htn963 wrote on Fri, 6 Mar 2009 00:42:29 -0800 (PST):

> 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.)

Judging by people in front of me in line, a lot of people do most of
their grocery shopping there. I don't mainly because I prefer my fresh
vegetables unpackaged, they don't have equivalents of cereals that I
like and they are too far away for emergency purchases. I like their
method of selling bananas per banana instead of by weight.
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not