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post #106 of 117
5/5/10 at 1:43am
I like their Sonoma Chicken Salad. They also have esoteric fruit juices like Dixie Peach.
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post #107 of 117
5/5/10 at 8:08pm
apparently Omaha is getting one.
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post #108 of 117
5/6/10 at 1:28am
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apparently Omaha is getting one.

Betcha you'll bump into Alexander Payne some day.
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post #109 of 117
5/6/10 at 3:09am
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They also have esoteric fruit juices like Dixie Peach.

dixie peach <3

as a child i was partial to Sir Strawberry.
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post #110 of 117
5/6/10 at 3:12am
I also like the Strawberry Lemonade.
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post #111 of 117
5/7/10 at 9:32pm
I like the tj's I goto in san diego near downtown. Decent selection, cheaper prices than the whole foods right nearby by a lot, and decent talent. There's a ralph's right next store so for any shortfalls at TJs I'll just walk right over to finish up shopping [whether its other meats or produce, baking shit, etc]. But ralphs is over priced for the most part. They pump their store brand and seem to mark up the brand name stuff.
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post #112 of 117
5/8/10 at 10:50am
Too much sodium in their frozen meals... like restaurant food. Still, I shop there a couple times a month.. My favs are the pizzas and the breaded fish nuggets. The prices are great on some things, not on others.
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post #113 of 117
5/9/10 at 2:39pm
The chocolate orange sticks is mostly why I go to Trader Joe's. Also, saffron is cheaper there and I like to get their dried sweetened hibiscus flowers to use as garnish for drinks.
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post #114 of 117
5/11/10 at 3:54pm
- TJ is cheaper than Whole Foods

- TJ is not "corporate" like Safeway or Giant (at least that's what it seems). It's more personal and neighborhoody - there's no loud intercom asking for a price check in aisle "x"; the employees all seem to be young and personable -- college students trying to make extra money rather than high school dropouts. I recently went to the new, fancy Safeway in Georgetown (DC) and the experience was so much more negative with the constant, loud intercom asking employees to come here or go there -- it was like being on a factory floor. Atmosphere can make a difference.

- They have some unique products, like unusual (and good) yogurt, juices, etc. Pre-made pizza dough that I can't find anywhere else.

- Fantastic and very cheap frozen seafood. Thick tuna steaks for something like 5 bucks?!

- A nice beer and wine selection

- Their produce may not be as great as Whole Foods in all categories, though they have a big selection and they have all the staples and some unique products, like giant containers of blueberries for very reasonable prices.
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post #115 of 117
5/11/10 at 4:00pm
mine is largely black rastas and orthodox jews

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hardly. It's more a general tree-hugger thing.

I've seen all sorts of shades of people at TJ's.
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post #116 of 117
5/11/10 at 4:05pm
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mine is largely black rastas and orthodox jews
THey do have a lot of kosher stuff
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post #117 of 117
5/11/10 at 4:07pm
well mine is also in 5 towns, which is all jewish and the outlying areas are all black so that's probably part of it
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