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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meat, nuts, beans, rice, fruits, vegetables, eggs, yogurt, hummus…yeah sounds like all processed food at Trader Joe’s to me.

Whereas grocery stores have lucky charms, kool aid, jello, donuts….but you don’t call those stores horrible and filled with processed foods?

The Trader Joe’s haters are weird. What’s your real beef with it? You don’t HAVE to buy the frozen apps and cakes. Just like you don’t have to buy those at Safeway or…gasp, Whole Foods.[/quote]
My real beef with it is that I like to cook from scratch, and their produce and meat are overpriced. They do not have a good selection of veggies, meats, and fruit, nor do they sell good flour, spices, or oil. When I go to the grocery store, I want to buy potatoes, carrots, meat for roasts stir fries, and ingredients for soups and stews. I can buy all of that at a regular grocery store, and it's much cheaper than at TJ. TJ is not a proper grocery store; it is nothing but frozen meals. I don't eat frozen meals. I do not eat premade salads; I make my salads.
Regarding specialty ingredients, TJ is still a no-go; I can get vegan sour cream that is great at Wegmans. Why would I ever go to TJ? Please convince and show me what am I missing.[/quote]

A regular grocery store - especially Wegman’s, which you mention—- is more expensive than TJs on every item you list.  That’s why some people who are price sensitive like me will swing by TJs first and then round out the list at WF, Harris Teeter or Wegmans.

The fact that you claim it’s more expensive when the whole gimmick is that it’s cheaper tells us all that you don’t go there except that one time when you couldn’t find shallots [/quote]
If you were price-conscious, you would be shopping at Aldi. Why would I buy steak from TJs. Ridiculous. It is a gimmick store.[/quote]

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