Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>
> We're supposedly getting a Trader Joe's grocery less than two blocks
> from my apartment. Right now, I can't even walk to the closest
> stupid market or "real" convenience store. The little corner drug
> store sells late dated milk $4 a loaf wonder bead and is not open
> after 5 pm or at all on Saturdays and Sundays.
>
> Will this be a good thing? Do you shop Trader Joe's? what do you
> like? what don't you like? How's the meat? fish? produce? selection?
> Lynn in Fargo


Am not impressed in general with Trader Joe's. If you don't have much
selection in your area, you might well like it. They do sell a lot of
things under their own label, which makes it difficult to know who
actually made the product. Was looking for a particular brand of
biscuit/cookie before Christmas and thought they were out of stock.
Found it eventually, rebranded; seemed to taste the same.

The one nearest us does have an excellent selection of wine with a wide
price range and locally-produced wines as well. Most of the other things
we've tried there were good enough but not top of the line. Fruit and
veg are ordinary and more expensive than where we usually buy them.

Keep in mind that each TJ's is modified to the local market. The one
opening near you could well sell very different product lines than the
one we've been to.