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in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never joined
and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.


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> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never
> joined and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.


At TJ's try their imported Organic Pasta for some reason this formula has a
wonderful taste and more important texture.
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>> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never
>> joined and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.

>
> At TJ's try their imported Organic Pasta for some reason this formula
> has a wonderful taste and more important texture.


I can't remember the last time I was in a TJs, but it's been at least 3
years. Now I gotta make a run just to check out that store-brand uber
dooper flour someone mentioned. Sheesh, I'm practically baking in my
sleep these days!!

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> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never joined
> and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.
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>

How lucky you are. My closest Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are over
2 hours away in Atlanta.

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>> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never
>> joined and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.

> How lucky you are. My closest Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are over 2
> hours away in Atlanta.
>


I have never been to a Trader Joe's Sue, so I am looking forward to it.




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>> cybercat wrote:
>>> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never
>>> joined and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.

>> How lucky you are. My closest Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are over 2
>> hours away in Atlanta.
>>

>
> I have never been to a Trader Joe's Sue, so I am looking forward to it.


In my experience their prices for eggs, milk, sour cream, cottage cheese etc
are usually 15 top 25% lower than the big box stores. Check it out if you
use a lot of dairy.


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cybercat wrote:
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>> cybercat wrote:
>>> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never
>>> joined and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.

>> How lucky you are. My closest Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are over 2
>> hours away in Atlanta.
>>

>
> I have never been to a Trader Joe's Sue, so I am looking forward to it.
>
>

I can imagine you are. I have never been to Trader Joe's either. LOL
When we made the trip down there, it was to go to Whole Foods, and
Trader Joe's wasn't open yet. And we have only been to Whole Foods
twice. It's just too far to go. So, I have to be content for now to go
to Ingles. (3 of them within 7 miles.)

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Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
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> BK > wrote:
>
>> cybercat wrote:
>>> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never
>>> joined
>>> and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.
>>>
>>>

>> How lucky you are. My closest Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are over
>> 2 hours away in Atlanta.

>
> Mine is now three hours away. Or rather, we are. We used to live
> seven minutes from one, now we live three hours away. I hold out no
> hope that we'll get one either. We might get a Fred Meyer (I'm hoping
> we do), we might get a Cash and Carry, though that is less likely, but I
> see no chance of our getting a TJs out here.
>



We are int eh Denver area. Our closest TJ is in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. I believe that's 8-10 hours away.

Sigh. We are supposedly getting an IKEA, but TJ is only a dream.

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"cybercat" > wrote in message
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> "BK" > wrote in message
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>> cybercat wrote:
>>> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never
>>> joined and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.

>> How lucky you are. My closest Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are over 2
>> hours away in Atlanta.
>>

>
> I have never been to a Trader Joe's Sue, so I am looking forward to it.



You'll like it. Not a big store, not everything you ever need, but some
items you just won't find at the other stores and the prices are reasonable.
>
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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:47:04 -0600, Gloria P >
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>We are int eh Denver area. Our closest TJ is in Santa Fe, New
>Mexico. I believe that's 8-10 hours away.


Hmm..when I drove to Denver from ABQ last year, it only took me 6
hours. So Denver to Santa Fe might only be 5 hours, depending on how
fast you drive.

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Christine Dabney > wrote:

>On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:47:04 -0600, Gloria P >


>>We are int eh Denver area. Our closest TJ is in Santa Fe, New
>>Mexico. I believe that's 8-10 hours away.


>Hmm..when I drove to Denver from ABQ last year, it only took me 6
>hours. So Denver to Santa Fe might only be 5 hours, depending on how
>fast you drive.


I'm thinking Albuquerque is right on I-25, whereas Santa Fe is
more on a side road... I think a person from Denver making a
TJ's run would pick Albuquerque.

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Steve wrote:

>>> We are int eh Denver area. Our closest TJ is in Santa Fe, New
>>> Mexico. I believe that's 8-10 hours away.

>
>> Hmm..when I drove to Denver from ABQ last year, it only took me 6
>> hours. So Denver to Santa Fe might only be 5 hours, depending on how
>> fast you drive.

>
> I'm thinking Albuquerque is right on I-25, whereas Santa Fe is
> more on a side road... I think a person from Denver making a
> TJ's run would pick Albuquerque.


There are plenty of reasons to visit Santa Fe which have nothing to do
with Trader Joe's. If I lived in the Denver area I wouldn't make a run
either to Albuquerque or Santa Fe *just* for Trader Joe's. I'd wait until I
had some other reason to go to either place and then incorporate a visit to
Trader Joe's into the rest of the trip.

Bob

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Christine Dabney > wrote in
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> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:47:04 -0600, Gloria P >
> wrote:
>
>
>>We are int eh Denver area. Our closest TJ is in Santa Fe, New
>>Mexico. I believe that's 8-10 hours away.

>
> Hmm..when I drove to Denver from ABQ last year, it only took me 6
> hours. So Denver to Santa Fe might only be 5 hours, depending on how
> fast you drive.
>
> Christine
>


Is this some strange segway to a Buggs Bunny Cartoon?

Food stuff Buggs always talks about Carrot festivals

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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "cybercat" > wrote in message
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>> "BK" > wrote in message
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>>> cybercat wrote:
>>>> in Raleigh, NC soon, it is under construction near the Costco I never
>>>> joined and very close to the Kroger where I shop quite a lot.
>>> How lucky you are. My closest Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are over 2
>>> hours away in Atlanta.
>>>

>> I have never been to a Trader Joe's Sue, so I am looking forward to it.

>
>
> You'll like it. Not a big store, not everything you ever need, but some
> items you just won't find at the other stores and the prices are reasonable.
>>

>

The main negative thing, IMO, is that they hook you on something,
and then it may very well disappear!
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Bob Terwilliger wrote:

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> There are plenty of reasons to visit Santa Fe which have nothing to do
> with Trader Joe's. If I lived in the Denver area I wouldn't make a run
> either to Albuquerque or Santa Fe *just* for Trader Joe's. I'd wait
> until I had some other reason to go to either place and then incorporate
> a visit to Trader Joe's into the rest of the trip.
>
> Bob





'Zactly. Santa Fe is a terrific town for art galleries, food,
and relaxation. I would never drive more than an hour away
for olive oil and some of TJs fun foods but there's so much more
to see sand do there.

One thing no one has mentioned is that TJ often has people
offering generous samples of new products (coffee, crackers and
cheese, soup, dried fruit, candy etc.) and I never ran into one
I didn't like!

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> Is this some strange segway to a Buggs Bunny Cartoon?



This is a Segway: http://www.segway.com/individual/index.php

I believe you mean "segue".


>
> Food stuff Buggs always talks about Carrot festivals.



The last mention I've seen on rfc of carrots was carrot cake.
How did our thread inspire your festival post?

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Gloria P > wrote in on Oct Sun
2009 12:06 pm

> hahabogus wrote:
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>>
>> Is this some strange segway to a Buggs Bunny Cartoon?

>
>
> This is a Segway: http://www.segway.com/individual/index.php
>
> I believe you mean "segue".
>
>
>>
>> Food stuff Buggs always talks about Carrot festivals.

>
>
> The last mention I've seen on rfc of carrots was carrot cake.
> How did our thread inspire your festival post?
>
> gloria p
>
>
>
>


Buggs always mentions a carrot festival in some valley when he should a turned left at ABQ .
Possibly San Funacello valley carrot festival or some such name.

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In article >,
Gloria P > wrote:


> One thing no one has mentioned is that TJ often has people
> offering generous samples of new products (coffee, crackers and
> cheese, soup, dried fruit, candy etc.) and I never ran into one
> I didn't like!


Is this a case of "absence makes the heart grow fonder"? They are
samples. I like them quite well, but the local TJs can't be accused of
making them "generous". And there is usually only one thing, unlike
Costco, where almost every food aisle offers samples.

And, maybe I'm a picky eater, but I'm fairly often not interested in
what they have that day.

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On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:39:31 GMT, hahabogus wrote:

> Gloria P > wrote in on Oct Sun
> 2009 12:06 pm
>
>> hahabogus wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is this some strange segway to a Buggs Bunny Cartoon?

>>
>> This is a Segway: http://www.segway.com/individual/index.php
>>
>> I believe you mean "segue".
>>
>>>
>>> Food stuff Buggs always talks about Carrot festivals.

>>
>> The last mention I've seen on rfc of carrots was carrot cake.
>> How did our thread inspire your festival post?
>>
>> gloria p
>>

>
> Buggs always mentions a carrot festival in some valley when he should a turned left at ABQ .
> Possibly San Funacello valley carrot festival or some such name.


the Coachella Valley and the "big carrot festival, therein."

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