A Redditor Showed The Most Popular Grocery Store In Florida & The Winner Isn't In The State
The moderator took the post down from all the backlash.
Publix grocery store. Right: Safeway grocery store.
A Reddit user posted a visual to the social media app showing "The Most Popular Grocery Store In Each State," and it's stirred up quite a controversy. In fact, it seems not one Floridian agrees with the results and is letting their opinions be known online.
Maybe that's because the winner isn't even located in the state...
The map uploaded by u/Dremarious revealed that Safeway is the winner for the Sunshine State and locals are not happy. The moderator took down the graphic on Reddit, but still has it published to Twitter.
The creator said the map is based on 2022's foot traffic in each store.
\u201cThe Most Popular Grocery Store In Each State (in 2022, based on foot traffic)\u201d— StatsPanda (@StatsPanda) 1674489965
So many people claim that Publix is the natural winner and haven't even seen a Safeway anywhere within the FL borders.
"I grew up in Florida and have never seen a Safeway in the state, but nearly every town in the state has at least 1 Publix," one user commented on the Reddit post.
This might be because, according to Safeway's website, they don't even have a Florida location.
Most people are calling out the Reddit post for being false because of how many Publix stores are in such close proximity to each other.
A Twitter account went as far as to show that there is a Publix across from another Publix on one South Florida street.
\u201cThere\u2019s a Publix across from a Publix in Pembroke Pines\u201d— Joel Franco (@Joel Franco) 1674790229
Podcaster, Eric Matheny, chimed in and wrote it was "fake news. Publix is the only grocery store in Florida. I couldn’t even tell you if there’s a single Safeway in the entire state."
The debate was even brought to TikTok. One creator (@onechartaday) published the image on a video and the comment section blew up with Florida locals calling it out.
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Most people are commenting that they don't understand how Publix didn't win.
Publix has 844 stores in Florida, according to the grocery store's corporate data.