Publix Buys West Bay Albertsons

If you have shopped in the Albertsons on West Bay in the past few days, you may have noticed some strange activity. Like workers lining the aisles loading up carts and emptying shelves, and a distinct decline in customer service. There's good news and bad news about that- Albertsons is closing in a few weeks, but a Publix will replace it. We'll just have to suffer through the switch for a few weeks. Publix has purchased several Albertsons store in Florida and ours is one of them. If you just need milk and eggs, you'll be fine. But I had no luck with some things, like lentil beans. Many shelves were empty, the air conditioning was set to a much higher temperature than before, and the freezer temperatures was set much warmer as well. And at checkout, I had to wait a few minutes for a clerk(even though the check out light was on) . I like the Deli and the service at Publix much more, so I for one will be happy with the change. One note of real disappointment though - while Publix is closed on holidays Albertson's is always open. So remember, if you forget the cranberries on Thanksgiving you will have to hunt down an Albertsons or go without!