Comments on: Best of Trader Joe’s

By: dean cameron

dean cameron — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:38:41 +0000

I hate trader joe’s. I hate the people who shop there. I hate the people who work there. The people at Ralph’s or Von’s are so gentle and sweet. You get to trader joe’s and everyone is smug, pushy and entitled to be in front of you and stop in the middle of the aisle and talk on their phones to aks their spouse about which $1.48 bottle of wine they want.

I used to live in laurel canyon and the people there had this bucolic peaceful exterior, but they were all pig shitheads who were in a rush to get home and align their chakras and didn’t care who the fuck the ran off the road to accomplish that. trader joes is laurel canyon in a store.

plus, you can’t read the price labels because the dredlocked/tatooed/ponytailed/vegan assholes who work there write them in different colored inks and put them in counterintuitive places.

yes, i hate trader joe’s. slightly less than erewhon. erewhon should be invaded by gangs with blowtorches.

oh… and those fucking clever brands. the mexican food is “trader jose’s”. hahaha hooo, oh man, they’re funny. if they were really funny, the oriental food would be called “tlader joe”.

the only good thing about trader joe’s (other than driving by and not going inside) is that their workers aren’t unionized but have better benefits and crap than union stores. but you still can’t convince anyone who works there that unions are worthless.

By: Stu Nad

Stu Nad — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:22:03 +0000

I nearly puked after my first visit to Trader Joe’s! Their pizza tastes like cardboard, their gelato is way off, and their trail mix smells like dirty laundry. Very stale to say the least. I will never go to TJ’s again. I’ll stick to the local Tops or Giant Eagle. Seriously, TJ’s has to have the worst tasting food ever sampled in any supermarket i’ve been to.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:26:12 +0000

I’m looking for a spinach – strawberry – mandarin oragnes – salted pecans, etc. salad with Trader Joe’s raspberry balsamic vinegarette dressing (no fat). Does anyone have this recipe? Please email if so.
Thank you!

By: Vaguely Artistic

Vaguely Artistic — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:31:10 +0000

I just discovered the Hummus with Olives and can’t get enough of it. And I still think they have the best Potato Salad ever.

By: Scott Goldman

Scott Goldman — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:42:23 +0000

TJ’s is the only store where I got Food Poisoning (Greek Yogurt Tziki Dip) and still happily return every week.

-Olive Oil Rosemary Chips
-Black Corn Salted Tortilla Chips (although they recently changed suppliers and taste different)
-Eggplant Hummus

I have to go now – This is making me hungry.

FYI – It was the worse case of food poisoning I’ve ever had, knocked me out a whole week.

By: Jonah

Jonah — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:25:07 +0000

A few of us have been hooked on the Panang Tuna over at la.foodblogging: http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/22/tjs-tuna/

By: Stu Mark

Stu Mark — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:52:21 +0000

Chocolate Covered Soy Beans Rock The House!! Especially frozen!!

By: mrhooks

mrhooks — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:38:02 +0000

Right now I’m addicted to their Hawaiian Style Aged White Cheddar Potato Chips. But pretty much everything is good there, except Two-Buck Chuck. I’m not a complete wine snob, but I do have some standards. :D Rosemount Estates makes a great Shiraz.

By: Erik Hansen

Erik Hansen — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:20:38 +0000

Forgot about the Tuna Panang, and the semi-carbonated lemonade, which is perfect with some Southern Comfort.

By: Bruce Wagner

Bruce Wagner — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:29:28 +0000

The Tilapia….the garlic and spice cheese….the garlic naan (to agree with one other poster) and the four cheese pizza (as well)