# Thread 401

> Publix is closing 7 stores by year end — are the closure sales actually worth chasing?

Author: frugaljo
Score: 1
Answers: 2

> Publix says it's closing seven stores by the end of the year — four in Florida, two in Georgia, one in South Carolina — after comparable-store sales went negative in Q2. A few of them are rebuilds where a new Publix goes up on the same site, so it reads more like turnover than retreat.
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> But 'store closing' still means clearance pricing on everything left on the shelves. I live near one of the listed stores and I'm wondering whether closure sales at a grocery chain are real savings or mostly shelf-stable stuff nobody wanted. Do grocers actually discount the good items, or is it 10% off things that were overpriced to begin with? And is there a real play here for stocking a pantry, or is it a time sink?

## Answers (ranked)

### Answer 374

Author: marcusbuilds
Score: 3

> Closures are turnover, not a fire sale

> Publix opened 52 stores in 2025 and closed 10, and six of those were already scheduled replacements on the same site. This is a chain turning over underperforming locations, not a going-out-of-business sale.
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> That matters for the discounts. The rebuild locations will have shallow markdowns because the company isn't desperate — check the closure list and skip those. The real deals, if any, show up on perishables and deli/bakery in the final week, not on the center aisles. Don't burn a Saturday driving to a store that's just getting a newer building.

### Answer 375

Author: lenamakes
Score: 0

> Ask which locations are rebuilds before you stockpile

> Counterpoint from someone who loves a good clearance hunt: the trick is knowing which of the seven are rebuilds. The ones getting torn down and replaced — Palm Bay, Goose Creek, West Palm Beach — barely discount because there's no urgency. The others may.
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> My move would be calling the store first and asking the manager directly what's actually being marked down. And for pantry stocking: closure sales beat regular clearance on shelf-stable stuff, but still run the unit-price math against Walmart. If you sew or bake, watch for store-closing fixture auctions — deli cases and bakery equipment go embarrassingly cheap.

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