{"id":29396,"date":"2023-01-26T19:55:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T00:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=29396"},"modified":"2023-01-26T19:55:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T00:55:43","slug":"publix-not-no-1-in-florida-viral-posts-are-showing-that-safeway-is-the-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/01\/26\/publix-not-no-1-in-florida-viral-posts-are-showing-that-safeway-is-the-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Publix not no. 1 in Florida? Viral posts are showing that Safeway is the favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitter was all abuzz with naysayers Thursday after a purported demographer from Australia claimed in a retweet that Safeway was the most popular grocery chain&nbsp;in Florida &#8211; even more than Lakeland-based Publix.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"679\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4016x2458.webp?resize=1110%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29397\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the claim, Publix fans voiced their anger on Twitter and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One tweet perhaps summed it up best: &#8220;Publix not being most popular in Florida lets you know this map was made by drunken monkeys&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fact is, <strong>there are no Safeway supermarket stores in Florida<\/strong>, according to the store locator on Safeway&#8217;s website. Further, the green machine purchased what was left of the Safeway chain in Florida in 2018, a Supermarket News report said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tweet entitled \u201cThe Most Popular Grocery Stores Per State\u201d displaying a map of all the U.S. states and their most favorite grocery stores, left Publix entirely off the map. No states show Publix as a favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oklahoma is my kind of state! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLrYeyilUJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZLrYeyilUJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simongerman600\/status\/1618355534024916992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The largest private employee-owned company in the United States, Publix operates 1,322 stores in seven Southeastern states with stores under construction in an&nbsp;eighth state, Kentucky.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tweet was spread by Simon Kuestenmacher with the Twitter handle @simongerman600. Other than spreading false information, the one thing the tweet accomplished was to put Publix and Safeway at\u00a0the top of a trending topic in Florida, according to the social media website.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One comment on Twitter was &#8220;Statpanda was drunk when it made this map. Publix rules the south, especially FL.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keustenmacher\u2019s account profile says, \u201cI love and share\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23maps&amp;src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\">#maps<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23data&amp;src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\">#data<\/a>\u00a0that explain how the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23world&amp;src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\">#world<\/a>\u00a0works.\u201d He also said the post-Oklahoma was his favorite state. That state on the map chose Albertsons as its favorite.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The absence of Publix on the map led multiple Twitter users to question the data. \u201cZero chance Safeway is the most popular grocery store in Florida.\u201d said user Cornelius X. Carroll \u2212 @CXCarroll.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ys8XDhzD_400x400.jpg?resize=306%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29398\" width=\"306\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ys8XDhzD_400x400.jpg?w=399&amp;ssl=1 399w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ys8XDhzD_400x400.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ys8XDhzD_400x400.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ys8XDhzD_400x400.jpg?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The favorite grocery store map that started all the viral traffic was published first by StatsPanda and that Twitter account also blew up with support for Publix and was inundated with posts correcting the errant statistics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust a quick Google search tells me Safeway doesn&#8217;t even have a presence in Florida, Publix, on the other hand, has 830 stores in Florida, Safeway has 912 stores in 18 states,\u201d tweeted juliusagusta \u2013 \u00a0@juliusagusta. \u201cDon&#8217;t believe everything you read on the internet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other grocery sellers missing from the map, include Walmart, which sells the most groceries in Florida and most other states.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Publix regularly is listed on the respected top 10 lists published by Forbes magazine&#8217;s Best Workplaces in Retail,\u00a0ranking fifth out of the 20 best large retail workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August, Newsweek\u2019s 2023 America\u2019s Best Customer Service listed Publix as first in the supermarket category for the sixth year in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter was all abuzz with naysayers Thursday after a purported demographer from Australia claimed in a retweet that Safeway was the most popular grocery chain&nbsp;in Florida &#8211; 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