Publix

Good selections.
Reasonably good quality salad bar.
I was on a business trip and this store solved my need for fresh fruits and salads.
Very helpful staff.

Nice Publix. They had a good selection of German food, and a nice section of prepared salads. Loaded up on the German food because it is sometimes hard to find, and the salads made a nice portable type of lunch.

Shout out to Publix bakery on Lebanon Rd. I walked in yesterday with a design scribbled on a piece of paper for 2 cakes and left today with exactly what I had dreamt up!
And thanks so much to all the people who helped me out yesterday and today! I’m wound pretty tight and stressed to the nines, but not one of them was a disappointment Customer Service wise. You all are the best and have made a 4 year old’s lonely birthday extra special! Extra love to the balloon lady too, who was a pleasure to talk to and had her own adult daughter celebrating a birthday today. :)

This is a great Publix. Customer service is wonderful, produce is fresh, seafood & meats are always good quality, and they have an awesome cheese selection counter.

I am always thrilled to be in a Publix. I come from grocery background and it makes me happy to see people who enjoy working in that environment as much as I did in my past!
Clean and friendly is the name of their game and I so appreciate it during my shopping time.

Hold on, now. Is this the same store that was a* bane of my Miami existence? But but but… it’s clean… and new… and the employees are nice and helpful… Oh, wait. I’m not in Miami anymore. Got it.
This Publix is the jam. I frequented many a Publix in my Miami days and such experiences usually led to some mix of tears, thrown items, raised voices, complete breakdowns, and plots for revenge. I knew that grocery shopping shouldn’t and didn’t have to be this difficult, but I couldn’t prove it. After all, I was in the Magic City and the struggle was real.
But then a funny thing happened: I moved to Nashville and things like, oh, I dunno, grocery shopping became easy… a pleasure, even. There isn’t a Publix on my side of town so a quick search revealed that this Donelson location was closest to me. Two shakes of a lamb’s tail later and I was there. The first thing you’ll notice is how wide the aisles are and how clean the entire grocery is. Wide aisles mean it’s easy to get up and down without engaging in shopping cart warfare. The cleanliness means that when you got to the deli to get sliced lunch meat, the slicer won’t be dripping with blood and there are no flies buzzing about. It sounds like a no-​brainer but try living in Miami and expecting something as routine as cleanliness. You’ll understand my wonder then.
Being Donelson, the international section isn’t as vast as say, Miami, BUT they have a nicely curated international section with a decently wide variety of items from a number of countries/​backgrounds. Their organic section is nicely stocked and I’ve never left without exactly what I wanted. In fact, when I went to other big-​chain stores in search of a blender and left empty-​handed, the Donelson Publix had just what I needed. My only real complaint about Publix is the price point is higher than what you’lll find at Kroger and the BOGO savings aren’t as plentiful as I’d like but maybe I haven’t mastered couponing the way I should. It’s a test.
This location’s biggest asset, however, are its employees. Pound for pound, you won’t find nicer, more engaged people in any other grocery in the Nashville area. On my last visit, so many employees smiled at me, asked if they could help me and/​or wished me a nice day, I thought I was on a television commercial. They were genuinely that nice! Produce, deli, dairy, in the aisles, management… heck, even the pharmacists have gotten from behind the counter to walk into the aisles and answer questions for me and offer comparisons. In any city, this is extraordinary. Coming from Miami, it’s mind-​blowing. This kindness, then, extends to the patrons. Every time I’ve been here, I’ve exchanged smiles, pleasant looks and/​or quick greetings. Some of this may be a Southern thing but some of it, I believe, comes from the fact that there’s s much ambient kindness in the air. It’s contagious. I’m glad to have this Publix as part of my grocery rotation. Even if one opens closer to me, I’d have to have a very good argument as to why I should stop coming to this location.
*There were many.

Yes, this one. it’s just over the river from East Nashville.
There are some things I find here. gives me a reason to shop in such a clean store.
I go in here because it’s next door to a pet store.
Good enough reason, right?
I always check to see if there might be some of my favorite cuts of meat are on sale.
Maybe find a jar of Duke’s mayonnaise.
or decent variety of vinegars.
The best part is how clean the store is.
So different than other stores I shop in.
It’s clean, it doesn’t smell, the aisles are wide enough.
All good stuff.

This grocery store has more food and selection than I have ever seen in my life! Organic, Gluten free, international… really quite unbeatable in selection. They even had a whole cheese section, y’all. And not that processed crap but real stuff… the type of cheese that you’ve probably only heard about on TV unless you are a hard core cheese connoisseur.
It also has to be one of the cleanest and most organized places I have ever been as well. I’ve been a couple of times and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything even slightly out of place. My AR senses certainly get a pleasant tingle upon every visit.
Customer service is also top notch. I am always greeted several times, but not in such a way that I feel intruded upon. Their deli is awesome and their chef salad is down right addicting.
Publix is one of my favorite all around shopping experiences to be sure. The only drawback is the price. Most of my frequently purchased items were $ 0.20-$ 0.30 more on average than at Walt-​Mart. They do have BOGO and digital coupons which might offset some of the costs.
In the end, I think it is a matter of «you get what you pay for». Most times, I am happy to pay extra for the extra selection, better service, and cleaner/​better overall atmosphere… unless I’m broke!

Good produce, very clean and well organized store. EXTREMELY friendly, helpful and patient employees, which is the norm for Publix. It’s the store where my mom did grocery shopping as a child in FL. Publix is great!

Living in Florida, Publix is the best grocery store chain in the state, and I try to shop exclusively there. When my wife and I were traveling to Tennessee, we needed to pick up a few supplies, and were excited to see a Publix in the area.
This store is fairly new, and offers up the same great BOGO deals as all the other Publix stores I’ve visited. This store also has the same amazing customer service you will find at all Publix stores, which truly sets them apart from other grocery chains. What really amazed me was the selection of natural and organic items available at this store. Most other stores have a nice Greenwise selection, but this store almost rivaled that of most locally owned natural stores, it was really impressive. Not being from around here, I’m guessing it may be in a nicer area of town– because the other thing I noticed was the price increase in most items. I don’t know how it compares to other stores in this area, but the prices, ESPECIALLY beer, were WAY more expensive than the Publix stores in Florida.
I can always look past that, however, as I do love shopping at Publix. The BOGO deals, combined with the amazing customer service, clean and well-​stocked stores, and great deli, butcher, bakery, and produce areas make Publix the place to shop. Glad we found one all the way in Tennessee. This is a great store!

My husband and I shop at Publix regularly. When we moved to Donelson, we were so excited to shop at this location, which was still fairly new! It’s very spacious, and the staff are so wonderful. We like to shop with coupons a lot (not an extreme couponer) since we are still newlyweds and are trying to save money, so the staff is always helpful and once somebody gave us information on where to find good coupons!
They always have a lot of products in stock, but often (at least once a month thanks to some extreme couponers) run out of our favorite things we like to buy. Thankfully the staff is always helpful and even gives us rainchecks if needed.
We will continue to shop here! :)

I don’t come here very often, but when I do I’m always greeted and the workers are SUPER friendly! I’ve had the sushi here on a few occasions and OMG… YUMMY! They have an awesome selection, fresh fruit, love the organic section. My only problem is the prices… yea it’s kinda a pocket hitter. But it’s a place I do come to first if I don’t want to deal with the ratchet ruckess at Wal-​mart. :-)

customer service is great of course. their fruit and veggie section is the best. and i love that its bright, clean, and calming.

Ms Peggy at the Deli makes the best Sub sandwiches ever, thank you Miss Peggy and thank you Publix.
They always have good things to eat while you’re shopping.

While I only recently moved to Donelson, this Publix is by far one of the best I have been to in town! The employees are so nice and helpful, not to mention friendly, and the store is clean and very easy to navigate. That being said, Donelson is not known as an area with a large Jewish population, but you would not know looking at their ethnic food aisle which has just as large if not better, selection of jewish dry good foods as the Publix in Belle Meade! I still need to talk to the manager about getting Passover foods, as that would really be the icing on the cake. They also have a great selection of Asian foods which makes my wife and I equally happy.
I love shopping here, so much so it is hard to shop elsewhere as it is just so convenient and nice. Now to get the newspaper and saving even more money with coupons!

The staff here is so nice!
The store has a great selection, is well organized, well stocked, and easy to maneuver. I was THRILLED when they opened up a Publix so close to our house (15 minutes drive to E Nash).
Every once in a while I’m forced to go to the Kroger near my house, and every single time I leave wishing I had just taken the time to drive to Publix. The experience is night and day.
Shop here! You’ll leave a much happier person than when you go elsewhere :).

The best Publix I have visited. Layout was lovely, to be greeted by the Bakery is a fine and lovely thing, its was a hard choice but we got Tiramisu and Canoli, there were tons of itty bitty pastries and tarts for parties all looking lovely, oh and lemon tart to die for. The International Section had it’s own corner and was well stocked but on the whole a little over priced. If the old global grocer could do his beans and Bisto cheaper then Publix sure can. Meat and fish counter were sparkling. Upshot is if you don’t mind spending a bit more for clean, fresh and friendly then this is it. I think a once a month treat for us.

This is a great grocery store. They have a nice bulk bin section which could stand to be expanded. The customer service there is the best of any other grocery store in that area.

Food, glorious food!!! If this Publix were in East Nashville, I would really be jumping out of my seat. But I’ll settle for Donelson. This is probably the prettiest Publix I have visited. There were so many food tastings! Probably because they just opened. But still. The produce was beautiful and fresh, the baked goods smelled tempting, the meats clean and they had organic options. They could use more free range options though. At any rate, I am absolutely thrilled to have a feasible option other than crappy Kroger! Publix is a great balance between quality and price. While you won’t find quite everything you love at Whole Foods, you can find excellent products at very reasonable prices. Kroger is dead to me!

Ah, Publix, ye glorious mythical beast.
In the little village of Donelson, tales were woven of a day when men and women would no longer have only one real choice for a market. If only Publix were here, then we would place a crown upon its head! Magically, without warning, a sign appeared one day which read, «Publix — Coming Soon». The people did laugh and cheer, for they knew that what had been foretold would soon be nigh. The coronation day was set for the Tenth day of April in the year of our Lord, this Two Thousandth and Thirteen. And when that day had arrived, there was much exuberance.
As you may have guessed, today was the grand opening of Publix in Donelson. Even though I don’t technically live in Donelson, Publix is now the closest grocery store to my house. Just because it’s the closest, doesn’t mean it will become my go-​to grocery. Is it better than what was previously there (Food Lion a.k.a. Food Dog)? Yes, Absolutely… but that’s not really saying much. I honestly don’t know how Food Lion survived as long it did… but I digress.
Back to the grand opening, the parking lot was packed, which I think was a little deceptive because the parking lot is not that big. It was very busy inside, but honestly it was no more busy than Kroger on «senior day» (I know I’m not the only one that has accidentally gone to Kroger on a Wednesday only to get stuck behind scooters on every aisle!). Despite the bustle, I checked out the whole store and here is what I found:
* Everything is clean and new (as it should be, it’s the grand opening of a brand new store!).
* Everyone who works there is friendly (something that Publix prides themselves on).
* Everything for the most part is more expensive than a certain large grocery chain down the street. I did quite a bit of price comparisons, and for most of the products that I buy, the prices were $ 1.00 — $ 1.50 more expensive.
* There are food samples everywhere (this could come in handy if you forgot to eat lunch).
I think I went in expecting to be blown away, and that just didn’t happen. No matter how you dress it up, it’s still a large box filled with the exact same products as all the other markets. I think what you pay for at Publix is the shopping experience; everyone is friendly, and they have great customer service. I always appreciate good customer service, but not at the expense of my wallet.
Bottom Line:
I will probably go to Publix for the BOGO deals, but other than that, I can’t see myself going there for anything other than last second needs. If they lower their prices a bit to become more competitive with their local grocery store rivals, then I may consider going on a regular basis. Lower prices would definitely garner an extra star from me, but as it stands for now, 3 stars.