Publix caters to upscale women shoppers. Thus, the COVID propaganda has been deeply absorbed and it will take months of ridicule to clear it out of their minds. Bless ‘em.
Publix caters to normal human beings, and I doubt that there’s anybody in my local Publix that would count as “upscale.” The same folks shop at Winn Dixie, depending on which store is nearest, or if there’s something you want to get that Winn Dixie doesn’t carry.
Publix is (was) also one of the best employers in the South, is employee owned, and promotes from within. Many people would get part time jobs as baggers while in school, stay on and then get into management, and are now running the company.
The company got intimidated by Biden and the many Karens, a lot of them young males and a lot of them black, since black people are very devoted to their masks, and also by certain Florida Dem or RINO mayors who hate DeSantis and wanted to lock down and mask their cities.