Brookhaven's new Publix Super Market is about 60 days from opening! Store employees at the existing Publix at Oglethorpe Crossing indicate that their store will close as of July 22 with the new store at nearby Cambridge Square expected to open July 23.
Kroger closed its store at Cambridge Square in August 2020 citing "declining sales and negative profit over an extended period" as reasons for the closure. Kroger operated the Cambridge Square store for 19 years before which it was a Harris Teeter, and before that, a Winn Dixie.
Lakeland, Florida-based Publix has been especially active in Georgia in recent years both with new store openings, as well as relocations of existing stores. Georgia and its 219 stores are already Publix's second largest market by unit count behind the grocer's home market of Florida with nearly 900.
Publix has in recent months opened new stores in Buckhead, Gainesville, Sharpsburg, and Villa Rica, while it in early 2022 relocated a Tucker store from an existing center to a new project, Hugh Howell Marketplace. ToNeTo Atlanta was first to report that the grocer also plans to relocate its existing store at Shamrock Plaza near Decatur to the upcoming Lulah Hills project on the site of the former North DeKalb Mall.
In Cambridge Square, Publix joins the recently opened Brooklyn Bagel & Deli (in the former Starbucks), with a new Pet Supplies Plus (in the former Dollar Tree) slated to open later this year.
Are you excited about the larger new Publix? What would you like to see open in the soon-to-close Publix? Have you been to Brooklyn Bagel?
Please share your thoughts below.
Is the new Publix going to have a bar inside the store like the one at Disco Publix in Buckhead on Piedmont Road. I was there last Sunday on May 18 and it huge inside. At the bar they had coffee, wine and beer there.
ReplyDeleteThey had a fresh popcorn counter but they don’t pop anything there anymore. Just use premade stuff and put in brown bags and sell for more than regular popcorn down the chibs aisle.
DeleteLooking forward to the new Publix but dread getting in and out of that parking lot! Ate lunch at Brooklyn Bagel and got bagels to go, thought overall it was just meh, nothing special.
ReplyDeleteI remember when the Oglethorpe Crossing store opened. It was initially a 24 hour store but gradually the hours got cut back to the current 10PM close. There is/was a CVS around the corner from them as well as a small nail salon. Not sure if those places are still there. I wonder if another grocery store such as an Aldi could go in the Publix space. The Kroger also used to be 24 hours back in the day when I lives in the area.
ReplyDeleteCVS and the nail shop are still there, and a dry cleaners.
DeletePublix builds these beautiful stores with Whole Foods Market type amenities but then do not have the staff capacity to adequately service the deli and hot bar areas, especially during lunch rush.
ReplyDeleteGrow your own food on a farm. No need for any supermarket then. Make your own deli meats.
DeleteMany retail stores along with other employers in America are suffering with employees who think they are doing their employer a service for showing up to work on time.
DeleteWorked in retail several times for different employers.
Saw a bumper sticker a few weeks ago...
I no longer fear *ell I wortin retail.
Perhaps a you should venture out and seek employment serving customers, some of which are too busy to answer a question since they are playing with their cell phone.
Must be some confusion. Kroger was open 24/7 for years, but the service at that Kroger was even worse overnight than is was during the day. Publix has never been open 24 hours. From an internet search:
ReplyDelete"No, Publix has never operated 24-hour stores. Publix stores have standard hours, typically between 8:00 AM and 11:00 PM or 10:00 PM, depending on the location and day of the week. The reasons why grocery stores, including Publix, have moved away from 24-hour operations include higher labor costs, increased operating expenses, and changes in consumer shopping habits.
A&P had a 24 hrs the Future store. They had good deli and bakery
Delete@5/27 4:17 PM You are probably the customer that makes working retail a living *ell.
ReplyDeleteI used to love shopping at ellmans then they turned into service merchandize
DeleteWhat will happen to the smaller shops that depended on the Publix for walk in customers? They might start to hurt too if a replacement tenant for the Publix space isn't found soon. I remember when that Publix opened, there were pickets outside because it was not "union"
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