On Mar 5, 3:09*pm, 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

I buy the majority of my groceries from Trader Joe's, esp. fruits,
vegies, olive oil, desserts, ethnic foods, and wine -- they also carry
the only instant coffee I ever found palatable. If they had a wider
meat and fish selection, I would probably do all my grocery shopping
here to save time. (Hmm, and I'm envious to hear just now from others
that some stores also sell hard liquor, as they don't here in WA.)

TJ's prices may not always be the *very lowest* and the quality may
not always be the *very best*, but overall prices are always
reasonable and quality above average. Just think of it as a time-
saving, one-stop, affordable gourmet shop for all your frilly
comestible needs. And they have a very liberal return policy if you
don't like what you buy (as I've been told by the staff as I never had
cause to return anything).

If you have a Trader Joe's within walking distance of your residence
then I think you should consider yourself very, very lucky. (But let's
hope your rent won't go up because of it.)

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Ht