Interesting article about the company here,
<http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
ersion.fortune/index.htm>
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
A few pics from the Fair are he
http://gallery.me.com/barbschaller#100254

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> Interesting article about the company here,
> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
> ersion.fortune/index.htm>

it was interesting, barb. thanks.

your pal,
blake

On Aug 29, 5:32*am, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> Interesting article about the company here,
> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
> ersion.fortune/index.htm>
> --
> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
> "Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
> A few pics from the Fair are hehttp://gallery.me.com/barbschaller#100254

Thanks Barb. I am a fan of Trader Joe's. I didn't find anything in
that article that was off-putting.
I admire their corporate mission statement and the way they handle
customers immensely.

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> Interesting article about the company here,
> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
> ersion.fortune/index.htm>
> --
> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
> "Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
> A few pics from the Fair are he
> http://gallery.me.com/barbschaller#100254


Interesting - Thanks - I used to visit store # 1 on Arroyo & Green. Great
radio ads at the time.

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:
>
> Interesting - Thanks - I used to visit store # 1 on Arroyo & Green. Great
> radio ads at the time.

The first Trader Joes was a few miles away in South Pasadena. I avoided
going there because of their fight to keep the freeway out. About the
only place I would spend money that went to sales tax was the popcorn at
the Rialto Threatre.

The one of Arroyo (and DEl Mar two blocks south of Green) was the first
one I want to as well.

On Aug 30, 9:31*am, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
>
> > Interesting - Thanks - I used to visit store # 1 on Arroyo & Green. *Great
> > radio ads at the time.
>
> The first Trader Joes was a few miles away in South Pasadena. *I avoided
> going there because of their fight to keep the freeway out. *About the
> only place I would spend money that went to sales tax was the popcorn at
..
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> the Rialto Threatre.
>
Did California tax food from grocery stores at one time?

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:51:11 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:


> Did California tax food from grocery stores at one time?

If it ever did, it didn't by the time I arrived in Jan of 1965.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

In article >,
spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>On Aug 30, 9:31*am, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> > Interesting - Thanks - I used to visit store # 1 on Arroyo & Green. *Great
>> > radio ads at the time.
>>
>> The first Trader Joes was a few miles away in South Pasadena. *I avoided
>> going there because of their fight to keep the freeway out. *About the
>> only place I would spend money that went to sales tax was the popcorn at
>.
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> the Rialto Threatre.
>>
>Did California tax food from grocery stores at one time?

There was a very confusing "snack tax" at one point. Vitamins and
supplements were always taxed.

Charlotte


--

"spamtrap1888" > wrote in message
...
On Aug 30, 9:31 am, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
>
> > Interesting - Thanks - I used to visit store # 1 on Arroyo & Green.
> > Great
> > radio ads at the time.
>
> The first Trader Joes was a few miles away in South Pasadena. I avoided
> going there because of their fight to keep the freeway out. About the
> only place I would spend money that went to sales tax was the popcorn at
..
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> the Rialto Threatre.
>
Did California tax food from grocery stores at one time?


No unless it's Hot take out food.

Dimitri

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>Interesting article about the company here,
><http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
>ersion.fortune/index.htm>

We have a TJs less than a mile from my house. I don't use TJs for
regular grocery shopping, as you're unlikely to find everything you
need on your weekly shopping list, the day-to-day stuff. Couldn't find
radicchio, for instance, and had to run next door to Ralph's. When I
have the time, I like to stop in and browse the aisles to see what's
new (or I've forgotten about). They have a LOT of house brand stuff,
most of which is good to exceptional.

Stay away from Charles Shaw wine - Two Buck Chuck, ptooey! I wouldn't
use that crap to cook with, much less drink.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

On Aug 29, 4:49*pm, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> Stay away from Charles Shaw wine - Two Buck Chuck, ptooey! I wouldn't
> use that crap to cook with, much less drink.
>

We've found the cab and the chard to be very reliable in cooking.
We've found more duds among TJ's pricier wines. The worst wine I've
ever paid money for was another Bronco Wiine brand, Salmon Creek

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:49:32 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

> We have a TJs less than a mile from my house. I don't use TJs for
> regular grocery shopping, as you're unlikely to find everything you
> need on your weekly shopping list, the day-to-day stuff. Couldn't find
> radicchio, for instance, and had to run next door to Ralph's.

That's why it's ideal to have TJ's in the same shopping center as a
regular market.

> When I
> have the time, I like to stop in and browse the aisles to see what's
> new (or I've forgotten about). They have a LOT of house brand stuff,
> most of which is good to exceptional.

I like it too.
>
> Stay away from Charles Shaw wine - Two Buck Chuck, ptooey! I wouldn't
> use that crap to cook with, much less drink.

Sing it sister! I so agree.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
>
>>Interesting article about the company here,
>><http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
>>ersion.fortune/index.htm>
>
>Stay away from Charles Shaw wine - Two Buck Chuck, ptooey! I wouldn't
>use that crap to cook with, much less drink.

Two Buck Chuck ($3 outside California) varies wildly batch by batch.
The merlot is usually IME at least drinkable as inexpensive table wine.

The cognoscenti buy a bottle, drink it fast, and go back for more if it's
any good.

Charlotte
--

Charlotte L. Blackmer wrote:

>
> Two Buck Chuck ($3 outside California) varies wildly batch by batch.
> The merlot is usually IME at least drinkable as inexpensive table wine.
>
> The cognoscenti buy a bottle, drink it fast,


In the parking lot?

>
> and go back for more if it's any good.



I've had some that was really awful $$Chuck and some not so bad, but I
can say that for nearly every winery.

My first taste of Chardonnay was at the Grgich Hills Winery in Napa
Valley thirty years ago. We bought a case. I have never been able to
find another bottle after that case that tasted as good.

gloria p

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:32:42 -0600, "gloria.p" >
wrote:
>
> My first taste of Chardonnay was at the Grgich Hills Winery in Napa
> Valley thirty years ago. We bought a case. I have never been able to
> find another bottle after that case that tasted as good.
>
I recently had a bottle of Altocedro Malbec and it was sublime.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

In article >,
gloria.p > wrote:
>Charlotte L. Blackmer wrote:
>
>> Two Buck Chuck ($3 outside California) varies wildly batch by batch.
>> The merlot is usually IME at least drinkable as inexpensive table wine.
>>
>> The cognoscenti buy a bottle, drink it fast,
>
>In the parking lot?

I hear sometimes! The idea is to see quickly if that particular case lot
is any good.

>> and go back for more if it's any good.
>
>I've had some that was really awful $$Chuck and some not so bad, but I
>can say that for nearly every winery.

Sometimes costing a lot more!

Seriously, I'm not expecting anything more than cheap vin du table from
TBC and the price is so right.

My aunt and uncle had a small wedding and decided to throw themselves a
blow-out "reception" type party for their 25th. 2BC was the table
wine of choice. Even with the corkage the restaurant charged it was still
a good deal.

(Also, my backpacking enophile brother says some of the box stuff is Not
Bad.)

Charlotte
--

gloria.p wrote:
> Charlotte L. Blackmer wrote:
>
>> The cognoscenti buy a bottle, drink it fast,
>> and go back for more if it's any good.

For years TJ was famous for store brand that varied from superb to
swill. I remember getting a bottle of TJ red, waiting a day to taste
it, discovering it was as good as any $20 bottle of wine I'd ever had,
going back to TJ and it was gone. The next shipment had a different
label. Try it, make stew with that one.

> In the parking lot?

I've never seen that happen and we're talking a sip tasting not chugging
the bottle, but that is indeed the idea - Taste it to see how good this
batch is. For a really good batch it will be gone very soon. I
definitely vote for trying it at home not in the parking lot, though.

I fondly remember a champange they had on closeout that lasted 2 days.
Try it the first day. A $4 bottle as good as any $25 champange I've
ever had. Go straight back and get some more. Start calling friends to
have a champagne party. The next day I checked again and scored the
last 2 bottles. Gone never to be seen again. Duc de Raynaud was a 2
day flash in the pan.

"Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>>On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
>>
>>>Interesting article about the company here,
>>><http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
>>>ersion.fortune/index.htm>
>>
>>Stay away from Charles Shaw wine - Two Buck Chuck, ptooey! I wouldn't
>>use that crap to cook with, much less drink.
>
> Two Buck Chuck ($3 outside California) varies wildly batch by batch.
> The merlot is usually IME at least drinkable as inexpensive table wine.
>

TBC is about as good as the typical boxed wines like Almaden and Franzia.
Very low body, young wijnes. They are just cheap atble wines and worth the
price. I certainly would not pay more for them.

> The cognoscenti buy a bottle, drink it fast, and go back for more if it's
> any good.

Or soak the label off and put on a Chateua Latour 1985 label and host a
party.

Paul

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:49:46 +0000 (UTC),
(Charlotte L. Blackmer) wrote:

>Two Buck Chuck ($3 outside California) varies wildly batch by batch.
>The merlot is usually IME at least drinkable as inexpensive table wine.
>
>The cognoscenti buy a bottle, drink it fast, and go back for more if it's
>any good.

Yeah, but by Two Buck buck standards, by the time you've gotten home,
drunk it, and run back for more, it's considered aged wine. The last
time I bought it, I swear it said "Charles Shaw, Ceres, California:
Vintage, Tuesday."

And if a prior poster noticed a resemblance between Two Buck Chuck and
Bronco Wines, it's b/c it's produced by the same guy: a Gallo nephew
named Fred Franzia. His famous quote for Two Buck was, "If you can't
find the difference... then why spend the money?" Well, there you go!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:59:26 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

> I swear it said "Charles Shaw, Ceres, California: Vintage, Tuesday."

I think some of those new wines are terrific! I prefer steel "aged"
too... because I like wine that tastes like the grape, not the barrel.

Ceres set off a bell. I'm gaga about a jam (raspberry-peach) from
Fontana Farms in Ceres. Just got a refill this week.


--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

sf wrote:

>> I swear it said "Charles Shaw, Ceres, California: Vintage, Tuesday."
>
> I think some of those new wines are terrific! I prefer steel "aged"
> too... because I like wine that tastes like the grape, not the barrel.

I'm with you on that one, though sometimes I like an oak-aged chardonnay to
accompany some brown-buttery fish or vegetable dish.


> Ceres set off a bell. I'm gaga about a jam (raspberry-peach) from
> Fontana Farms in Ceres. Just got a refill this week.

Lin's got a niece or two around that area; we visited them earlier this
year. They don't seem to be experiencing the same water woes that
agricultural areas further south are experiencing.

Bob

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>Interesting article about the company here,
><http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
>ersion.fortune/index.htm>

Does this link break for anyone else? It's even broken in google.
Yes i can fix it here but I'm curious. Mac links break here and it
seems they break on google also. Any incite from the smart folks
here?

TIA

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>> Interesting article about the company here,
>> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
>> ersion.fortune/index.htm>
>
> Does this link break for anyone else? It's even broken in google.
> Yes i can fix it here but I'm curious. Mac links break here and it
> seems they break on google also. Any incite from the smart folks
> here?
>
> TIA
>
> Lou

Yes, it breaks for me. Strangely, broken links often occur in Barb's
posts. Why would that be?

Dora

On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:46:08 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:

> Lou Decruss wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Interesting article about the company here,
> >> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
> >> ersion.fortune/index.htm>
> >
> > Does this link break for anyone else? It's even broken in google.
> > Yes i can fix it here but I'm curious. Mac links break here and it
> > seems they break on google also. Any incite from the smart folks
> > here?
> >
>
> Yes, it breaks for me. Strangely, broken links often occur in Barb's
> posts. Why would that be?
>
I chalk it up to her Mac app. I think she'd have it figured out by
this time if it was a matter of adjusting her settings.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:46:08 -0400, Dora wrote:

> Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting article about the company here,
>>> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
>>> ersion.fortune/index.htm>
>>
>> Does this link break for anyone else? It's even broken in google.
>> Yes i can fix it here but I'm curious. Mac links break here and it
>> seems they break on google also. Any incite from the smart folks
>> here?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Lou
>
> Yes, it breaks for me. Strangely, broken links often occur in Barb's
> posts. Why would that be?
>
> Dora

i'm a little puzzled, too, as enclosing the u.r.l. in angle brackets
( <u.r.l.> ) usually does the trick, even if the link shows up broken when
it gets to the list. maybe the line break is occurring in her composition
window, before it is sent?

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:11:55 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:46:08 -0400, Dora wrote:
>
>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interesting article about the company here,
>>>> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
>>>> ersion.fortune/index.htm>
>>>
>>> Does this link break for anyone else? It's even broken in google.
>>> Yes i can fix it here but I'm curious. Mac links break here and it
>>> seems they break on google also. Any incite from the smart folks
>>> here?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Lou
>>
>> Yes, it breaks for me. Strangely, broken links often occur in Barb's
>> posts. Why would that be?
>>
>> Dora
>
>i'm a little puzzled, too, as enclosing the u.r.l. in angle brackets
>( <u.r.l.> ) usually does the trick, even if the link shows up broken when
>it gets to the list. maybe the line break is occurring in her composition
>window, before it is sent?

It's a mac issue. I was just curious how many other news readers it
effected. Seems like quite a few as this came up in another group
too.

Lou

On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:56:46 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:11:55 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:46:08 -0400, Dora wrote:
>>
>>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:32:21 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Interesting article about the company here,
>>>>> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news...er_joes_full_v
>>>>> ersion.fortune/index.htm>
>>>>
>>>> Does this link break for anyone else? It's even broken in google.
>>>> Yes i can fix it here but I'm curious. Mac links break here and it
>>>> seems they break on google also. Any incite from the smart folks
>>>> here?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Lou
>>>
>>> Yes, it breaks for me. Strangely, broken links often occur in Barb's
>>> posts. Why would that be?
>>>
>>> Dora
>>
>>i'm a little puzzled, too, as enclosing the u.r.l. in angle brackets
>>( <u.r.l.> ) usually does the trick, even if the link shows up broken when
>>it gets to the list. maybe the line break is occurring in her composition
>>window, before it is sent?
>
> It's a mac issue. I was just curious how many other news readers it
> effected. Seems like quite a few as this came up in another group
> too.
>
> Lou

that's too bad, because i'm a big promoter of using angle brackets.

your pal,
blake