permaculture

[David Muhl <dmuhl65@yahoo.com>]

I resonated with Tanja's words (and others here).  I can walk up and down 30 
aisles of a grocery mega-store and find nothing I want but paper towels.  At 
TJ's, I can fill my cart to the brim.  No, they aren't all organic products, 
or locally made, etc.  I, like Tanja, would buy all my produce, meats, and 
whatever else I could find and the farmers market or health food store, but 
there are so many other things that I can't find in those places.  TJ's had 
all those little things (I speak in past tense, as I no longer live near one).

I think rather than kicking TJ's around for not being everything they could 
be, maybe a few "permie-preneurs" could analyze the type of products TJ's 
carries, then use this info to create a similar themed store where these 
types of products are locally sourced, mostly organic/non-GMO, etc.  I know 
I'd shop there.  Just a thought.

Dave

--- On Thu, 1/27/11, Tanja Stoyan <tanja.stoyan@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Tanja Stoyan <tanja.stoyan@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Trader Joe's
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 1:24 PM
> I am a big fan of TJ's. To me it is a
> community place, where I get to sample
> foods, go to the restroom, and talk to friends. Their food
> is great, and I
> can buy there anything I need except for local organic
> veggis which I buy at
> the farmers market, Whole Foods, or Lazy Acres.
> The farmers market here in Santa Barbara is very expensive.
> I like TJ as a
> substitute for the horrendous food markets like Vons,
> Albertson's, Ralphs
> etc with their plastic food. I think it is great that TJ
> has now become so
> big that it can compete with these chains. They have a
> great selection of
> pre-prepped foods, and since I am single and working all
> day, I like also to
> prepare those kinds of meals at night. I am not a complete
> whole food person
> and TJ provides me with affordable food like good bread,
> nice jam, tofu
> wiener's, pizza, greek feta cheese, greek joghurt, orange
> juice, eggs,
> toilet paper, shampoo and conditioner, handwash lotion,
> olive oil, veggi
> chili, indian precooked meals etc. I cannot buy this at the
> farmer's market
> and the local food coop is too expensive for me...
> Just my 5 cents,
> Tanja
> 
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Guillermo <griromero@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I feel you ought to know a little about the company
> and what it does to
> > support local communities where it operates, their
> social and environmental
> > responsibilities policies, and what employees feel
> about the organization.
> >  I understand and share your concerns, but as a
> costumer I also like what
> > TJ's brings. Most of what TJ's sells are packaged
> foodstuff with their own
> > label, so I see TJ as a nice complement; not a
> substitution to farmer's
> > markets, CSA's and local
> vendors.   They have creative marketing and
> > creative food, good to fair quality at fair prices,
> seems like employees are
> > happy, great costumer service....  I'll take TJ's
> over any other chain food
> > merchant any day, specially over Whole Foods that IMHO
> has turn out to
> > become a "fashion statement"
> > Their motto for a while was something like "For the
> well educated, well
> > traveled, underpaid, customer"   :-)
> > Hope it helps.
> > GRI
> >
> >
> > _____________________
> > From: Amy Little <amylittle@hvc.rr.com>
> > To: comfood@elist.tufts.edu;
> northeasternpermaculture@lists.riseup.net;
> > permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 7:11:48 AM
> > Subject: [permaculture] Trader Joe's
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> > I am hoping to enlighten my local community on why we
> DON'T need a Trader
> > Joe's
> > in our community - that our local farmers markets,
> coops and locally owned
> > health food store are better places to buy our food.
> >
> > Anyone want to help articulate this? I have never even
> been to a Trader
> > Joe's!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Amy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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