Sarasota Village — Local services in Sarasota

Used the "self-checkout" lane, only had 3 items. Ran into a little snag during the payment process, the customer service lady that was standing there couldn't have been more than 18 years old and could not answer any of my questions regarding the problem I was having checking out. I was trying to do a split tender and she had no idea how to do it. I ended up having to park my order take it up to customer service and pay for it. So unless it's a straightforward payment method I wouldn't recommend self-checkout at any of these stores because they don't train the girls that are standing there to help you more or less they stand there to make sure no one is stealing. Other than that the store was clean well stocked and as always very friendly people that work there. Parking was not very easy I ended up having to park out next to Bee Ridge road and walk...

In spite of the fact that their White Mountain bread is the best ever, every one of their stores I visit each week while my home Publix at the Landings is being rebuilt has, along with their philosophy and business model to gouge its customers for whatever they will tolerate; one really big deficit is their bakeries. Mainly, the bakery staff are not properly supervised. Firstly, they do not knead their breads fully and let the dough rise in an overly warm setting, thus rendering much of the loaves full of holes, which isn't great for containing any sandwich condiments. Worse, they slice these loaves of very soft breads when they are warm out of the oven; which again leaves the customer with crushed, mishapen slices and is inusable. They also put the sliced loaves cross-wise in the plastic bags, making it...

Publix. Nice, clean, strong wifi. Polite but a bit overbearing on the "meet & greet, can I help you find anything sir " questions. It's a frickin grocery store. Everyone knows where everything is or we look for it while shopping for other items... Duh....Stop trying to rush the shopping experience/getaway from the commotion of life. Let customers relax and shop. Jeez. And what's with having like 15 managers at every location??? Wierd. Only place I've ever seen with an equal amount of managers and employees Lol 🤷Other than that, when I was left alone to do what I like to do, it was just as it's always been . Great. Don't change what's always worked Publix. Let the shopping experience handle itself w/o all the greets and assistance on...