# Publix vs. Winn-Dixie? or, Grocery Shopping in Orlando, FL **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051 "2009-08-20T09:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051/21 "2009-08-21T21:16:53Z")
**Publix** , although I recommend Albertsons’ attached liquor store (off-licence) for beer. How are you bringing Norwegians here in a truck, anyway? Won’t they drown? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051/22 "2009-08-21T23:05:15Z")
I also like Publix but Norwegians may be happier at the Whole Foods mentioned upstream for some of the stuff you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051/23 "2009-08-21T23:29:46Z")
As much as I adore my adopted Illinois, it has no supermarket that can compete with the amazingness of Publix. Not even the Meijer’s (although it comes close). ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051/24 "2009-08-22T02:01:33Z")
Near Orange City (east of Orlando, on I-4 on the way to Daytona Beach) there is what I believe is the world’s biggest Publix, or at least a prototype. There’s a whole seating area near the deli where you can eat what you ordered, sort of like a restaurant. They have those big olive bars too. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051/25 "2009-08-22T02:36:23Z")
Publix is nicer. The Publix store brand is good, sometimes better, than the other brand. I like their skim milk. And the prices are not that different. Back when I was an undergrad, I had the choice of Winn Dixie and Publix. I learned what Publix would offer cheaper, or what I really wanted from it, and shopped some in WD and some at Publix. Hey, I also lacked a car! But if money is not a reaaaaal constraint (and again, the difference is such that it only matters to the really tight budgets), go with Publix. Publix… and again, Publix. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051/26 "2009-08-22T02:47:56Z")
Publix whips Winn-Dixie’s buttocks. Other stores getting their buttocks whipped include Kash & Karry and Albertson’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-vs-winn-dixie-or-grocery-shopping-in-orlando-fl/507051.md?page=1)