Trader Joe's

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Massachusetts has Trader Joe's which is actually a California import.

Jo Ann

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There are Trader Joe's all over CA, too. Another good place for teacher

gifts is a dollar store. Really! I see cute things in there all the time

that I would love to have! And it's not the price, but the thought behind

the gift. Trust me on this one <G>

Just no Avon, please!!!!

Jena, Full Moon Warrior Princess

Trader Joe's

>A few asked me where the European market is. The one I went to today

>was called Trader Joe's (it appears to be a new franchise). I bought

>a whole bag of goodies for less than $25.00. There are numerous

>items under $5 that would make perfect teacher gifts. I'm taking Tim

>there soon The store is located on Rt 7 heading east and right

>after the I66 interchange. It's on the left in a small shopping

>plaza. There are stores in NY, NJ, CT, IL, VA, PA and another state

>I can't think of off hand. There are 4 in the Fairfax area.

>

>

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or Body Shop. I really admire what Anita Roddick did, but I don't want to

smell like a piece of fruit. As someone who teaches and does receive many

gifts at Christmas, I have to agree that it is the thought that counts.

Especially if that gift has been made or bought by the child. I have had

some beautiful gifts that children have made me.

Allyson

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<< From: c1ndysue1@...

Subject: Trader Joe's

A few asked me where the European market is. The one I went to today

was called Trader Joe's (it appears to be a new franchise).

There are stores in NY, NJ, CT, IL, VA, PA and another state

>>>I can't think of off hand. There are 4 in the Fairfax area.

We have Trader Joe's here in Phoenix. I haven't been but a good friend told

me it was great, will have to check it out one of these days.

Green

Mom to 17/ds

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--- In , " rnd4me_94 " <rnd4me@a...>

wrote:

>

> Lynn (and everyone!)

>

> I just recently discovered a Trader Joe's. It seemed really nice,

> but I didn't have a lot of time to explore.

>

> I was wondering what kinds of things you like to get from there.

Trader Joe's is the best! I do most of my shopping there.

I get the Trader Joe's brand organic milk, the Trader Joe's

brand heavy cream, pecan halves, decaffeinated Constant

Comment tea, Morello cherries in a jar, frozen organic wild

blueberries, fresh basil, green beans, extra virgin olive

oil, yoghurt, Van Houten cocoa, avocadoes, Castille soap,

palm oil, and they used to carry the best canned peaches

that I've ever had, but don't seem to have them anymore. One

thing you _don't_ want to get there is the cheeses that have

been cut and repackaged by the store. They invariably have

taken on a bad smell from the refrigerator case. I guess

they're not properly sealed.

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Trader Joe's is a fabulous store. I only shop at the following

stores in California:

Wild Oats

Whole Foods

Mother's Market

Trader Joe's

oh yeah and all of the Certified Farmer's Markets

-Vee

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wrote:

> >

> > Lynn S.

> > of the " TJs RULES " S's...

> >

>

> Lynn (and everyone!)

>

> I just recently discovered a Trader Joe's. It seemed really nice,

but

> I didn't have a lot of time to explore.

>

> I was wondering what kinds of things you like to get from there.

>

> Thanks,

> Beverly

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> I just recently discovered a Trader Joe's. It seemed really nice, but

> I didn't have a lot of time to explore.

>

> I was wondering what kinds of things you like to get from there.

Oh golly, Niman Ranch bacon and when I'm feeling rich Niman Ranch beef,

really good whole milk yogurt, raw nuts of all kinds (occasionally

organic, even, and at decent prices) for crispy nuts, dried fruits,

jams and nut butters (though I should make my own of the latter), very

good and affordable maple syrup, cheap but good wines for cooking (3

Buck Chuck--you Californians know it as Two-Buck Chuck), excellent

cheeses including Kerrygold (try the Madrigal), the occasional bit of

Kerrygold butter when I'm feeling rich that I eat all by itself like

cheese, frozen fish and shellfish, frozen fruits and veggies (favs:

mango chunks and filet beans), excellent chocolate--their cocoa-dusted

truffles! oh my god!--organic cream and milk at decent prices, fairly

decent eggs, bagged salad mix, canned anchovies and sardines,

Christmastime pfefferknuse cookies (not NT but I love them--wonder if I

could reverse-engineer NT that recipe...) and Silja Swedish rye

flatbread, yummy garlic stuffed green olives, pretty darn good and

cheap canned marinara sauce, organic rapadura-style sugar at a

semi-reasonable price, quite good coffee and not-bad tea (it's where I

buy my kombucha-brewing tea)...that's just off the top of my head.

Next door to our TJ's in SE PDX is a lovely little mostly-organic

produce market called Limbo that sells unpasteurized kombucha,

unpasteurized krauts, a couple of different kinds of fresh locally

produced artisan misos, locally produced honey (can't tell if it's raw

or what), and lots of lovely produce.

Lynn S.

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> One

> thing you _don't_ want to get there is the cheeses that have

> been cut and repackaged by the store. They invariably have

> taken on a bad smell from the refrigerator case. I guess

> they're not properly sealed.

Guess it must depend on the TJs, or I've been lucky.

Lynn S.

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I don't know why people on this list are so ecstatic about Trader Joe's, there

are a few things that really bother me about the store. Nevertheless I find

several items there to be quality and cost-effective:

extra-virgin olive oil

potatoes

generic cultured butter (usually i use raw though)

wild salmon, frozen

I also started buying Designer Whey from them, which by it's claims seems to be

processed more or less ideally and is less than 1/4 the price of Goat-tein. But

I'm going to look into the processing further before I make a lifetime habit out

of it.

Things that really bother me about Trader Joe's:

low-fat, low-fat, low-fat. They don't even carry whole milk yogurt!!!!!!!!! A

whole fridge full of yogurt, and all either skim or low-fat. can you believe

it???

They carry a whole slew of nitrate-free bacons, but the one bacon they carry

that's pastured, Niman Ranch, they only carry the one cured with Na Nitrite!

Niman Ranch makes a nitrate/nitrite-free version, but TJ's doesn't carry it.

Utter lack of fresh stuff. They hardly carry anything that doesn't come in a

package.

Chris

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On Friday, November 21, 2003, at 09:29 AM, ChrisMasterjohn@...

wrote:

> I don't know why people on this list are so ecstatic about Trader

> Joe's,

Dude, you have SUCH a sucky TJs manager. Don't blame the chain. Well,

okay, you can blame the chain for hiring him/her.

> Things that really bother me about Trader Joe's:

> low-fat, low-fat, low-fat. They don't even carry whole milk

> yogurt!!!!!!!!! A whole fridge full of yogurt, and all either skim or

> low-fat. can you believe it???

No, because my TJs carries at least two different full fat yogurts. I

don't know if we're having an impact or what, but I'm discovering just

as fullfat things were nearly completely gone, suddenly they're back.

The local bigbux hfs suddenly carries four different kinds and even the

Food4Less where I shop for weird ethnic stuff has Brown Cow.

(Strangely, our local favorite, 's, seems to have stopped making

its famous original Honey Yogurt in the big 64 oz container. Only

nonfat/lowfat.) Butter is back big time too, which of course is partly

the holidays but still, it's a noticeable trend.

> They carry a whole slew of nitrate-free bacons, but the one bacon they

> carry that's pastured, Niman Ranch, they only carry the one cured with

> Na Nitrite! Niman Ranch makes a nitrate/nitrite-free version, but

> TJ's doesn't carry it.

Yes they do, I just bought 2 lbs of it last week, I *swear*.

> Utter lack of fresh stuff.

Ours has an entire section of fresh produce of all kinds--most all

cellophaned, but that's because everything at TJs is by the each. They

don't have scales. It's part of how they keep their costs down.

I'm telling you, you have to move near a better TJs.

Lynn

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> Dude, you have SUCH a sucky TJs manager. Don't blame the chain.

Well,

> okay, you can blame the chain for hiring him/her.

Since the one in Worcester and the one that just opened up in Hadley

both had the same problems, I figured what they carried was dictated

by someone above the individual stores.

> > Things that really bother me about Trader Joe's:

> > low-fat, low-fat, low-fat. They don't even carry whole milk

> > yogurt!!!!!!!!! A whole fridge full of yogurt, and all either

skim or

> > low-fat. can you believe it???

>

> No, because my TJs carries at least two different full fat yogurts.

I

> don't know if we're having an impact or what, but I'm discovering

just

> as fullfat things were nearly completely gone, suddenly they're

back.

> The local bigbux hfs suddenly carries four different kinds and even

the

Yeah, our local hfs carries Brown Cow, Stonyfield, Seven Stars,

Hawthorne Valley.

> Food4Less where I shop for weird ethnic stuff has Brown Cow.

> (Strangely, our local favorite, 's, seems to have stopped

making

> its famous original Honey Yogurt in the big 64 oz container. Only

> nonfat/lowfat.) Butter is back big time too, which of course is

partly

> the holidays but still, it's a noticeable trend.

>

> > They carry a whole slew of nitrate-free bacons, but the one bacon

they

> > carry that's pastured, Niman Ranch, they only carry the one cured

with

> > Na Nitrite! Niman Ranch makes a nitrate/nitrite-free version,

but

> > TJ's doesn't carry it.

>

> Yes they do, I just bought 2 lbs of it last week, I *swear*.

That's good to hear. I complaied about this a couple weeks ago to

the manager, and she said she'd pass on my concern to " the buyer. "

I'll check back today and see if they have it.

> > Utter lack of fresh stuff.

>

> Ours has an entire section of fresh produce of all kinds--most all

> cellophaned, but that's because everything at TJs is by the each.

They

> don't have scales. It's part of how they keep their costs down.

Hmm, I think that's what I meant. How does celophaning keep costs

down?

Chris

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> Since the one in Worcester and the one that just opened up in Hadley

> both had the same problems, I figured what they carried was dictated

> by someone above the individual stores.

Maybe it's a district thing. You need to organize the locals into

demanding healthy fats at your regional TJs. I'm amazed that the

lowfat brigade seems to have more power there than here, in the vegan

capital of the universe. (There's even a vegan market here, called Food

Fight. Who on earth would shop at a place called Food Fight? Vegans,

naturally; EVERYTHING's a fight with those people. Drink some cream and

calm down!)

> Hmm, I think that's what I meant. How does celophaning keep costs

> down?

Because they don't need scales at the registers and that saves overall

labor and equipment costs. All the pkgs are $x, not $x/lb; they're not

always the best value that way (never buy bananas at TJs unless you're

desperate), but then I normally don't use TJs as a one-stop store. And

though they're cellophaned, the produce is usually fresh and good. TJs

is where I get the things that make life more pleasant--like nuts,

chocolate, decent cooking wine and good cheese--at an affordable price.

Fresh produce is something I usually buy next door at the produce

market (lovely combination, that) or at the farmer's market.

Lynn S.

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l talked to the manager in Hadley as to wheather they carried a full fat

coconut milk....light tastes worst than Thai Kitchen with guar gum. He said

it was up to regional buyer as to wheather they carried full fat...would

pass it on. Told him lowfat was not a trend in Western MA. where there are

more New Englanders brought up on full fat dairy even. Noted all low fat in

dairy too.

Is the TJ's uncured bacon not pastured? Is very good with very good fat in

the pan quality/quantity.

The cellophaning of produce is probably a convenience to themselves they

use. Put together in warehouse facilities, shipped in and out on shelves

quicker. Also healthwise people aren't touching, not taking and leaving.

Other than that, haven't found palm oil but will look as someone wrote they

got it there. Probably by coconut oil? Is it red/orange?

Everytime l go there there seems to be something new and interesting or

that l've missed. Always am short on time.

Have got

TJ's uncured bacon

portobella mushrooms

organic asparagus

organic sugar snap peas

sweet potato fries

avocadoes (everytime, best flavor and price l've found)

frozen seafood mix of shrimp, calamari, scallops, good chowder

frozen cioppino (above seafood pretty much with sauce ingredients)

Plugra butter, not bad President better

coconut oil

venison patties, had last night, buffalo next

Terra Nostra organic 73% intense dark chocolate, one portion of bar is all

you'll want, incredible!

Santini olive oil

Ementaller (sp.) cheese, just advertised, has recommended

Belgioioso sharp provolone

sushi for daughter, best price around

pistachios for hubby, affordable now, used to be only sunflower seeds

almond butter

smoothie concentrates

castile soap

dishwasher powder

tongol tuna in water

Wanita

At 06:25 PM 11/21/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>> Dude, you have SUCH a sucky TJs manager. Don't blame the chain.

>Well,

>> okay, you can blame the chain for hiring him/her.

>

>Since the one in Worcester and the one that just opened up in Hadley

>both had the same problems, I figured what they carried was dictated

>by someone above the individual stores.

>

>> > Things that really bother me about Trader Joe's:

>> > low-fat, low-fat, low-fat. They don't even carry whole milk

>> > yogurt!!!!!!!!! A whole fridge full of yogurt, and all either

>skim or

>> > low-fat. can you believe it???

>>

>> No, because my TJs carries at least two different full fat yogurts.

>I

>> don't know if we're having an impact or what, but I'm discovering

>just

>> as fullfat things were nearly completely gone, suddenly they're

>back.

>> The local bigbux hfs suddenly carries four different kinds and even

>the

>

>Yeah, our local hfs carries Brown Cow, Stonyfield, Seven Stars,

>Hawthorne Valley.

>

>> Food4Less where I shop for weird ethnic stuff has Brown Cow.

>> (Strangely, our local favorite, 's, seems to have stopped

>making

>> its famous original Honey Yogurt in the big 64 oz container. Only

>> nonfat/lowfat.) Butter is back big time too, which of course is

>partly

>> the holidays but still, it's a noticeable trend.

>>

>> > They carry a whole slew of nitrate-free bacons, but the one bacon

>they

>> > carry that's pastured, Niman Ranch, they only carry the one cured

>with

>> > Na Nitrite! Niman Ranch makes a nitrate/nitrite-free version,

>but

>> > TJ's doesn't carry it.

>>

>> Yes they do, I just bought 2 lbs of it last week, I *swear*.

>

>That's good to hear. I complaied about this a couple weeks ago to

>the manager, and she said she'd pass on my concern to " the buyer. "

>I'll check back today and see if they have it.

>

>

>> > Utter lack of fresh stuff.

>>

>> Ours has an entire section of fresh produce of all kinds--most all

>> cellophaned, but that's because everything at TJs is by the each.

>They

>> don't have scales. It's part of how they keep their costs down.

>

>Hmm, I think that's what I meant. How does celophaning keep costs

>down?

>

>Chris

>

>

>

>

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Lynn,

This could be the second vegan capital in the country if you look at some

spots. Don't understand their lowfat routine with Bread and Circus for

years being next door to new TJ's doing full fat dairy line fine obviously

or they would have at least cut back. Also the customers in TJ's are not

the same as Bread and Circus. Bigger proportion over 50 not in office

clothes. Maybe Wednesday is senior citizen or something. Have seen it on

other days. Atmosphere more comfortable in TJ's. Being a lifelong native l

highly doubt they'd find somehow the entire valley went low fat for health

reasons or something. Agriculturally rich area built from fat, also 5

colleges close by them.

Wanita

At 11:23 AM 11/21/2003 -0800, you wrote:

>> Since the one in Worcester and the one that just opened up in Hadley

>> both had the same problems, I figured what they carried was dictated

>> by someone above the individual stores.

>

>Maybe it's a district thing. You need to organize the locals into

>demanding healthy fats at your regional TJs. I'm amazed that the

>lowfat brigade seems to have more power there than here, in the vegan

>capital of the universe. (There's even a vegan market here, called Food

>Fight. Who on earth would shop at a place called Food Fight? Vegans,

>naturally; EVERYTHING's a fight with those people. Drink some cream and

>calm down!)

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Wanita,

> Is the TJ's uncured bacon not pastured?

I didn't get the impression that any of these packaged bacons are pastured

(I'd assume not if they don't note otherwise ) Niman Ranch's is pastured OR

kept in humane pens, so even that's a gamble, but at least it is often pastured.

Is very good with very good fat in

> the pan quality/quantity.

Fat in the pan? Bacon has an enormous amount of fat, so I never put any in,

I usually GET fat from cooking bacon. I just bought some TJ's generic bacon

today, and I'm not impressed with the flavor. I get some really kickass bacon

from " 's Smokehouse " at The Living Earth in Worcester that I think tastes

great.

> Terra Nostra organic 73% intense dark chocolate, one portion of bar is all

> you'll want, incredible!

Oh I'm sure I'd eat the whole bar without a problem ;-) I don't eat

" portions " of anything, and more to the point, chocolate is delicious :-)

Chris

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/21/03 6:43:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,

wanitawa@... writes:

> Atmosphere more comfortable in TJ's.

Really?

I like the atmosphere in Bread and Circus much better. It's bigger, roomier,

and I like the artwork.

Chris

[Guest guest]

>Fat in the pan? Bacon has an enormous amount of fat, so I never put any in,

>I usually GET fat from cooking bacon. I just bought some TJ's generic bacon

>today, and I'm not impressed with the flavor.

Yes, fat in the pan.

>

>> Terra Nostra organic 73% intense dark chocolate, one portion of bar is all

>> you'll want, incredible!

>

>Oh I'm sure I'd eat the whole bar without a problem ;-) I don't eat

> " portions " of anything, and more to the point, chocolate is delicious :-)

Maybe, is very rich, filling, bittersweet, melting it in your mouth.

Wanita

[Guest guest]

Oh-- I also buy Trader Joe's shaving cream, which seems to be pretty good.

Chris

[Guest guest]

> Oh-- I also buy Trader Joe's shaving cream, which seems to be pretty

> good.

Is the cream raw? oh--never mind.

Lynn S.

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> Jeanne wrote:

> I have heard so much about Trader Joe's that I can't wait until it opens.

When I was traveling either in CA or AZ I needed some natural hair spray so

I tried to find a health food store. Coming from Mpls, St area, I was

spoiled. Someone told me about Trader Joes, so I tracked it down. I was

disappointed with the selection of products. I can find much more at the

Wedge or TAO Health Foods in Uptown, then Trader Joes had. Yes they had a

sandwich bar, but were lacking in so many other ways. They had a very large

modern store, but not too well informed employees. Groceries were spread

out and looked like much more than what really was there. Hope you find it

better than what I found.

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I, too, have been less-than-thrilled with Trader

Joe's. (I used to live in Philadelphia, where there is

one.) They specialize mostly in a lot of processed

foods - organic boxed cereals, chips, cookies, and

items like oils, nuts, seeds, nutritional supplements

and cleaning products. Many of the nuts and crackers

have canola oil and similar nasty things. Although it

can be a good resource for certain items, I still

think you are way, way better off buying local

products from local folks - like many of the people

listed on our resource pages! And the co-ops, although

they can be expensive, are also better in my opinion

since they are member-owned and locally controlled -

not part of a huge national chain.

Just my two cents,

>Hope you find it

> better than what I found.

>

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I love Trader Joe's and I feel their prices are very reasonable. They

have a website at " www.traderjoes.com " and if you go there and click

on " THE NEW FEARLESS FLYER IS HERE " (and put in your area) it show you

a copy of their most current monthly flyer with item selections and

prices. It doesn't show everything they carry, but will give you an

idea.

>

> I've been looking into shopping at Trader Joe's lately for all my

> grocery shopping because I plan on switching to a 100% organic

> lifestyle. Im basically trying to change my lifestyle to phase 1 of

> Trudeau's weight loss book. Of course I've never been to one

> before because theyre so far from me. I just want to know, is this

the

> right place to shop at for what Im trying to do? Also, what are their

> prices like? I know their prices wont be like supermarket shopping,

but

> are their prices at least reasonable for 100% organic products? Let

me

> know...

>

[Guest guest]

Thanx for the advice. Do you know if Trader Joe's sell Stevia?

> >

> > I've been looking into shopping at Trader Joe's lately for all my

> > grocery shopping because I plan on switching to a 100% organic

> > lifestyle. Im basically trying to change my lifestyle to phase 1

of

> > Trudeau's weight loss book. Of course I've never been to

one

> > before because theyre so far from me. I just want to know, is

this

> the

> > right place to shop at for what Im trying to do? Also, what are

their

> > prices like? I know their prices wont be like supermarket

shopping,

> but

> > are their prices at least reasonable for 100% organic products?

Let

> me

> > know...

> >

>

[Guest guest]

yes, Trader Joes sells stevia and many organic products at a reasonable

price! )

>From: " Dashaun " <young.cutthroat@...>

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Re: Trader Joe's

>Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 14:34:26 -0000

>

>Thanx for the advice. Do you know if Trader Joe's sell Stevia?

>

>

> > >

> > > I've been looking into shopping at Trader Joe's lately for all my

> > > grocery shopping because I plan on switching to a 100% organic

> > > lifestyle. Im basically trying to change my lifestyle to phase 1

>of

> > > Trudeau's weight loss book. Of course I've never been to

>one

> > > before because theyre so far from me. I just want to know, is

>this

> > the

> > > right place to shop at for what Im trying to do? Also, what are

>their

> > > prices like? I know their prices wont be like supermarket

>shopping,

> > but

> > > are their prices at least reasonable for 100% organic products?

>Let

> > me

> > > know...

> > >

> >

>

>

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So basically, Trader Joe's will be a one stop shop for me. Lol. I'll

check them out as soon as I empty out my refrigerator of all the food

that I have now. No more slaving to the major food companies.

> > > >

> > > > I've been looking into shopping at Trader Joe's lately for

all my

> > > > grocery shopping because I plan on switching to a 100% organic

> > > > lifestyle. Im basically trying to change my lifestyle to

phase 1

> >of

> > > > Trudeau's weight loss book. Of course I've never been to

> >one

> > > > before because theyre so far from me. I just want to know, is

> >this

> > > the

> > > > right place to shop at for what Im trying to do? Also, what

are

> >their

> > > > prices like? I know their prices wont be like supermarket

> >shopping,

> > > but

> > > > are their prices at least reasonable for 100% organic

products?

> >Let

> > > me

> > > > know...

> > > >

> > >

> >

> >

>

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