The Trader Joe's Product Discussion Thread (S/D)

that sounds amazing

idk the thing about TJ's is that it's just basic things (like peanut butter or olive oil) done right - no additives, weird chemicals, minimal preservatives, at a price comparable to conglomerate labels. and they're not afraid to try new shit.

lmao @ trader joe's employees as boring RPG characters

shopped at TJ's twice now

very bizarre experience, it's like living inside a very boring RPG

haha - I don't quite understand, but my gut says OTM.

i actually was going to ask, since i kind of didn't feel like doing the research

it's no bullshit that TJ's meat & produce are "better" than the shit you'd get at a normal grocery store, right? i'm justified in going to two grocery stores so i can get healthy, quality products at TJ (while buying goldfish and shit at the normal grocery store)

I would play a Trader Joe's RPG.

the final boss is the line

i just meant that everyone is very cheery & happy and all of the products are essentially made up

i guess "it's like 'the sims irl'" would be a more accurate description than "boring RPG"

no, the final boss is the checkout cashier who engages you in super friendly conversation

it's no bullshit that TJ's meat & produce are "better" than the shit you'd get at a normal grocery store, right? i'm justified in going to two grocery stores so i can get healthy, quality products at TJ (while buying goldfish and shit at the normal grocery store)

nu'uh jord - trader joe's is the place where the dope goldfish and shit is, the healthier produce and whatever you find elsewhere

it's kinda more like you're the final boss, because you get to say "i'm walking this home, so you better figure out a way to fit all this shit in two bags"

both times i've been to TJ's it's been after work & i've been kinda tired and just wanted to get my shit and get out so i haven't spent tons of time just strolling the isles looking at stuff

haha I totally

a. went to trader joe's today
b. asked someone to fit it in two bags

It might be interesting to visit TJ while shrooming. But really, the ultimate would be to do it at Ikea. Pretty sure it would be unbearable. xp

more xps - I like TJ for having cheap rice milk, goat cheese, and frozen chicken breasts, and a bunch of yummy convenience foods. I don't know about the "healthiness," since a lot of the convenience stuff is pretty loaded with sodium, which is, sadly a concern for me now (not that that concern has resulted in an iota of change in my eating habits.)

xp again - exactly

basically by healthy i mean that they're not feeding their cows chicken shit & stuff

Oh.....yeh, they project the kind of image that would suggest that, but I dunno.

they probably are tho

yeah :-/

if you wanna get good stuff

beef: get grass-fed beef
chicken: get free-range chicken (no guarantee they haven't been fed other chickens or cows though)
pork: not sure what the feel good version of pork is

best of all is to become a vegetarian tho

kosher pork

i don't really like pork

was actually looking for a butcher shop around me but haven't come across one just yet

wasn't chicago the center of the meatpacking industry

hog butcher 2 da world

Things I go out of my way to get @ TJs: coffee, wine, frozen samosas, chili mango popsicles, cheese, meat, frozen puff pastry (seasonal, sadly)

I just got frozen veggie samosas!

their coffee is pretty good for what it is, but I wish they would offer more beans in medium roast and not medium dark roast

Some of the Chicago thread folks know of good butcher shops. I've seen a couple in the....is it actually called the meatpacking district? It's in the West Loop around Lake and Halsted where there are warehouses and trendy restaurants....

Fulton Market, not meatpacking district. Anyway, my commute takes me past a butcher and a seafood wholesaler. See: http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/travel/03surfacing.html

it's no bullshit that TJ's meat & produce are "better" than the shit you'd get at a normal grocery store, right

what? no? maybe? I don't understand this comment at all. they carry like 5 pieces of mediocre prepack meat in the back. do people really buy their expensive average beef?

costco's grass-fed beef is better and cheaper.

or it used to be; i haven't bought it in a while.

Veggie samosas + carrot ginger soup is my go-to lazymeal.

Also nuts & dried fruits are things I always get at tj's. For making cookies/scones/other baked goods, granola, oatmeal additions, w/e

produce is not that good at TJ's, possibly better than random megasupermarket (cheaper,more organic options)

yeah there's a farmer's market in the playground of an elementary school literally half a block from me on saturday mornings, so i can get good produce pretty easily thankfully

Oh j0rdan...that farmers mkt will not likely last all year. Is this your first Chicago winter?

ha, yeah

well for a few weeks anyway, then

yeah there's a farmer's market in the playground of an elementary school literally half a block from me on saturday mornings, so i can get good produce pretty easily thankfully

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

j0rd i think you live on my old street!

do i?????????

well i guess you could live on any number of parallel streets between broadway and sheridan?

or broadway and halsted?

but the school is n3ttleh0rst, right?

is it bad for me to be broadcasting where you live on ilx? my bad.

i live b/w broadway & halsted

it's okay

i lived on aldine between broadway and sheridan. y'all can have your thread back now!

but yeah, that's the school

grass fed blah blah blah

That's all I can muster at this point, carry on.

We used to live right there, too, at Broadway and Addison. You're like a block from Whole Foods if you want better meat. The produce at Treasure Island is pretty good and cheap. That grocery store is fun.

NOW you can have your thread back. :)