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Trader Joe's is different from other stores, not necessarily better or worse. When I lived in California, we did a lot of shopping at Trader Joe's, but you coul
by goodcanadian 9y ago
Trader Joe's is different from other stores, not necessarily better or worse. When I lived in California, we did a lot of shopping at Trader Joe's, but you couldn't really get all of your groceries there. Conversely, you could not get equivalents to a lot of Trader Joe's products at other stores. Canada has grocery stores that are 100% equivalent to regular grocery stores in the U.S., but it has nothing that is really equivalent to Trader Joe's.
- unethical_ban 9y agoTJ's doesn't carry garbage bags. I remember that being pretty frustrating, since it's one of those things most grocery stores have had for decades.
- anigbrowl 9y agoTraditionally groceries refers to foodstuffs only. Hence the creation of the word supermarket where groceries, household good and other things things were all sold under one roof. TJs carries a few personal care items like toothbrushes and soap but they're probably only about 2% of the shelf space in a store. They're in the food business, that's it.
- goodcanadian 9y agoWhen I said "groceries," I was referring to food. I wouldn't be happy having to buy 100% of my food at Trader Joe's.