Rant: Trader Joes Supermarket

[IndieSnob]

Christ, you live in Manhattan and you are calling Trader Joes expensive?

For the quality of what they sell, it's damn decent pricing. Try shopping at Whole Foods if you want expensive.

 

[brtspears2]

Their wine and booze selection is quite nice, otherwise I feel all the other merchandise in the store is hippie.

 

[Dunbar]

Trader Joe's is good for people who never cook, I go there once a week. Their prices are actually quite reasonable, many items are cheaper than in supermarkets. Some of things I like:

Salads (huge variety)
Hummus + Pita chips
Frozen rice (goes well with tuna curry)
Chicken suasage calzone
Turkey suasage stromboli
Frozen pasta
Trail mix (high in calories)
Cookies
Inexpensive wine (don't like 2 buck chuck)

But at the same time I can understand how a person could walk into Trader Joe's and not find one single item they want to buy. It's definitely not a substitute for your neighborhood supermarket.

 

[xospec1alk]

Trader Joe's is waaaay overhyped for what it is, and its location. The greenmarket is right across the street. Why goto trader joes when you have straight from the farm goods right across the street? The only things I got when i was at the one in LI were some assorted nuts and dried fruits...were they better than what i've had before? ummm nope. i don't understand the hype. The nyers hyped about trader joes are transplants, and the b&t crowd

 

[sygyzy]

Trader Joe's is awesome. I really like them, but it is easy to spend a lot of money there. Not because the stuff is expensive. It's actually affordable. The problem is you buy SO MUCH of it. At another market, you might buy 5 items. At TJ's, you want everything. $3-6 a pop adds up really quick.

 

[MrBlahh]

I go there because they have a decent selection on vegetarian stuff. Their Lentil Stew is the ******

 

[JS80]

Where i live there are 2 Trader Joes within a mile of each other

 

[EvilYoda]

Me loves Trader Joes...haven't been to one in a while...I should do that.

 

[QED]

Before I actually visited Trader Joe's, I thought it was a hippy enclave full of bra-less women who don't shave their legs or armpits buying super-expensive non-dairy organic tofu yogurt parfaits.

But I heard good things about them from friends, and the thought of bra-less women intrigued me... so I paid my first visit.

They had an interesting variety of food you don't usually see at a grocery store. And thier prices were much less than I thought they'd be.

I did come away a bit dissapointed, though-- every woman I noticed was wearing her bra.



Edit: spelling.

 

[HamSupLo]

if you want fresh organic food, go to chinatown. it's ghetto, but minus the hippie bullsh!t

 

[RagingBITCH]

So you're ranting that you're a total complete dumbass for paying that much for groceries? WAY TO GO BUDDY! :thumbsup:

 

[azilaga]

I like that there's competition for Whole Foods in that area. Hopefully we consumers will benefit.

 

[djheater]

I shop there twice a month for a family of 5 (kids 1,4,8) I spend an average of $280 a trip, that includes meats and alcohol. I also get 6-10 frozen meals a trip... they're a baragin, I only get the ones under $3 The tofu Pad Thai is really tasty.

I think OP just sucks at shopping.

 

[J0hnny]

Originally posted by: djheater
I shop there twice a month for a family of 5 (kids 1,4,8) I spend an average of $280 a trip, that includes meats and alcohol. I also get 6-10 frozen meals a trip... they're a baragin, I only get the ones under $3 The tofu Pad Thai is really tasty.

I think OP just sucks at shopping.

No way, my normal shopping is done in Chinatown and Queens and I only buy things on sale. Trader Joe's was more like a whim thing.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: J0hnny

Originally posted by: djheater
I shop there twice a month for a family of 5 (kids 1,4,8) I spend an average of $280 a trip, that includes meats and alcohol. I also get 6-10 frozen meals a trip... they're a baragin, I only get the ones under $3 The tofu Pad Thai is really tasty.

I think OP just sucks at shopping.

No way, my normal shopping is done in Chinatown and Queens and I only buy things on sale. Trader Joe's was more like a whim thing.

More like the wife forced you to stand on line and shop there =)

 

[bigrash]

Thank god I live in Queens and i dont have to pay twice the amount for groceries