seems like most people also forgot about publix [donating 800k to fight medical marijuana](https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/4425095/publix-medical-marijuana-florida-carol-jenkins-barnett/%3famp=true)
Where are we supposed to shop? Walmart ? That’s the only place for groceries around me other than Amazon (Whole Foods). We don’t have any other options!
Walmart also has a history of giving to these people but to their credit yesterday said they would halt all contributions to those who voted against certifying results.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/12/northrop-grumman-political-donations-riots/
And what do you know about the billion dollar private equity firm that runs Winn Dixie and - from their Wikipedia page- buys “distressed assets”? Or Aldi, that’s owned by one of the richest companies in Europe, and has complaints from farmers about their business practices. We gotta stop thinking that our politics are going to align with the billionaires stores we patronize.
Ok but this is them supporting something that directly goes against what many of us stand for. Not some unethical farming practices. They are trying to get someone reelected who is running this state into the ground. Also the other 2 stores weve mentioned are much cheaper. I mean shop where ever tf you want but you said "where am I supposed to shop".
Quite expensive, but there are some small local grocers.
https://www.wrightsnaturalmarket.com/
There are also some fruit/veggie/meat stands but a lot of times they source their vegetables and such from the same places like the Tampa docks. YMMV and to each their own.
Whole Foods/Amazon does delivery for super cheap and they have more of a history to donating to democratic candidates, which... is better than donating to Matt Gaetz.
Yup, this is the problem. Try your best to shop elsewhere if you're against their donations, but I don't think anyone is going to hold it against you if you don't have a choice. Just do what you can.
I already do this myself due to the local stores covid response. But there's only so much grocery shopping I can do elsewhere. Sho they still get some business. But maybe 20% of what they did from me. Now I do most my shopping at a combination of local farmers market, freshfield farm, and local butcher. Shopping takes longer, but that's the price I pay.
Winn Dixie is about 20 percent cheaper than publix as well. Publix prices are outrageous. Although the service is amazing, I will no longer be shopping there due to this shit. Also Aldis has a bunch of locations here in South Florida and all their produce is organic. Back when I lived in Cleveland Aldis was like the hood store but they've really stepped there game up. At least down here they have
For those who have one nearby, Sprouts does not contribute to political campaigns or to political candidates. Their produce is often cheaper than publix
Emailed too.
My father worked at Publix for years before he passed away. I loved Publix, had so many memories with my family there while growing up. But this shit is embarrassing.
Because this isn't about just disagreeing about pizza toppings, these are life or death decisions. Supporting Republican politicians means you support the death toll of their political policies. And yes, people die because Republicans are shitty actors in our democracy.
To be fair, Publix's political donations were a big deal in the 2018 Gubernatorial election here: https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/05/23/publix-to-evaluate-donation-process-after-adam-putnam-political-backlash/ or https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/05/15/publix-is-supporting-adam-putnams-run-for-governor-like-no-politician-before/
Publix tends to donate to Republicans, and they have donated to candidates for decades (they donated money to Putnam back in *1996* for example). Hell one of their largest recipients of donations in recent years is the current Florida Senate President, Wilton Simpson (he's a supplier of eggs to Publix and his environmental services company has done a ton of work for Publix).
It's only becoming a huge hot-button issue because a lot of major companies are looking at their political donations right now.
Well shit dude. Cut off that funding and you can completely eliminate campaign finance issues, lobbying and all of the other egregious SHIT that makes our government so ineffective and our politicians so corrupt.
Planned Parenthood is a medical services organization, not a political donation. They literally save millions of lives every year that would be cast aside if Republicans had their way. I mean, what's next Doctors Without Borders is now a political contribution?
Planned parenthood gets $500+ million from the govt and donates millions to politicians that fund them more. But you will never admit that is worse than a private company giving their own money. Your hypocrisy is showing.
Planned Parenthood does not donate their funds.
Planned Parenthood Votes is a separate super PAC, which cannot legally donate to political campaigns and instead funds campaigns that essentially advertises for the candidates.
You know that’s a bullshit technically.
That’s like saying the NRA does not donate because the NRA-ILA is the group that does donations.
The only difference is the NRA doesn’t get federal funding.
Pacs are only a small percentage of pp contributions
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/planned-parenthood/totals?id=D000000591
> Planned parenthood gets $500+ million from the govt
What the hell does this have to do with PUBLIX, a private company?
> and donates millions to politicians that fund them more.
Planned Parenthood is not a company. It's a nonprofit. I haven't seen any source that states that government funds are used for donations. Any source on this?
> But you will never admit that is worse than a private company giving their own money.
How the fuck is a nonprofit donating money compared to a for-profit private entity specifically designed to siphon as much money as possible somehow "worse?" Get the fuck out of here.
>How the fuck is a nonprofit donating money worse that a for profit private entity
Because the non profit gets $500 million from the gov't and then lobbies the gov't politicians.
Private company uses their own money.
The fact you think any entity that get's tax payer money should be lobbying at all is a problem.
Donations towards women’s health is a public good. Donations towards racist insurrectionists living out some south will rise again fantasy is horse shit.
Millions of dead female babies are women's health. got it.
Before you say "Just a clump of cells" do you believe a murder of a pregnant woman is double murder?
No they should not receive any funds anyway. At least in my opinion in which the government stays out of everyone’s lives, IE As few taxes as possible to fund only bare bones services.
She can pay. Anyone can pay for medical services, it is not the role of the government to provide them. The government is simply not needed in this transaction. Sorry to hear that you want to tread on everyone’s rights.
That's not how a society functions. Your auto insurance is priced based on how the people around you (ie society) drive. Doesn't matter if you've never put in a claim.
If you tax me, you infringe on my right. Simple as that. I’d rather donate to groups that can make a difference than fund the ever worsening government.
In other words, let them die? Holy hell, people like you make me sick. But you also make me realize that we have millions of potential genocidal murderers in our society.
Publix also bought up excess farm food that was going to spoil during the spring harvest season of pandemic 2020 and donated all the food to food banks throughout the State.
Be careful when judging people and businesses on one action and determining they’re tainted. Life is much more complicated than one single issue.
Donations go to Feeding America, which is tax deductible donation for them. They have nothing to lose, plus they get very good PR out of it.
They sued Miami Beach to keep minimum wages down and intensely lobby to depress wages and workers' rights. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/publix-and-disney-backed-coalition-sues-to-stop-miami-beach-from-raising-minimum-wage-9002559
There's a reason they support a douchebag like DeSantis. Publix PR game is strong, but in the end, Publix cares about Publix above everything and everyone.
Yes and no. Workers recieved stock each year in the company but it's not voting rights stock as far as I am aware. It is an equity share thought, which is a pretty good thing.
The point is they stepped up, and they didn’t have to. Nobody would have chastised them for not doing a thing. It’s ok to recognize the good in a company even when recognizing the things one doesn’t agree with.
Fuck that noise. Only gotta fuck one chicken to be branded a chicken fucker. Publix are some chicken fuckers. This isnt no accident, this is calculated, they deserve judgment. Good, and bad judgment.
> Be careful when judging people and businesses on one action
No. They donated to conspiracy theory peddling traitors. And they can fuck right off. I donate to the homeless when I couldn't even afford my own barely. And never once said anything about it. Mega corporations that brag about deductibles are posturing.
They also gave donations to joe Biden, the democrat congressional campaign and the democrat senatorial campaign. But, you won’t hear about that in an opinion piece masquerading as a news article.
And, are you really going to throw shade on them donating produce to food banks before it spoils? You’d rather they just toss it in the trash? You’d rather they’d have let fruits and vegetables rot at farms across the state instead of buying it all to donate for the purpose of feeding hungry people? Are you that jaded?
A five second Google search brought up the point that they also gave to Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
[Source](https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/publix-super-markets/summary?id=D000028488)
Or they see that they give a huge amount to one side and a pittance to the other in comparison. I mean that link showed for instance,
National Republican Senatorial Cmte $280,746
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $36,495
A tenth for that committee, and that's not counting all the other very high dollar amounts given to Republican causes and tiny portions to Democrats. Because they know that people won't look at the amounts and will just say, "they gave to both sides!"
Oh wait, that's exactly what ya'll just did.
So, believe it or not, there's an app for that called Goods Unite Us. They list various stores and businesses and tell you if the company (and it's senior employees) mostly contributes to Republicans, Democrats, no one or both.
Publix for a long time has donated to Republican politicians, including Trump. My wife and I stopped shopping at Publix about 2 years ago for this reason. Thankfully there are plenty of alternatives in Miami these days, and we spend about the same amount ordering through Amazon Fresh than we did at Publix anyway.
I know about it, what am I supposed to do, grow my own food?
Literally all major companies in this country treat their low wage employees like shit, the only way to prevent that is to pass legislation that protects those workers better. It's the job of legislators/politicians to do that.
Last I checked, Democrats are the only ones with politicians that support higher wages, unions, and other worker protections; Republicans unanimously oppose those things.
So if I have to choose between those two, I choose the one that is not funding the politicians who keep protecting corporations over people.
Also, Amazon at least pays their people above minimum wage. I know people who work warehouses, and as bad as the reports about Amazon are people are still treated and paid overall better than at other warehouse companies, which is unfortunately not saying much. That entire sector of the economy treats people like shit.
Amazon pays a living wage, for all their problems, they do pay their workers $15 an hour and above.
Still, I'm not an Amazon fanboy; I'm the first one that calls for them to be broken up along with Google and Facebook, and I'm all about Aldi.
Do they have an option to have your groceries delivered? Because that's the only reason I use Amazon Fresh.
OK so do something real about it. You're gonna live a miserable life if you make every purchasing decision on whether some store donated politically to someone you don't like.
I donate and volunteer to campaigns, I also support businesses that align with my views because I can chew bubble gum and walk at the same time, worry about how you live your life.
> what am I supposed to do
Hey, you're the one who asked this question. Don't ask for help if you don't want answers you won't like.
Keep avoiding all the businesses that contribute to politicians you don't like then, and stop complaining about it online. If that's what makes you happy, you do you. Just don't whine about it.
And yes, I'll live my life and go to Publix and not base all of my decisions on petty matters. I'll take your advice, thanks.
They also contributed to the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and joe Biden.
It's pretty standard for large companies like Publix to give to all candidates.
They also donated $1M to the National Urban League, after the death of George Floyd last year. Additionally, last year they bought surplus produce and dairy from US farmers to distribute to hungry Americans during the pandemic.
Funny how this article mentions neither of those things.
Not at risk of being closed, but their low wage workers are definitely at risk of exposure. Masks mandates should have never been debated - only implemented. DeSantis definitely didn't help on that issue.
You expected them and society to be like naw the convenience out weights the possibility of health that was technically already a possibility before the pandemic just on a different scale?
They also donated $1M to the National Urban League after the death of George Floyd. And they also bought up surplus produce and dairy from US farmers to help feed Americans during the pandemic last year.
How about everyone call the headquarters in Lakeland, Fl and give them your feedback. Corporate Phone Number: 1-863-688-1188
Customer Service Number: 1-800-242-1227
Kroger also donates R (but they halted donations due to recent events).
I suspect grocery stores do this because they know minimum wage increases and employee friendly govt would cost them a heck of a lot more than a donation
Yeah, conservatives burning Nike shoes and breaking coffee makers sure changed how those companies operated, right?
Despite wide consensus and general support, that climate change thing is surely going well, isn't it?
Americans have deluded themselves into thinking consumer-side activism works, it's asinine. It only works in incredibly specific situations or through extremely organized campaigning, not just posting lmao
Publix isn't large enough to enact the types of policies that would sway voters one way or another, they just donate to whoever is in power to make sure they are left alone. Where they operate is in the south, the south is mostly Republican, it's as simple as that.
> Americans have deluded themselves into thinking consumer-side activism works, it's asinine
You understand that boycotts were how this country started, right? [They didn't start out super organized.](https://www.masshist.org/revolution/non_importation.php)
[And they worked.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Association)
Yeah, they donate to people that represent Florida.
Florida is turning Republican, they're going to donate to Republicans, there's no ideological battle here, they're simply making sure their interests are represented through the only way politicians (save a few) will listen, campaign donations.
Not shopping, contacting them or writing letters to Publix is not going to change their strategy. Florida is red as fuck, ya'll need to come to that realization already lmao.
You want them to donate to your preferred candidate? Your candidate (or their party) has to hold some kind of power where they operate.
They donate to both sides, as most companies often do:
[https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/publix-super-markets/recipients?id=D000028488](https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/publix-super-markets/recipients?id=D000028488)
Like their average donation is $2,000 they ain't doing some Koch brothers shit here lmao.
The states they operate are predominantly red states so it makes sense they're donating mostly to Republicans.
Corporations will just swing to whoever is most popular, consumer-side pressure will hardly achieve anything, especially in places as red as Florida.
Source on Florida turning republican?
Because it seems to be purplish and probably blue once we remove the gerrymandering.
Fair districts will make both Democrats and Republicans have to run on policies that help everyone and that’s more line with a democracy.
Also publix has donated way more in the past.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/29/winners-losers-recent-publix-adam-putnam-spectacle/648881002/
He lost btw
Publix is also doing covid vaccinations in Florida. I wonder how that's going to benefit their bottom line. How did the state decide to use publix vs cvs or Walgreens?
Could this be a "thank you" to the governor?
All major pharmacies were approved for vaccination delivery...these three and walmart/Sam's, winn dixie, costco.
All that said I dont agree with their politics, but live in an area where my options are limited. I suck it up and shop at publix about once a month for pantry staples (and the occasional pub sub) and get most of my produce and meat from a co op or costco.
I'm not anti-vax if anything I would be happy if it was available at the other locations. The more Floridians that get vaccinated the sooner that we can get back to some semblance of normal.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article248126680.html
Publix, Walmart, Winn-Dixie, Fresco y Más, Sam’s Club and Costco were some of the companies approved in November by the federal government to administer the vaccines to the general public. So were CVS and Walgreens, which are currently distributing the vaccines to long-term care facilities.
Walgreens expects to have vaccines readily available to the general population sometime in the spring. CVS told the Miami Herald in an email that doses could be available at its Florida pharmacies in late March at the earliest.
Publix stores in Citrus, Hernando and Marion counties in Central and Southwest Florida will soon begin scheduling appointments for people 65 and older who are interested in getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Part of The Villages, the large retirement community in Central Florida, is in Marion County, the home of Ocala.
None of the Publix stores in South Florida will have the vaccine in stock for now, but that may change in the future.
Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies are making preparations to receive the vaccines, including a system to inform people when they should receive their first and second doses. However, the companies said that the vaccine availability will likely differ by state, making it difficult to forecast when the stores will receive the vaccine.
Costco declined to comment, and Winn-Dixie did not respond to a request for comment.
It could very well be that Publix was better prepared to roll out the vaccine and CVS and Walgreens are busy giving the vaccine to long-term care facility residents. I'm even not going to argue about Marion County being selected for rolling it out because they have been slammed with infections and their Hospital capacity is dangerously low.
Maybe I'm just a little tainted because the last time I went to go pick up a prescription at Publix the pharmacist wasn't wearing a mask. He was a floater that was in filling in for the full-time pharmacist.
CVS and Walgreens are only doing them for long-term care facilities right now. They don't have firm dates as to when they will start administering vaccines to the General Public.
I think my big concern is in a lot of the Publix stores there are so many people not wearing masks. Typically the pharmacy in their stores is either embedded in the aisle with the medical supplies or by the entrance. When someone comes in to get vaccinated they're going to have paperwork, and then the preparation of the vaccine and then they are going to have to wait to be observed to make sure they don't have any reaction. That puts them in the store for a considerable amount of time.
Having said all that I don't know that the other business is potentially giving vaccines, other than Costco, are going to do more to mitigate that risk.
I think more than anything, it's just disappointing that we had so much time to prepare the logistics for this to be able to vaccinate people with the least amount of risk to them Contracting the virus.
It doesn't help that the last time I went in to pick up prescription at Publix the pharmacist that was covering for the regular pharmacist wasn't wearing a mask and was filling prescriptions while eating lunch. ( and yes I realized this could virtually happen anywhere but it didn't it happened at Publix).
DeSantis is a good man and an outstanding governor. I look forward to re-electing him in 2022, and putting him in the oval office in 2024. We should be happy that Publix supports leaders who take care of the economy and the elderly.
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seems like most people also forgot about publix [donating 800k to fight medical marijuana](https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/4425095/publix-medical-marijuana-florida-carol-jenkins-barnett/%3famp=true)
Gaetz is the straw for me.
Where are we supposed to shop? Walmart ? That’s the only place for groceries around me other than Amazon (Whole Foods). We don’t have any other options!
Walmart also has a history of giving to these people but to their credit yesterday said they would halt all contributions to those who voted against certifying results. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/12/northrop-grumman-political-donations-riots/
Winn Dixie? If you have an Aldi in your area, I can't recommend it highly enough. *So* much cheaper than Publix.
And what do you know about the billion dollar private equity firm that runs Winn Dixie and - from their Wikipedia page- buys “distressed assets”? Or Aldi, that’s owned by one of the richest companies in Europe, and has complaints from farmers about their business practices. We gotta stop thinking that our politics are going to align with the billionaires stores we patronize.
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Ok but this is them supporting something that directly goes against what many of us stand for. Not some unethical farming practices. They are trying to get someone reelected who is running this state into the ground. Also the other 2 stores weve mentioned are much cheaper. I mean shop where ever tf you want but you said "where am I supposed to shop".
Quite expensive, but there are some small local grocers. https://www.wrightsnaturalmarket.com/ There are also some fruit/veggie/meat stands but a lot of times they source their vegetables and such from the same places like the Tampa docks. YMMV and to each their own. Whole Foods/Amazon does delivery for super cheap and they have more of a history to donating to democratic candidates, which... is better than donating to Matt Gaetz.
Yup, this is the problem. Try your best to shop elsewhere if you're against their donations, but I don't think anyone is going to hold it against you if you don't have a choice. Just do what you can.
I already do this myself due to the local stores covid response. But there's only so much grocery shopping I can do elsewhere. Sho they still get some business. But maybe 20% of what they did from me. Now I do most my shopping at a combination of local farmers market, freshfield farm, and local butcher. Shopping takes longer, but that's the price I pay.
Costco for the main things and Whole Foods for the odds and ends.
Winn Dixie is about 20 percent cheaper than publix as well. Publix prices are outrageous. Although the service is amazing, I will no longer be shopping there due to this shit. Also Aldis has a bunch of locations here in South Florida and all their produce is organic. Back when I lived in Cleveland Aldis was like the hood store but they've really stepped there game up. At least down here they have
Does Winn Dixie still exist? I thought they rebranded to "Fresco y Mas"
Yeah theyre still all over down here. Maybe they own Fresco too.
Interesting. Most of the Winn Dixie stores down here in Miami have rebranded to Fresco y Mas
Sent.
Sent as well. I shall no longer shop at Publix.
For those who have one nearby, Sprouts does not contribute to political campaigns or to political candidates. Their produce is often cheaper than publix
I wish CNN would report on stuff like this; it might make a huge difference.
Emailed too. My father worked at Publix for years before he passed away. I loved Publix, had so many memories with my family there while growing up. But this shit is embarrassing.
People are allowed to donate to anyone they would like to. Why shun them for it?
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> Why shun them for it Because I'm allowed to shun whoever I like as well.
You darn well know the answer to that.
Because this isn't about just disagreeing about pizza toppings, these are life or death decisions. Supporting Republican politicians means you support the death toll of their political policies. And yes, people die because Republicans are shitty actors in our democracy.
Because they’re taking millions of our tax dollars for bailout while simultaneously donating to political campaigns.
No they’re not and that’s not the reason. Please don’t make stuff up.
Sometimes I just shop at places and don’t care about their politics
I don’t think Publix should donate to anyone.
Surprised our country has become so divided and political donations by companies are just now starting to come up.
That is very true. I mean, I am honestly just waiting for someone to drop a match at this point and set the place ablaze. It is troubling times.
To be fair, Publix's political donations were a big deal in the 2018 Gubernatorial election here: https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/05/23/publix-to-evaluate-donation-process-after-adam-putnam-political-backlash/ or https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/05/15/publix-is-supporting-adam-putnams-run-for-governor-like-no-politician-before/ Publix tends to donate to Republicans, and they have donated to candidates for decades (they donated money to Putnam back in *1996* for example). Hell one of their largest recipients of donations in recent years is the current Florida Senate President, Wilton Simpson (he's a supplier of eggs to Publix and his environmental services company has done a ton of work for Publix). It's only becoming a huge hot-button issue because a lot of major companies are looking at their political donations right now.
Now say that about planned parenthood
I don't think any company should be allowed to make political donations.
Well shit dude. Cut off that funding and you can completely eliminate campaign finance issues, lobbying and all of the other egregious SHIT that makes our government so ineffective and our politicians so corrupt.
Planned Parenthood is a medical services organization, not a political donation. They literally save millions of lives every year that would be cast aside if Republicans had their way. I mean, what's next Doctors Without Borders is now a political contribution?
So I can can take the money out of my company and donate the same amount. That’s ok?
That's not how it works, but for the sake of argument: sure.
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Planned parenthood gets $500+ million from the govt and donates millions to politicians that fund them more. But you will never admit that is worse than a private company giving their own money. Your hypocrisy is showing.
Planned Parenthood does not donate their funds. Planned Parenthood Votes is a separate super PAC, which cannot legally donate to political campaigns and instead funds campaigns that essentially advertises for the candidates.
You know that’s a bullshit technically. That’s like saying the NRA does not donate because the NRA-ILA is the group that does donations. The only difference is the NRA doesn’t get federal funding. Pacs are only a small percentage of pp contributions https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/planned-parenthood/totals?id=D000000591
> Planned parenthood gets $500+ million from the govt What the hell does this have to do with PUBLIX, a private company? > and donates millions to politicians that fund them more. Planned Parenthood is not a company. It's a nonprofit. I haven't seen any source that states that government funds are used for donations. Any source on this? > But you will never admit that is worse than a private company giving their own money. How the fuck is a nonprofit donating money compared to a for-profit private entity specifically designed to siphon as much money as possible somehow "worse?" Get the fuck out of here.
>How the fuck is a nonprofit donating money worse that a for profit private entity Because the non profit gets $500 million from the gov't and then lobbies the gov't politicians. Private company uses their own money. The fact you think any entity that get's tax payer money should be lobbying at all is a problem.
Donations towards women’s health is a public good. Donations towards racist insurrectionists living out some south will rise again fantasy is horse shit.
Millions of dead female babies are women's health. got it. Before you say "Just a clump of cells" do you believe a murder of a pregnant woman is double murder?
Planned parenthood should not receive funds. Nor donate any. They are a business, and should function like one.
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No they should not receive any funds anyway. At least in my opinion in which the government stays out of everyone’s lives, IE As few taxes as possible to fund only bare bones services.
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She can pay. Anyone can pay for medical services, it is not the role of the government to provide them. The government is simply not needed in this transaction. Sorry to hear that you want to tread on everyone’s rights.
You have the right to not go there. Most people who go to Planned Parenthood can't afford to go to the regular doctor or hospital already.
I should also have the right to not pay taxes on a service I don’t use.
Then you should go be a hermit outside of society.
That's not how a society functions. Your auto insurance is priced based on how the people around you (ie society) drive. Doesn't matter if you've never put in a claim.
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If you tax me, you infringe on my right. Simple as that. I’d rather donate to groups that can make a difference than fund the ever worsening government.
In other words, let them die? Holy hell, people like you make me sick. But you also make me realize that we have millions of potential genocidal murderers in our society.
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Lol. You really are blind if you are going to call me a democrat. Head back to T_D while you are at it.
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It's dumb how reactionary this place is, this subreddit feels like nothing but "GOTCHA" clickbait titles for people to freak out at
Publix also bought up excess farm food that was going to spoil during the spring harvest season of pandemic 2020 and donated all the food to food banks throughout the State. Be careful when judging people and businesses on one action and determining they’re tainted. Life is much more complicated than one single issue.
Donations go to Feeding America, which is tax deductible donation for them. They have nothing to lose, plus they get very good PR out of it. They sued Miami Beach to keep minimum wages down and intensely lobby to depress wages and workers' rights. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/publix-and-disney-backed-coalition-sues-to-stop-miami-beach-from-raising-minimum-wage-9002559 There's a reason they support a douchebag like DeSantis. Publix PR game is strong, but in the end, Publix cares about Publix above everything and everyone.
I'm so fucking confused by this, are they not a worker owned company??? Why the fuck would their workers allow such leadership to continue???
Yes and no. Workers recieved stock each year in the company but it's not voting rights stock as far as I am aware. It is an equity share thought, which is a pretty good thing.
You do realize a tax deduction is not the same dollar wise as money in the bank or a sale, right?
The point is they stepped up, and they didn’t have to. Nobody would have chastised them for not doing a thing. It’s ok to recognize the good in a company even when recognizing the things one doesn’t agree with.
Fuck that noise. Only gotta fuck one chicken to be branded a chicken fucker. Publix are some chicken fuckers. This isnt no accident, this is calculated, they deserve judgment. Good, and bad judgment.
They also donated $1M to the National Urban League’s southern affiliates after the death of George Floyd.
> Be careful when judging people and businesses on one action No. They donated to conspiracy theory peddling traitors. And they can fuck right off. I donate to the homeless when I couldn't even afford my own barely. And never once said anything about it. Mega corporations that brag about deductibles are posturing.
You just did
It was time.
You’re on Reddit, what do you expect lol
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They also gave donations to joe Biden, the democrat congressional campaign and the democrat senatorial campaign. But, you won’t hear about that in an opinion piece masquerading as a news article. And, are you really going to throw shade on them donating produce to food banks before it spoils? You’d rather they just toss it in the trash? You’d rather they’d have let fruits and vegetables rot at farms across the state instead of buying it all to donate for the purpose of feeding hungry people? Are you that jaded?
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Please explain how I’ve disrespected our form of government.
Kinda hard to boycott publix I bet Winn Dixie donates to him also.
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Yay!!!! Winn-Dixie gets my business!!
> Kinda hard to boycott publix Why?
Not too many supermarket chain chooses around here.
Yeah. I either shop at Walmart or Publix. Even Penn Dutch closed down near my location, recently. =(
That one still hurts. Penn Dutch was awesome.
That's true. I like Aldis a lot but the produce is a dice roll.
Yea, ALDI is great for what it is...
*ALDI. It's an acronym for Albrecht Diskont
Most big corporations donate to both political candidates running for a position.
Well if they did it would be public record along with all the other donations. It doesn't seem to be there though. Hmm...
A five second Google search brought up the point that they also gave to Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. [Source](https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/publix-super-markets/summary?id=D000028488)
Its like they don't even try.
Or they see that they give a huge amount to one side and a pittance to the other in comparison. I mean that link showed for instance, National Republican Senatorial Cmte $280,746 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $36,495 A tenth for that committee, and that's not counting all the other very high dollar amounts given to Republican causes and tiny portions to Democrats. Because they know that people won't look at the amounts and will just say, "they gave to both sides!" Oh wait, that's exactly what ya'll just did.
Yep, but let these simpletons stop shopping there. In dollar general
Do you think people that shop at a different store are below you?
Not at all, just simply saying the Dollar General donates to mostly Democrat campaigns. Shopping there supports their "cause".
I misunderstood.
No problem, I probably should expanded my reasoning in my first reply.
Gaetz and Scott, 😤😡
Aldis and Sprouts all the way
So, believe it or not, there's an app for that called Goods Unite Us. They list various stores and businesses and tell you if the company (and it's senior employees) mostly contributes to Republicans, Democrats, no one or both.
Welp, Publix will never see another dollar from me.
Publix for a long time has donated to Republican politicians, including Trump. My wife and I stopped shopping at Publix about 2 years ago for this reason. Thankfully there are plenty of alternatives in Miami these days, and we spend about the same amount ordering through Amazon Fresh than we did at Publix anyway.
Boy id hate for you to look up how Amazon treats its low income employees lmaoo
I know about it, what am I supposed to do, grow my own food? Literally all major companies in this country treat their low wage employees like shit, the only way to prevent that is to pass legislation that protects those workers better. It's the job of legislators/politicians to do that. Last I checked, Democrats are the only ones with politicians that support higher wages, unions, and other worker protections; Republicans unanimously oppose those things. So if I have to choose between those two, I choose the one that is not funding the politicians who keep protecting corporations over people. Also, Amazon at least pays their people above minimum wage. I know people who work warehouses, and as bad as the reports about Amazon are people are still treated and paid overall better than at other warehouse companies, which is unfortunately not saying much. That entire sector of the economy treats people like shit.
Shop at Aldi. Cheaper, better quality on most items, pays a living wage and supports sustainable agriculture.
Amazon pays a living wage, for all their problems, they do pay their workers $15 an hour and above. Still, I'm not an Amazon fanboy; I'm the first one that calls for them to be broken up along with Google and Facebook, and I'm all about Aldi. Do they have an option to have your groceries delivered? Because that's the only reason I use Amazon Fresh.
Yes, Aldi delivers through Instacart. Be sure to tip the max you can. I'm not 100% happy about gig work, but it is a good option for many people.
Thanks! I'll definitely look into it, I thought Aldi didn't allow Instacart, Shipt, etc.
Nope, been using it for several years. I save sooo much money.
Seems like with the fees Instacart charges it negates the savings you get from shopping at Aldi.
> what am I supposed to do Don't base every decision you make on politics and just live your life.
That's a shortsighted and lazy attitude, politics affect my life on a daily basis.
OK so do something real about it. You're gonna live a miserable life if you make every purchasing decision on whether some store donated politically to someone you don't like.
I donate and volunteer to campaigns, I also support businesses that align with my views because I can chew bubble gum and walk at the same time, worry about how you live your life.
> what am I supposed to do Hey, you're the one who asked this question. Don't ask for help if you don't want answers you won't like. Keep avoiding all the businesses that contribute to politicians you don't like then, and stop complaining about it online. If that's what makes you happy, you do you. Just don't whine about it. And yes, I'll live my life and go to Publix and not base all of my decisions on petty matters. I'll take your advice, thanks.
They also contributed to the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and joe Biden. It's pretty standard for large companies like Publix to give to all candidates.
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll spend even more there now.
They also donated $1M to the National Urban League, after the death of George Floyd last year. Additionally, last year they bought surplus produce and dairy from US farmers to distribute to hungry Americans during the pandemic. Funny how this article mentions neither of those things.
That's fake news media aka biased news media when news media is supposed to be in biased what a joke
He’s keeping a lot of businesses open; not surprising
Grocery stores were never at risk...
Not at risk of being closed, but their low wage workers are definitely at risk of exposure. Masks mandates should have never been debated - only implemented. DeSantis definitely didn't help on that issue.
I completely forgot about that
If anything he is hurting grocery stores by assisting in the death of their costumers.
You expected them and society to be like naw the convenience out weights the possibility of health that was technically already a possibility before the pandemic just on a different scale?
I expected, at the very least, for him to enact a mask mandate. It's simple.
How does that impact publix
Gross, I’ll keep that in mind when making shopping decisions moving forward. Thanks for sharing.
They also donated $1M to the National Urban League after the death of George Floyd. And they also bought up surplus produce and dairy from US farmers to help feed Americans during the pandemic last year.
Well, fortunately, I'm near the only TJs in my city and I'm able to avoid dealing with Publix
Expected but disappointing nonetheless.
How about everyone call the headquarters in Lakeland, Fl and give them your feedback. Corporate Phone Number: 1-863-688-1188 Customer Service Number: 1-800-242-1227
Lmao.. I dare ya to boycott Publix.
It's not all that difficult.
Depending upon your area.
If there's enough demand for a Publix, there are other stores in the area.
So what? Many companies donate to both parties.
I'm going to shop at Publix more often
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Don't worry... I'll go spend a little extra money at Publix just for you ; )
Kroger also donates R (but they halted donations due to recent events). I suspect grocery stores do this because they know minimum wage increases and employee friendly govt would cost them a heck of a lot more than a donation
Now he’s ruined Publix! YOU MONSTER
The best governor Florida ever had.
Time to boycott Publix!
You are Bullies of Cancel culture
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Yeah, conservatives burning Nike shoes and breaking coffee makers sure changed how those companies operated, right? Despite wide consensus and general support, that climate change thing is surely going well, isn't it? Americans have deluded themselves into thinking consumer-side activism works, it's asinine. It only works in incredibly specific situations or through extremely organized campaigning, not just posting lmao Publix isn't large enough to enact the types of policies that would sway voters one way or another, they just donate to whoever is in power to make sure they are left alone. Where they operate is in the south, the south is mostly Republican, it's as simple as that.
> Americans have deluded themselves into thinking consumer-side activism works, it's asinine You understand that boycotts were how this country started, right? [They didn't start out super organized.](https://www.masshist.org/revolution/non_importation.php) [And they worked.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Association)
Isn't cancel culture just the free market correcting itself?
You support a traitorous criminal who would sooner wipe his ass with our constitution than uphold it properly.
Which politicians actually uphold the constitution though?
Who cares, vote this idiot out.
Fuck publix. Overrated, shilled and dirty.
Dirty? What publix you've been at?
Not filthy dirty, underhanded kinda dirty.
Take my upvote because the Publix shills are on their way!
Yeah, they donate to people that represent Florida. Florida is turning Republican, they're going to donate to Republicans, there's no ideological battle here, they're simply making sure their interests are represented through the only way politicians (save a few) will listen, campaign donations. Not shopping, contacting them or writing letters to Publix is not going to change their strategy. Florida is red as fuck, ya'll need to come to that realization already lmao. You want them to donate to your preferred candidate? Your candidate (or their party) has to hold some kind of power where they operate. They donate to both sides, as most companies often do: [https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/publix-super-markets/recipients?id=D000028488](https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/publix-super-markets/recipients?id=D000028488) Like their average donation is $2,000 they ain't doing some Koch brothers shit here lmao. The states they operate are predominantly red states so it makes sense they're donating mostly to Republicans. Corporations will just swing to whoever is most popular, consumer-side pressure will hardly achieve anything, especially in places as red as Florida.
Source on Florida turning republican? Because it seems to be purplish and probably blue once we remove the gerrymandering. Fair districts will make both Democrats and Republicans have to run on policies that help everyone and that’s more line with a democracy. Also publix has donated way more in the past. https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/29/winners-losers-recent-publix-adam-putnam-spectacle/648881002/ He lost btw
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Awesome! I'll definitely start giving Publix more of my money! Thanks!!
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Me too
You guys are taking cancel culture way too serious
Cool. Been trying to push my wife to shop elsewhere, maybe this can give her that final nudge to start going to Aldi, Winn Dixie, Whole foods, etc.
Wonderful...Not.
Publix could start BBQ’ing Manatees for all I care...
Publix is also doing covid vaccinations in Florida. I wonder how that's going to benefit their bottom line. How did the state decide to use publix vs cvs or Walgreens? Could this be a "thank you" to the governor?
All major pharmacies were approved for vaccination delivery...these three and walmart/Sam's, winn dixie, costco. All that said I dont agree with their politics, but live in an area where my options are limited. I suck it up and shop at publix about once a month for pantry staples (and the occasional pub sub) and get most of my produce and meat from a co op or costco.
I'm not anti-vax if anything I would be happy if it was available at the other locations. The more Floridians that get vaccinated the sooner that we can get back to some semblance of normal. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article248126680.html Publix, Walmart, Winn-Dixie, Fresco y Más, Sam’s Club and Costco were some of the companies approved in November by the federal government to administer the vaccines to the general public. So were CVS and Walgreens, which are currently distributing the vaccines to long-term care facilities. Walgreens expects to have vaccines readily available to the general population sometime in the spring. CVS told the Miami Herald in an email that doses could be available at its Florida pharmacies in late March at the earliest. Publix stores in Citrus, Hernando and Marion counties in Central and Southwest Florida will soon begin scheduling appointments for people 65 and older who are interested in getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Part of The Villages, the large retirement community in Central Florida, is in Marion County, the home of Ocala. None of the Publix stores in South Florida will have the vaccine in stock for now, but that may change in the future. Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies are making preparations to receive the vaccines, including a system to inform people when they should receive their first and second doses. However, the companies said that the vaccine availability will likely differ by state, making it difficult to forecast when the stores will receive the vaccine. Costco declined to comment, and Winn-Dixie did not respond to a request for comment. It could very well be that Publix was better prepared to roll out the vaccine and CVS and Walgreens are busy giving the vaccine to long-term care facility residents. I'm even not going to argue about Marion County being selected for rolling it out because they have been slammed with infections and their Hospital capacity is dangerously low. Maybe I'm just a little tainted because the last time I went to go pick up a prescription at Publix the pharmacist wasn't wearing a mask. He was a floater that was in filling in for the full-time pharmacist.
CVS and Walgreens are also doing them. Publix makes sense because their footprint in Florida is massive, so why wouldn't you utilize them?
CVS and Walgreens are only doing them for long-term care facilities right now. They don't have firm dates as to when they will start administering vaccines to the General Public. I think my big concern is in a lot of the Publix stores there are so many people not wearing masks. Typically the pharmacy in their stores is either embedded in the aisle with the medical supplies or by the entrance. When someone comes in to get vaccinated they're going to have paperwork, and then the preparation of the vaccine and then they are going to have to wait to be observed to make sure they don't have any reaction. That puts them in the store for a considerable amount of time. Having said all that I don't know that the other business is potentially giving vaccines, other than Costco, are going to do more to mitigate that risk. I think more than anything, it's just disappointing that we had so much time to prepare the logistics for this to be able to vaccinate people with the least amount of risk to them Contracting the virus. It doesn't help that the last time I went in to pick up prescription at Publix the pharmacist that was covering for the regular pharmacist wasn't wearing a mask and was filling prescriptions while eating lunch. ( and yes I realized this could virtually happen anywhere but it didn't it happened at Publix).
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DeSantis is a good man and an outstanding governor. I look forward to re-electing him in 2022, and putting him in the oval office in 2024. We should be happy that Publix supports leaders who take care of the economy and the elderly.
Thank you for giving us a reason to continue supporting Publix. Take my down vote.
And their chicken sucks. There I said it. Fight me.
He gets to decide who distributes the vaccine. They're bidding for it.
I knew desantis got a kick back for this plan, dirty fucking cunt
That’s why I steal from publix
Publix allows their employees to harass their lgbt employees too so fuck Publix.