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This was a really bad example. Trader Joe's repackages (almost) everything under their own brand so you can't recognize and buy the product elsewhere. So techni
by radley 13y ago
This was a really bad example. Trader Joe's repackages (almost) everything under their own brand so you can't recognize and buy the product elsewhere. So technically it's (almost) all BS.
- backprojection 13y agoSorry, I'm not following, why is that BS? It sounds like you're saying it's BS since other stores are not Trader Joe's.
- aliakbarkhan 13y agoIt's BS because you can't compare prices even though you're basically buying the same product.
- ars 13y agoMaybe you can't compare the exact same product, but you can certainly compare the type of product.
- coolgeek 13y agoYou've got this backwards. TJ sells name brand products at a discount that can be fairly steep. The product manufacturers are incentivized to camouflage this (via the TJ label) so as not to cannibalize their higher margin brand name sales.
- snowwrestler 13y agoThis is what Trade Joe's says, but our experience is that the bill is higher at TJ's than at, say, Walmart or Safeway, for the same shopping list.
- brownbat 13y ago> This was a really bad example. Yeah, fair point, I don't cut coupons or sign up for every loyalty program, but I've still always been sort of underwhelmed at TJs. Maybe Aldi would have been a better example.