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ojunk (Mpoconnor7) wrote in message >...
> The news here is that they have opened the first Trader Joes here in the Queen
> City. I haven't shopped there yet, and was wondering what the store was all
> about. Is it similar to Jungle Jims International Market?
>
> Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man
>
> "The likelyhood of one individual being right increases in a direct proportion
> to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong."

I like to think of TJ's as "yuppie/snobby/cheap". We have Whole Foods
Markets and that is "yuppie/snobby/expensive".

TJs buys in bulk, gets great deals and divides the deals among all the
stores. They also have their own in store brands that are basically
always available.

Jungle Jims seems to be a tad more 'expensive' but larger and a
greater variety in some things.

TJ's started out as a small, local place that bought in bulk and sold
at a discount in Pasadena only. When it spread out into southern
California, it kept the small store size and stock.

If I lived in CInci, I would shop both.