I miss Trader Joe's. I especially miss the Trader Joe's that my mom went to all the time when I was a kid in Pasadena. It was huge and, at the time, too hippie/funky to attract the annoying wannabe gourmet crowd.
Yeah, either Milpas or Calle Real, depending on where I lived at the time. I developed a bunch of favorite staples, so getting in and out quickly wasn't a problem. Wasn't my main source of groceries, but it had decent prices for not so run-of-the-mill stuff.
exactly what items do you miss. i've never really been impressed with trader joe's. what am i missing here?
$12 dollars for a 12 pack of that is ridiculous, i can't fathom $25.
I never went to Trader Joe's or WF when I lived in Cali. I was more than happy with Safeway and a local market (Sonoma Market) when shopping. And for Beer/Booze, I went to mutha in' BevMo. Lol buying your alcohol @ WF
Here in Kentucky I've got Kroger and Liquor Barn (a poor man's BevMo, but still huge w/ great selection). I'm cool with that. There is a WF knockoff here called Fresh Market, but no way would I ever shop there
My problem with Whole Foods and other places like it is that they overprice everything just because they can. Who shops there? Skinny, rich, white people who would find their healthy foods regardless of whether WF was there or not.
Who needs to eat more healthy food? Fat, white trash and fat, ghetto, brown people. Can they afford places like WF??? No. They've essentially priced out lower income people so that yoga instructors and Benzo driving soccer moms can shop in peace and be "seen". It's an elitist cesspool, as the video so wonderfully points out.
Additionally, WF tends to force locally owned boutique markets out when they move into a town, since they certainly aren't pulling much business away from Wal-Mart or the larger grocery store chains. This was happening in Sonoma when I moved a few years ago.
In summation, Whole Foods, I'll spend with a local market or a regular grocery store every time instead
Aaaaawwwwww fool
I feel an HEB rap coming up.
Double up.
Last edited by I. Hustle; 06-16-2011 at 04:25 PM.
at all the appalled, higher than thou hopster at udes. Ok you guys have shamed me, I have been exiled from the beer isle at my local Whole foods and gucci B for overpaying for ty beer. outta here with that ! i'll continue to buy what the i feel like. And I'll over pay for it too. You know why? Cause I can es!
Comedy gold. Awesome.
Smooth.
No offense, but isn't it very hipster/elitist to scoff shoppers of WF's because they are "annoying wannabe gourmet crowd" members
I didn't mention Whole Foods in the post you quoted.No offense, but isn't it very hipster/elitist to scoff shoppers of WF's because they are "annoying wannabe gourmet crowd" members
I was talking about Trader Joe's in the 1980s, before being a foodie got to be so popular. When I was a kid, my mom shopped at Trader Joe's specifically because it was cheap and funky. It still sold the same types of products, but had a completely different atmosphere than it does now.
So now you don't shop there because it's popular? Sounds kind of hipster-ish.
What are you talking about? I don't shop at Trader Joe's because it's been four years since I lived in a city that had one.
And I mentioned on the first page that I shop at Whole Foods often, just not exclusively.
Great article on trader joe history, tactics, marketing, etc.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...tune/index.htm
I catch or kill everything I eat, almost always before I eat it.
But would you go there now!
How many Men have you murdered?
Yes, dumbass.But would you go there now!
Whole foods, AJ's, Sprouts and Trader Joes are full of hot chicks. This is the only thing I enjoy when I get something from these places.
We can't talk about overpriced groceries and not knock Randall's. I don't want to have to be a member of some special club just NOT to get raped for a gallon of milk.
Lol Randalls is nasty. Isn't that where they always find expired stuff?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/retrohamster/4958858600/#/
At least it's marked down?
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