The Weight Of History

What Do You Think You're Looking At? #131

Have you ever seen one of these before?

(Photo credit Phillip Pessar/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 DEED.)

They’re old-fashioned scales in the lobbies of most Publix supermarkets—a simple but iconic symbol of the very well-liked supermarket chain.

In 2021, Publix announced that at some point its scales would have to be pulled from stores, as their condition deteriorate…