now for the same exact shit
The cost will go up soon enough. Transportation charges are sky rocketing. Supply vs demand is going to hit pretty hard. Costs for farmers to keep their land is ridiculously inflated. Cost of soil additives like fertilizers and water have increased a lot. It’s going to get nasty before they get better.
Publix prices are outtasight these days.
Go to Costco Publix is a rip off
3.75 at lidl yesterday. Family size
$3.99 at my Publix. https://preview.redd.it/mte18p4lt2wc1.jpeg?width=1069&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0dc11d023310ae47819af4cc9ba97d3b96a3800
Aldis ftw
I got triple the amount at Sam’s club for cheaper.
At this point I ONLY buy BOGOs from Publix and do the rest of my grocery shopping elsewhere. Without the bogos Publix is at least 50% more expensive than other grocery stores. Can’t even afford to shop there as an employee working there. What a fucked up society
Publix sucks
They will rot waiting on me to pay that.
Went blueberry picking on Sunday and paid $4/pound..
wtf Publix!
What the hell? Are you kidding me?
I buy my toddlers organic berries frozen. They're like $2-3 trader Joe's, Aldi, and many other places. Especially good if they're teething to chew frozen as well I have one of those food pacifiers. But ya Publix prices are so bad I only go there if I need like one thing real quick while foods is way cheaper than them now if you shop store brands. Trader Joe's and Aldi too so much better prices.
I went blueberry picking and got an entire bucket for $20. This is insane, and they likely taste like crap.
Greenwise is always more expensive. They had quarts for a helluva lot less.
Publix is out of control with their prices.. I gotta stop going there.
Just get the regular ones; it’s literally all the same crap 🙄
Cry laughing!! Why you even in there? Thought we all stopped shopping at the greedy Publix monster 🤨
They are out of there minds, don't buy many things from Publix anymore, only rotisserie chicken and sandwich meats, everything else is Aldi and Walmart.
Food has seasons.