I noticed when my sister Susan and I came down to Stuart, Florida this past summer after renting our condo out for 15 years that groceries were more expensive here. The go-to grocery store in Stuart has always been Publix, and that's where we did our shopping. Back in Denver, it is King Soopers, which is part of Kroger, a national chain. Publix, on the other hand, is more of a regional operation. Which means more buying power and a lot more store brands for Kroger, which probably explains the higher prices. But I am having to revise my opinion after buying a 11.6-pound Thanksgiving turkey yesterday from Publix for $5.68. Yes! That is not a typo. It cost $5.68. I have never in my life paid that little for a turkey. I am not sure how to explain it. Of course, it is frozen and still wrapped in plastic, waiting to be defrosted before the holiday, and so I suppose it could turn out to be a roadkill, still covered in feathers. That would be sad, since I would have to make Susan pull out all those feathers, which would make her very surly, but that would still not change the fact that it is a tremendous bargain. Good going Publix!
Even if Publix is more expensive than Kroger, I still have a warm feeling for the store. Every time I would come down to Stuart to visit my mother Mary, we would head to Publix every day for one thing or another. Mostly it would be to the downtown Publix, located just a mile away, where I took the photograph on the right of my mother back in 2007. We would run into her neighbors there, and she would talk with employees who had been working there for years. And at Christmas, Publix would have, and probably still has, heartwarming ads wishing everyone Happy Holidays, such as the one with the doves, which you can see by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1foZ_szc3hI. After watching that commercial, how can you not love Publix, even if it is owned by a big Trump supporter and donor.
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