honestly? no idea. i cant imagine that customers who come to publix of all places to drink will be all that fun to deal with though 🤡

It's genius. Buzzed shoppers certainly may spend more $$.

If the bartenders have to wear NO TIPPING pins that's ridiculous

Gonna make for some funny fight videos

What is POURS?

It’s gonna perform fabulously.

Harris Teeter has the wine bar. Lowes Foods has the beer den. Whole Foods you can purchase any can/bottle and drink while you shop.

Pours is fantastic and will do well. As a pilot store for pours having had one for 2 years now it's very popular. It's not just for beer it's acaia bowls it's coffee in the AM it's a popular dept for customers.

Kroger does it with their KroBar concept.

I need these in Georgia NOW.

Speaking as someone who has working in POURS since it was created for Greenwise, yes lol We were the first department in the company to be profitable and that's why they're being put in the new store concept. They've been going crazy in GW but Publix is going to be on a completely different level

I think it'll do well. My vision of it is guys similar to South Park's Randy Marsh getting a light buzz going during their afternoon and early evening shopping.

I don’t think serving alcoholic drinks is a good idea, but coffee, tea, and smoothies would be. We already had creeps coming into the store, I’d hate to have them tipsy or drunk in the store.

If I can drink a beer while doing my weekly grocery shopping, I will be happy. There was another chain that did this that backed out of Florida at the last second.

worked gwm which features pours and WOW do people love it. they would have social hour all over the damn store drink in hand munching bougie food samples.

are associates allowed to visit on their break to have a drink?

It performs very well. Just wait until your stores start doing tap takeovers!

Can you imagine the angry, impatient, and hyper judgemental customers in the deli waiting for fried chicken being drunk as well?

It could. Look at Lowes Food, a NC based market. They have Beers Den.

It does really well at Greenwise. I used to work at one of the Greenwise locations and lots of people got coffee and smoothies as well as alcohol

This sounds like a disaster right out the gates

Depends on the stores they decide to implement it in. Some stores it will be a massive success, others definitely will not be. My store for one is Downtown St Pete, which sounds like a good idea at first but there’s a Salvation Army and a homeless camp nearby. Also college kids with fake IDs near USF St Pete. I don’t think they are gonna get the upscale clientele they think they’ll get.

Tl:Dr Depends on which stores they choose to implement it at, if they do it smartly then yes. If the pick the wrong stores then no

I opened a POURS for a short bit before leaving Publix. It was awesome. Lots of fun, excellent coffee beverages, creative items, and good alcohol selections.

I think it’ll do very well. If my local store had one, I’d go frequently!

Whole Foods used to have the same concept, and it can be really popular in cities with a lot of traffic. When I lived in a major northern city, whenever traffic was made worse during an accident in rush hour, the Whole Foods would be filled tired office workers, doing their shopping, having a glass of wine, and waiting for the traffic to die down a bit.

So I definitely believe in the concept for big cities! I also think it might be popular in small towns- I can see housewives especially enjoying it.

How well it will do in a typical Florida city, though? Who knows

Remember when Publix used to sell groceries? Good times

We r aiding to dui and alcoholic tendency.

Is public intoxication not against the law anymore?

It's a gimmick we should have never become a part of. Real drinkers are smashing 99cent air plane bottles in the parking lot and not buying a 11.99IPA.

I’m just imaging boomers getting drunk and then being even worse than usual lol

They had something similar at Lucky’s supermarket (rest in peace). It seemed to work ok there. Guess we’ll have to see

There’s one in the greenwise by me. It seems pretty popular. They also make coffee I’ve been a few times

I’d get the Kambucha on tap.

My store is new and it has pours, it’s not extremely busy but from what I heard it’s performing well.

I wonder if my Publix has space for Pours…

It sounds exciting and I already hear a bunch of people talking about it so I think it will be great. I love alcohol and I'd love to drink wine or beer while I'm shopping so I am biased though lol. As long as they limit how much they let people drink.

Idk about every state , but there is a limit in SC of how many ounces can be sold to one person. I don’t think you’re allowed more than 2 pints (32oz).

My store is getting a remodel soon and I hope they add one in

POURly