[Homestead] Trader Joe's
paxamicus at earthlink.net
paxamicus at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 3 23:12:55 EDT 2008
I forgot, they also carry the whole Bob's Red Mill line, too, and are
always cheaper than WF.
On Jul 3, 2008, at 9:19 PM, Gene GeRue wrote:
>
> I find various items actually lower priced than lower-quality
> offerings even at WalMart, for instance my favorite fair-trade organic
> French Roast coffee, which costs less than standard brands at Wally
> World. What Joe's has is an unusual selection of items that one can
> rarely get at most grocery stores. If you like nuts, for instance, you
> can choose between raw and roasted, unsalted and salted of many
> different kinds of nuts--a really big selection. Some items, like
> free-
> range chicken and wild-caught salmon, are otherwise only available at
> health-food or specialty stores.
>
> Chris is flying in to St. Louis at the end of this month. I will drive
> up early and make substantial purchases at one of the two TJoe's in
> that city, the nearest such stores there are to Heartwood. That's four
> hours away. Now making a list. Another for instance: I have found no
> other source for what I consider high-quality commercial bakery bread
> products. They have sprouted wheat and multi-grain bagels of very high
> quality that I have found nowhere else. Organic peanut butter.
> Boysenberry jam. Vanana yogurt. The list grows.
>
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