This Publix will not relieve the crowding at Colony Publix. It's too far away and too small.

I think you may be correct about that - hope not. Time will tell.

Have been to the new Publix and today we went back to Colony. It was noticeably less crowded than before the new Publix opened!! As further evidence of that, I noted 6 open handicapped parking spaces is the same area. I have never seen that, ever, in, or out, of season. I asked one of the employees, and she indicated that they believed that the traffic at Colony had been reduced since the new store opened.

I am glad that so many people like the new Publix and hope they keep going there!!

Is the new Publix still selling Boars Head Hot Dogs and a Soda for a dollar? or was that just a promo when they opened

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This is not about the grocery store!! I am from Virginia too, and we are truly a southern state. Remind your relatives where the Mason-Dixon Line is and yes, Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy. We drink sweet tea and say y'all just like they do!!!

This new Publix is a home run!! Colony is always a zoo and customers and employees rude! Now all this place needs is a Home Goods!

We have been to both. Will probably stick with Colony for the most part.

That is one of the first posts i've read that employees at colony publix are rude. I work there and don't really see that. Anyway sales figures for the first week open for new store $395,000. First week publix open in colony was $298,000. Publix in colony sales for last week were $1,000,000 compared to 1.4 and 1.2 the previous weeks. It has made some difference as far as how crowded it seems.

I cannot believe that any Publix employee has ever been rude to a customer. In my experience they go out of their way to be helpful even if you interrupt their work, and always with a smile.

I shop at Aldi's on 441. I was there yesterday. It was busy and sometimes the carts are in others way and you have to wait. The thing is that the people who shop in Aldi's never seem to care. Shopping I think is less stressful when you only have 3,000 items in a store compared to 35,000 items. I heard many people complain about rude behavior in other stores many times before. Check-out is fast because there is no bagging. I like bagging my own so I can group like items for the frig, freezer or cabinet. I save more time unpacking then the extra time I take bagging.

I hope s new Aldi's comes to the Brownwood side of town.

I have found after over 4 years of shopping there several times a week that the emloyees are always very nice and never rude.

And many of them are our neighbors!

I think we have a better chance of getting a traders joes than a new aldis. Aldis owns trader joes and they currently have no plans to build anywhere around here. They just opened one in orlando and had to traffic cop because parking lots were jammed.

I agree wholeheartedly. We've never encountered a rude Publix employee either at Colony or Southern Trace. You would think with the law of averages, over 10 years that you would encounter at least one who might be having a bad day.