{"id":36585,"date":"2023-09-29T19:41:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T23:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=36585"},"modified":"2023-09-29T19:41:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T23:41:36","slug":"a-look-at-where-florida-publix-stores-are-allegedly-removing-meat-counters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/09\/29\/a-look-at-where-florida-publix-stores-are-allegedly-removing-meat-counters\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look at Where Florida Publix Stores Are Allegedly Removing Meat Counters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the things that arguably sets Publix apart from discount grocers such as Aldi is that it has separate meat, deli, and bakery departments. Most Publix stores also contain a designated meat counter where you can walk up to the butcher and ask for specific cuts of meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, some social media as well as a local publication have discussed Publix eliminating the meat counter in some markets. Please note that I am not referring to the meat department. I am referring to a designated meat counter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, in March of 2023, The Lakeland Ledger<\/a> visited three Publix stores in the Orlando area and found that none had a designated butcher counter, including a high-volume store in Lake Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a Nextdoor post by a Publix shopper in late September of 2023 announced the Brooker Creek<\/a> location had eliminated the meat counter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some who responded to the post said that they’d experienced the same thing at the Publix in the Caladesi Shopping<\/a> Center in Dunedin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On another forum, a Naples customer wrote<\/a> in the summer of 2022 that his Publix was in the process of shutting down its meat counter. The customer wrote, in part<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When I moved to Naples…Publix was one of many grocery stores with a full-service meat counter. Fast forward 5 years and…Publix, they are in the process of shutting down (the) full-service meat counter. I never purchase steak, pork chops, pork steaks, etc. from a self-serve. I want to look at what I am purchasing and I want a certain size. Within the past two weeks, Publix has closed their full-service meat counters.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Possible Workaround If You Are Affected: I could find no information about Publix changing any policy regarding their meat counters, and so far, I could only find commentary from a few customers and The Lakeland Ledger<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, I suspect that many Floridians have not seen this change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in a social media thread where one person lamented that his Publix had eliminated the “full-service butcher counter” in his store, another commented and offered the following tips, in part<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve dealt with this transition before, and I want to make a few points…The meat is still prepared exactly how the full-service case was – in the store and cut daily…Are you aware that you can place a call ahead of time to the store and ask for whatever cut you like then arrive and pick it up?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you are looking for specific cuts of meat and your Publix has eliminated the meat counter, try giving the store a call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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