Farragut’s Publix opened in March at roughly 48,400 square feet, and Nolensville’s opened four months before it. Publix has been in Tennessee since 2002. Neither store is laid out the way the chain’s first Tennessee stores were. These are the Publix habits Tennesseans get wrong at the chain’s current stores. 1. Skipping the Pharmacy Drive-Thru…
Pennsylvania has more than 160 Aldi stores, putting it in the top five in the nation for the number of Aldis. A typical Aldi store runs on 15 to 20 employees. You can bet they’ve learned a lot during their hours there. These are the things Aldi employees know about the store that Pennsylvanians often…
Food Lion put $484 million into remodeling 153 stores around Charlotte, the company announced last November. The MVP program didn’t get the same overhaul. Its rules still sit where they’ve always sat, in fine print many North Carolinians only notice after the receipt prints, on the off chance they take the time to look. These…
Wegmans opened its first Connecticut store in Norwalk in July 2025, pushing the Rochester-founded chain into a ninth state. A chain that size looks like it should run the same way everywhere. But the parts that save you money at a New York Wegmans are the parts few people explain to newbies. These are the…
Basil leaves turn black once the temperature dips to 40 degrees, according to Rutgers’ agricultural extension. But Cleveland’s first real freeze doesn’t arrive until around October 28, per the National Weather Service. Ohio’s carts change over in the weeks between those two numbers, well before the first freeze arrives. These are the things Ohioans stop…
Publix runs 897 stores in Florida, by the company’s count, and every deli in them builds Pub Subs by hand. But how you order changes what you pay. These are the Pub Sub ordering mistakes that cost customers extra money. Paying Online Before Checking Coupons Publix charges your payment method the moment you submit a…
Harris Teeter is opening a new store in Kannapolis this year, one of five planned across the Carolinas and Florida. That’s good news for residents. But the savings Harris Teeter shoppers receive aren’t automatic, and the rules that decide them sit in a policy page few people read. These are the Harris Teeter traps that…
Publix’s seafood pages put its special-order list at more than 60 kinds of fresh fish a shopper won’t find in the case. Few Floridians ever ask. What that counter will do for a shopper isn’t printed anywhere on the glass, and a couple of those things cost nothing. These are the things the Publix seafood…
You scan the MVP card at Food Lion because that’s what you’ve always done. The cashier says nothing. There’s more to that card than you’re using, but the cashier doesn’t say anything because of the line behind you. These are the Food Lion secrets employees wish South Carolinians had learned years ago. 1. A Wrong…
Some H-E-B rules don’t matter until you’re standing at the checkout. That’s when shoppers discover that weekly deals can vary from store to store and Texas law controls when certain products can be sold. These are the things H-E-B employees wish Texans knew before they get in line. Note: This is general information, not legal…
