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Originally Posted by sandybill2
Me too Me too-----Moved last year from Va--let my Sam's club card expire as Ocala was just too far to go. LOVE EVERYTHING THERE----from Produce, meats, etc. Since Albertson's closed, haven't been able to afford much in the way of meat or seafood. Really upset us when Publix bought the Albertson's =still think they were just buying out the competition. Hopefully the prices will be as good as I remember. |
I'm a huge Sam's Club fan. In California, Sam's and Costco were within 5 miles of each other. I chose the Sam's Club membership. I can't wait for it to open here.
Now, in defense of Publix, Albertson's went bankrupt several years ago. In California, Safeway bought Albertson's and closed about 20% of the stores. The rest they reopened as Safeway. This was 3-5 years ago. Publix bought many of the Albertson's stores in Florida. From what I understand, they negotiated to only buy the stores they were going to refurbish rather than being forced to buy all the Albertson's the way Safeway did. So, at least this time Publix did not buy Albertson's to buy out the competition. The competition was going to leave regardless.