Trader Joe
Trader Joe
DM, how was Trader Joes? If it's the new one in Plano on Preston Rd. it's right around the corner from me. I've never been to one and really don't even know what it is.
What bbq place?
Metzlers BBQ in Denton...nice local, big portions, very good German Potato Salad.
Trader Joes, stumbled into one in Las Vegas on Decater....KILLER chicken salad try it...here is blurb..
"Trader Joe's describes itself as "your neighborhood grocery store" or "your unique grocery store". Products sold include gourmet foods, organic foods, vegetarian food, unusual frozen foods, imported foods, domestic and imported wine and beer (where local law permits), "alternative" food items, and staples like bread, cereal, eggs, dairy, coffee and produce. Non-food items include personal hygiene products, household cleaners, vitamins, pet food, plants, and flowers.
Many of the company's products are environmentally friendly.[12] In October 2007, Trader Joe's began to phase out foods imported from China amid concerns that standards on "organic" products from the country are not as stringent as they should be. Between February 2008 and April 2008, Trader Joe's claimed to phase out single-ingredient products from China due to concerns over tainted goods. However, Trader Joe's does not provide 'Country of Origin' disclosures on most of its private label brands, citing reasons of food source and supplier secrecy.[22]
Trader Joe's maintains low prices by having smaller and plainer stores and carrying a smaller variety of products and getting more turnaround on products they do carry, which enables the purchase of larger quantities of perishable items closer to the expiration date at better prices, knowing that they can be sold within shelf-life limits.[23] Individual products are also discontinued more often than at larger grocery chains, due to increased costs, poor sales, or to free up space for new items.[24]
Trader Joe's sells many items under its own private labels, requiring their sometimes brand-name suppliers not to publicize this business relationship, and offers these products at a significant discount to brand-name equivalents.[2] Their labels are sometimes named in accordance to the ethnicity of the food in question, such as Trader Jose's (Mexican food), Trader Ming's (Chinese food), Baker Josef's (flour and bagels), Trader Giotto's (Italian food), Trader Joe-San (Japanese food), Arabian Joe's (Middle Eastern food), Pilgrim Joe's (New England specialties, like clam chowder), JosephsBrau (beer), Trader Johann's (lip balm), Trader Jacque's (French food and soaps), Joe's Diner (certain frozen entrees), Joe's Kids (children's food), and Trader Darwin's (vitamins and health supplements). By selling almost all of its products under its own label, Trader Joe's "skips the middle man" and buys directly from both local and international small-time vendors.[25]
Interior of the Union Square, Manhattan store.
Trader Joe's is the exclusive retailer of Charles Shaw wine, popularly known as Two Buck Chuck[12] because of its $1.99 price tag in California; in some locales, it sells for more than $3 a bottle due to varying state liquor taxes and transportation costs. Of the wine selection at Trader Joe's, Coloumbe has said, "We built Trader Joe's on wine first, then food. I tasted 100,000 wines, and most weren't wonderful. They were submitted to us by desperate vintners." Along with Charles Shaw, Trader Joe's is known for stocking a very large selection of California and New-World wines.[26]"
I personally have tried the "2 buck chuck" it is good for sore throat gargling and spitting it out:sadwave:
