Trader Joe's

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  • comebackwoman
    comebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I have such a love/hate relationship with that store. I LOVE the food, amazing wine prices, and just a great atmosphere. BUT...I *HATE* going there. It's always so crowded. I get so stressed out when I'm in there...I end up wanting to ram my cart into people. And, then the parking lot is always a disaster, too. It doesn't matter which TJ's I go to...they're all nightmares.

    Anyone else with me on this??
    Yep...I'm with you. I love the store and the food...but the aisles seem so small and crowded. I park in a differnt lot just so I don't have to deal with the craziness.
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    LightYears55 wrote:
    nice. i used to go to the hillcrest one a lot when i lived downtown. that was kind of the only reason i ever went to hillcrest.

    Yeah, I used to live in North Park so I would always go to the Hillcrest one. I had one of the clerks there tell me it's the busiest out of ALL the TJ stores. Not surprised in the least!
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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I have such a love/hate relationship with that store. I LOVE the food, amazing wine prices, and just a great atmosphere. BUT...I *HATE* going there. It's always so crowded. I get so stressed out when I'm in there...I end up wanting to ram my cart into people. And, then the parking lot is always a disaster, too. It doesn't matter which TJ's I go to...they're all nightmares.

    Anyone else with me on this??

    it's because you live in california, dear. (overly populated)

    you need to move somewhere in the country like Montana :D with a bassist who is losing his hair.
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  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I KNOW! I love it...just hate my fellow shoppers and the freaking parking lot!! :eek:

    Yeah, the TJ's in Seattle has a tiny parking lot.
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    iluvcats wrote:
    it's because you live in california, dear. (overly populated)

    you need to move somewhere in the country like Montana :D with a bassist who is losing his hair.

    I was recently told Montana should be called "MAN-tana" due to the amount of men that live there. I am SO moving! :D
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  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I was recently told Montana should be called "MAN-tana" due to the amount of men that live there. I am SO moving! :D

    Yeah, you'd really be in if you were into hunting and fly fishing.
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    gabers wrote:
    Yeah, you'd really be in if you were into hunting and fly fishing.

    Hunting, no.
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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    what is trader joes? i've heard of it but never went into one.
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    what is trader joes? i've heard of it but never went into one.

    It's sort of a health foods store.

    http://www.traderjoes.com
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,997
    AmentsChick wrote:
    It's sort of a health foods store.

    http://www.traderjoes.com


    I'm gonna disagree with the 'health foods' label so as not to scare a lot of people off. While they definitely have some healthy options, the food is jus' plain ol good and unique from anything that you'd get anywhere else. From tamales to Chinese stir-frys, the place rocks, and it's just that though -- a food store. Don't go in expecting to buy paper towels or shampoo or the likes. It's a food haven though, that's for sure. I go to the one in Acton, MA a lot even though it's smaller than your average store. It's less hectic and convenient to where I work. The one near me at home in Framingham is always a zoo, like you mentioned in your initial post at the ones in California.
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    I'm gonna disagree with the 'health foods' label so as not to scare a lot of people off. While they definitely have some healthy options, the food is jus' plain ol good and unique from anything that you'd get anywhere else.

    AGREED!! Health foods was the first thing that came to mind...they do have organics and healthy stuff, but it's not necessarily "health foods". My bad.
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I don't have one of them near me...well in reasonable distance at least
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  • fragileblake
    fragileblake Posts: 716
    We actually get all our toiletries at Trader Joes. Their toilet paper and paper towels are made out of recycled paper and they have lots of shampoos that aren't tested on animals. They also have good prices on vitamins.
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  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    I believe Trader Joes is just on the west coast, correct? My father in law raves about the place just about every time I talk to him it seems like. He lived in OC for many years and his sons live in there now. His big thing is the relatively inexpensive, quality wines and vermouth. The man probably has like five bottles of sweet and five of dry vermouth and buys me some every time he goes back to CA. I don't need that much vermouth, I hardly use the stuff as it is. I'm a beer and gin and tonic man.
  • goldenegg
    goldenegg Posts: 371
    gabers wrote:
    I believe Trader Joes is just on the west coast, correct? My father in law raves about the place just about every time I talk to him it seems like. He lived in OC for many years and his sons live in there now. His big thing is the relatively inexpensive, quality wines and vermouth. The man probably has like five bottles of sweet and five of dry vermouth and buys me some every time he goes back to CA. I don't need that much vermouth, I hardly use the stuff as it is. I'm a beer and gin and tonic man.

    Nope. There are locations in the east. I lived in Boston and went to the Cambridge location every week.
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    goldenegg wrote:
    Nope. There are locations in the east. I lived in Boston and went to the Cambridge location every week.

    Well hell, they need to come to Texas then. I'm sending a note to the man.
  • DeetroitBaasketball
    DeetroitBaasketball Posts: 379
    goldenegg wrote:
    LOL

    I got a bunch of PMs regarding my post and figured I'd respond here as well.

    Yes ... in Canada we have a brand called President's Choice. I know we have a Prime Minister and not a President. I'm not the one who named the brand. LOL

    We have President's Choice in Grand Rapids, MI... wish we had a TJs here - used to go when I lived in Chicago, not exactly the same experience, but close to it. Maybe I'm more easy going than others... plus I rarely drove then. I miss not having to drive.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,410
    I could throw a stone from my house to my neighborhood TJ's. Their goods are great but I hate going there. It's always a clusterf**k. Sometimes, there are actually tour buses on the curb :p. I call it The Lonely Hearts Club since they sell so many things that are (or can be) portioned for one person. Since I hate the place so much, my wife takes care of the TJ runs 99% of the time :D.
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    imalive wrote:
    I could throw a stone from my house to my neighborhood TJ's. Their goods are great but I hate going there. It's always a clusterf**k. Sometimes, there are actually tour buses on the curb :p. I call it The Lonely Hearts Club since they sell so many things that are (or can be) portioned for one person. Since I hate the place so much, my wife takes care of the TJ runs 99% of the time :D.

    It's totally a clusterfuck. That's the *perfect* word for it.
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  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    yeah you need to find one that isn't so crowded. the one in my small city is quite nice. though i do know better than to go there on a saturday afternoon. their food is so cheap, good and most of it is healthy...that i really love that place :)
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