I love shopping at Publix. I like that my Publix is always clean, always has stocked shelves and that someone always asks me if I found everything I need. I love that if I'm not happy, they'll fix it. I love that they always offer to take my bags, even if I don't let them. I like it that around holidays, I can buy bags of food for hungry people. I love BOGO's – the buy one-get one free specials that they have every week. I love that by using this website: www.Publix.com/bogo I can find this week's BOGO specials. But today I had an experience that makes me love my Publix even more.
This morning I had to stop at Publix because I was stupid. We got to wear jeans today for a canned food drive, if we brought two cans. Well, I had my cans on the table in the kitchen, walked right out of the house, and forgot them. So halfway to school, I remembered. Publix was closer, my devotion this morning was about being generous, AND my friend Mrs. Turner, who is in charge of the food drive, told me yesterday that Catholic Charities, who gets the food, really needs peanut butter. So instead of going back home to get my two cans of soup, I just whipped into Publix to get some peanut butter. While I was in Publix, I noticed that Froot Loops were buy one, get one free. We give Froot Loops to the babies in the nursery, and I've recently had quite the craving for Froot Loops, so I grabbed two boxes, one for the nursery and one for me. One box was 3.99 so I was getting two boxes for 3.99, which is like two bucks apiece. I get to the checkout counter and one of my two favorite ladies was checking people out. There are two ladies at my Publix, both African-American ladies, who should train people in how to do their job. I always go to their lines, even if I only have 10 items and they are not working the express lane. They are friendly and personable, but still manage to be quick and nice. . . It's amazing.
She sees my boxes of Froot Loops and says "OOOH Honey, get the ones with the coupons!" I look and some of the boxes have a coupon on the front for $1.00 off. I said "But they are buy one, get one free!" She says, "That doesn't matter. A dollar off is a dollar off." So it comes out like this – I got two boxes of Froot Loops, which should be $3.99, EACH for $1.99. I paid a dollar a box! Can you believe it? She didn't have to tell me about the coupons, it doesn't matter to her if I use the coupon or not! Actually, using the coupon made another step for her in ringing me up, but she did it anyway. That's why I LOVE Publix.
