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What's the appeal of Trader Joes?

beefheart said:
But no Yuengling....they don't sell east of Tennessee,,,,
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We have it in Florida, a brewery in Tampa. How do you know Pottsville?
 
Renae said:
We were there a while back and I was not impressed with it, but people are all gaga over it. I don't get it.
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We don't go there often but they do offer some unique products that few if any other places carry. Like pure blueberry juice that is helpful for people with some conditions like MS. And I like the name. :)
 
People like the ad pamphlet layout.

The food quality is ok, but there are better and much more cost effective resources.

Many like the small store format and find it personal.

I have written a book, (yea me) on how to eat like a king or queen on a paupers pay.

A pauper is a poor person. (My neighbor had never heard that term before so I tend to elaborate.)
 
Chomsky said:
You've answered your question, here. You are not their target customer.

BTW - I used to avoid organic food, thinking it was a marketing crock. But then after I started shopping at some more upscale places having a larger organic presence than the more value oriented markets, I've changed my mind. I've since found that many of the organic products are grown, shipped, and handled & packaged in a higher quality manner. I hate to call it "boutique" vs "mass merchandised", but that seems to be exactly what it is. To my tastes and experiences, organic food often seems to be higher quality, better & more natural tasting, and has a longer shelf life.

The following may be a poor example because it is mass merchandised and available virtually everywhere, but have you tried Heinz Organic Ketchup? It sounds crazy, but it's absolutely excellent, with a "fresher flavor" profile of sorts. Try a comparison with the old. It's all I buy, now.
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Ive tried organic versus the usual kind, and they all taste the same to me.

As far as Trader Joe's, it's a supermarket for hipsters- nice presentation and labeling, but otherwise no different than other specialty shops.
 
PoS said:
Ive tried organic versus the usual kind, and they all taste the same to me.

As far as Trader Joe's, it's a supermarket for hipsters- nice presentation and labeling, but otherwise no different than other specialty shops.
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Taste can be deceptive.

People can't taste food poising in most cases.

It goes to regulations and standards.

Someone mentioned 5 Guys burgers earlier.

They cannot guarantee the meat they use because of the providers quality assurance is based on USDA low standards.

This is why the burgers 5 Guys makes MUST be medium to medium well to make sure they are not making people sick.

In N Out burger had an issue were their distributor sold them less than ideal meat and people in several states got sick including a MLB player who missed almost two weeks of games.

It took Jack In The Box years to recover from an incident that result in people dying when it received frozen patties that were tainted and hadn't fully cooked some.

They never received a recall. The patties were found in multiple states sitting as inventory to be used.

You have likely heard of meat recalls, during a recall it is found by independent testing that the meat is tainted.

What most do not know is only about 15%-20% of the meat gets returned.

What happens to the other 85%? It gets eaten before the recall is even submitted.

We could have the safest food on the planet, but we as Americans chose to allow lax oversight.

Organics set a standard "in most cases" above what we ask our government to set or oversee.

Some crops are sprayed with pesticides, then harvested and then processed in the fields so close together that those doing the processing wear protective gear to prevent them from being contaminated. YUM YUM
 
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Dick Tornado said:
People like the ad pamphlet layout.

The food quality is ok, but there are better and much more cost effective resources.

Many like the small store format and find it personal.

I have written a book, (yea me) on how to eat like a king or queen on a paupers pay.

A pauper is a poor person. (My neighbor had never heard that term before so I tend to elaborate.)
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You seem a font of linguistic supererogation, a veritable cornucopia of thesauric knowledge whose very words reach betwixt supercilious and didactic!
 
Renae said:
You seem a font of linguistic supererogation, a veritable cornucopia of thesauric knowledge whose very words reach betwixt supercilious and didactic!
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I iz shore sorry ifs I confuse youz or betwixed you hear.

I waz told their is a raeson y vocabularry matters.

Not 2 be self important but precise.

(The auto correct made that hard to write, LOL)
 
Dick Tornado said:
I iz shore sorry ifs I confuse youz or betwixed you hear.

I waz told their is a raeson y vocabularry matters.

Not 2 be self important but precise.

(The auto correct made that hard to write, LOL)
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One can only imagine, I will neither confirm nor deny the use of a thesaurus to ensure the accuracy of my overly wordy response to you earlier. :p
 
ecofarm said:
We have it in Florida, a brewery in Tampa. How do you know Pottsville?
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I get it on trips back east. I have a Nashville business trip coming up, I'd carry some back, but I'm flying straight to LA for a wedding. Too much stuff...
 
Renae said:
We were there a while back and I was not impressed with it, but people are all gaga over it. I don't get it.
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My mom is crazy over it, even though it's clear across town she'll drive there a couple times a week to get her groceries.

It's okay, I like some of the things she gets but not enough to drive past 25 other stores to get to it.
 
Alexandre said:
I'm not either. It's mostly frozen or pre-packaged food. I shop at Whole Foods mostly.
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Trader Joe has much better prices. Whole foods is egregiously expensive, IMO.

A lot of Trader Joe's products are packaged, that's true, but I go there for the treats. They carry some yummy things not found elsewhere, and once in a while (usually around the holidays) they have some special things, like their baked lemon ricotta cheese, which is one of the most delicious things ever.
 
americanwoman said:
My mom is crazy over it, even though it's clear across town she'll drive there a couple times a week to get her groceries.

It's okay, I like some of the things she gets but not enough to drive past 25 other stores to get to it.
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I'd totes mock your mother but... I uh, I drive into the center of San Antonio (it's roughly a 30 min drive) just to get my favorite coffee beans from the HEB Central Market.. so uhm, there's that. (I buy more than the beans, but that really is the main driver for going there)
 
Dick Tornado said:
Taste can be deceptive.

People can't taste food poising in most cases.

It goes to regulations and standards.

Someone mentioned 5 Guys burgers earlier.

They cannot guarantee the meat they use because of the providers quality assurance is based on USDA low standards.

This is why the burgers 5 Guys makes MUST be medium to medium well to make sure they are not making people sick.

In N Out burger had an issue were their distributor sold them less than ideal meat and people in several states got sick including a MLB player who missed almost two weeks of games.

It took Jack In The Box years to recover from an incident that result in people dying when it received frozen patties that were tainted and hadn't fully cooked some.

They never received a recall. The patties were found in multiple states sitting as inventory to be used.

You have likely heard of meat recalls, during a recall it is found by independent testing that the meat is tainted.

What most do not know is only about 15%-20% of the meat gets returned.

What happens to the other 85%? It gets eaten before the recall is even submitted.

We could have the safest food on the planet, but we as Americans chose to allow lax oversight.

Organics set a standard "in most cases" above what we ask our government to set or oversee.

Some crops are sprayed with pesticides, then harvested and then processed in the fields so close together that those doing the processing wear protective gear to prevent them from being contaminated. YUM YUM
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Xelor? Is that you?
 
ecofarm said:
Be sure to bake it proper in a real oven not a toaster oven or microwave, and a little broil at the end for crispy, like mother would. Don't sell it short.
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Does not matter what you do to prepare it, it will never be flavorful
 
beefheart said:
I can get Dos Equis or Czechvar or Pilsener Urquell cheaper at TJ's than at a grocery store...if they have it.

But no Yuengling....they don't sell east of Tennessee,,,,
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You have not missed a thing
 
beefheart said:
I get it on trips back east. I have a Nashville business trip coming up, I'd carry some back, but I'm flying straight to LA for a wedding. Too much stuff...
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It has all the flavor of falstaff
 
Idiometer said:
Trader Joe has much better prices. Whole foods is egregiously expensive, IMO.

A lot of Trader Joe's products are packaged, that's true, but I go there for the treats. They carry some yummy things not found elsewhere, and once in a while (usually around the holidays) they have some special things, like their baked lemon ricotta cheese, which is one of the most delicious things ever.
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NY cheesecake in freezer section is worthy of a try
 
justabubba said:
Does not matter what you do to prepare it, it will never be flavorful
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Ya gotta believe. Ya gotta remember. And maybe a little drugs.

Recreating memories takes effort, ya know.
 
PoS said:
Ive tried organic versus the usual kind, and they all taste the same to me.

As far as Trader Joe's, it's a supermarket for hipsters- nice presentation and labeling, but otherwise no different than other specialty shops.
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Have you tried the Heinz Organic Ketchup? I notice a distinct difference.

I also notice my organic lettuce has a longer shell-life. In fact, the longer shelf-life is one of my prime motivators in buying organic lettuce. My packaged brand grown locally, sometimes has a full two-week "sell buy" date! It's rarely less than 10 days. That's phenomenal. And I can pretty much get that when it's in my Fridge. I was blown away by that, as my mass marketed lettuce never lasts that long. Besides, the taste & texture is great!
 
Crovax said:
Organic is a marketing gimmick. As you put it it’s more about small production vs mass. I’d rather have non-organic local food than organic mass produced food
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It's possible. But for what often is only a moderate price surcharge, I'm often getting tastier seemingly better quality products. So, why not?
 
Chomsky said:
It's possible. But for what often is only a moderate price surcharge, I'm often getting tastier seemingly better quality products. So, why not?
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Organic products offer a number of benefits to the consumer as well as the land. For example, organic eggs have 80% less cholesterol. That can matter to someone's health in a real and immediate way. I wont even get into all of the ecological benefits. It reduces our dependence on fossil fuels and allows us to survive on domestic fuel production.

People often substitute total ignorance for education.
 
ecofarm said:
Organic products offer a number of benefits to the consumer as well as the land. For example, organic eggs have 80% less cholesterol. That can matter to someone's health in a real and immediate way. I wont even get into all of the ecological benefits. It reduces our dependence on fossil fuels and allows us to survive on domestic fuel production.

People often substitute total ignorance for education.
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Welcome to the new Trumpian America! It's been a long time coming ...
 
Chomsky said:
Welcome to the new Trumpian America! It's been a long time coming ...
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Is this gonna get it out of our system? Or are we in a new Idiocracy paradigm.
 
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