Trader Joe's

This is in response to the Target thread.
I work for TJ's and was wondering what do you like about it?
Favorite foods.
rBST free Milk.
Cheese.
Wine.

I hear nothing but good stuff about TJ's, but have yet to go there.

Never heard of trader joes.

i like Trader Joes a lot. Prices are good and the Pad Thai they sell is awesome. I usually go to Whole Foods though, just because I can walk there.

Wine. Cheap, good wine. And the eggs are good too.

I heart Trader Joe's head.

I am in LOVE with Trader Joe's, but the closest one is just over an hour away. My roommate and I make trips there every so often.

They sell the BEST fresh dates.

I always get the frozen ahi tuna steaks. really good and really cheep. also the ginger granola is to die for

potato soup is pretty good

Their tortilla chips are delicious.

We might be gettting one here soon, at least in Cleveland.

We don't have any near here at all, but all I have heard are good things.

trader joe's is great
i get the shumai and the red pepper and tomato soup usually

I've seen them but I didn't really know what they were. Is it just another retail store like Target or Fred Meyer?

More like a supermarket, I think limited to the west coast. They get lots of imports and good food, oftentimes for a lot less money than at a supermarket, despite the considerably higher quality. (There are also items that are quite expensive, but still...) They make some good frozen microwave burritos even, which I didn't think was actually possible.

I actually count the ability to shop at Trader Joe's as a not inconsiderable perk of living here.

You are so wrong my friend. It's like the best grocery/specialty foods store on the planet. We should so have a double date there!

Spread out quite a bit now. There are quite a few in Michigan, a few in Maryland, a few in Virginia, some other places.

SCONES!!!

Trader Joe's is so fantastic, I keep waiting to find out their dirty little secret. Most of their food is organic and/or natural, delicious, and even cheaper than their normal grocery store counterparts. I love their chicken sausages, pasta, wines, cheese, soups, cereals, and pretty much anything else I've tried.

It just seems too good to be true. I know I'm going to find out they enslave 6-year-old Latvian children or participate in the sex-slave industry or have workers chained in basements or deal smack. It's just that good.

We actually do have a dirty little secret, but it's not that little. We are owned by Germans. Have been for a little while now. Joe sold out as is living large in Pasadena (if that's possible.)

Derivation, I knew there was a reason I liked you...

Well, that certainly won't offend anybody.....

From the time I first heard people talking about it, until the time I saw my actual first store, I thought people were saying "Traitor Joe's," you know, sort of like the "Anti-Sam Adams." The truth turned out to be way boring, although the store turned out to be a good one.

The Antiques Roadshow of grocery stores.