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Posted 1/4/2010 3:12 AM (GMT 0)
What's good there?
Posted 1/4/2010 5:51 AM (GMT 0)
The prices. Trader Joes is a definite must if you are looking for natural foods. Whole Foods is pricey but carries practically everything. I usually go to Trader Joes first and then Whole Foods.
Posted 1/4/2010 5:33 PM (GMT 0)
I love Trader Joe's for all kinds of food and a great price on their own label kefir! - but .... Whole Foods tends to be a bigger store, so it carries more - though it sure is pricier. I find the two stores similar in feel.
Posted 1/4/2010 5:33 PM (GMT 0)
I looooove their pizza sauce. It's fresh (not jarred), so when I got I buy quite a few containers and stick them in my freezer. Their frozen fish is also nice, as well as the sweet potato fries.
Posted 1/4/2010 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not a big fan of Trader Joes- there's one right near me, & when it first opened I went mental in that place, basically stopped cooking altogether, & relied on Trader Joe's freezer stuff & meals in a box things. And after about a month, we realized that the food just isn't that good.... They are cheaper for some things- nuts are cheap there, some cheeses, & apparently some supplements. The frozen mixed veggie blends are alright. But overall the food is pretty bleh. I prefer to cook fresh food. Same thing with Whole Foods- that place is such a marketing scam! It's not like your fresh produce from Whole Foods just came glistening out of the fields out back. The lettuce has still flown more miles than most of us! I miss the Whole Foods deli, with the delish tofu salads & ready-to-eat stuff. And they had a killer salad bar. I'm more of a locavore, or one who just buys the cheap store brand stuff from Stop & Shop.
Posted 1/4/2010 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
I actually haven't had many of Trader Joe's prepared foods..... but I find the produce to be good quality, and sometimes things like avocados are much cheaper than in the regular grocery.... we buy a lot of nuts there, cheeses, kefir, yogurt, breakfast cereal, and the occasional loaf of bread - all at good price.
And if I'm entertaining, the cookies are good.
My son does like the frozen Chinese dumplings. :-)
Posted 1/4/2010 10:21 PM (GMT 0)
 

I'm also over Trader Joes.  I went nuts when it first opened and tried a variety of different items (frozen, fresh, nuts, wine, etc) and never really found anything I couldn't buy somewhere else for a similar price or live without.  I'm also not a big fan of prepared foods (regardless of how healthy) so maybe that's part of it too . . . .

Funny story is that our TJ's opened when I was having my worst flare ever - the one that actually got me diagnosed.  I once had to use the bathroom 3 times while I was shopping (which was all of 25-30 minutes).  Now - It will always be in my mind one of those stores I can't shop at without having to use the bathroom!   

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