On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 20:10:24 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> JJ sounds like the anti-TJ's and not at all similar, other than they
> both carry cheese and wine.

Well, there's some overlap besides cheese/wine, they're not
really polar opposites. JJ's just has a wider range, because it has
more regular grocery store items, plus more ethnic food items--produce
as well as non-perishables. I end up shopping there far more often
than I go to Trader Joe's.

> I, for one, abhor giant stores of any kind and only go to them out of
> need, not for pleasure. Therefore, TJ's is the perfect store for me.
> I shop there first and then grudgingly go to the gigantic grocery
> store in the same shopping center for the "rest" of what I need.

I don't ordinarily like getting lost in giant stores either,
but I do make the exception for JJ's... As some others have already
said, it's Disneyworld for foodies. ;D

Ariane