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Trader Joes in Cincinnati
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." |
"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." ======================= While I like Trader Joe's and they do have some neat things... NOTHING compares to Jungle Jims!! Jungle Jims rocks!! Trader Joes is also much smaller than J.J.s. They do carry a few of the same items but J.J.s is far more diverse. Cyndi |
"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." ======================= While I like Trader Joe's and they do have some neat things... NOTHING compares to Jungle Jims!! Jungle Jims rocks!! Trader Joes is also much smaller than J.J.s. They do carry a few of the same items but J.J.s is far more diverse. Cyndi |
On 12 Nov 2004 22:37:44 GMT, Mpoconnor7 > wrote:
> 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? > Eh, not really. Trader Joe's is tiny in comparison, and while it carries some ethnic food items, it's not in international market on the same scale as Jungle Jim's. (But hell, what is?) They'd be targeting a similar audience as the people who go to Wild Oats, it's a specialy grocery store (smaller than Wild Oats, though) that carries a number of things that's specific to Trader Joe's only. The produce section is small and has a lot of pre-packaged stuff and doesn't have as much variety. Their cheese section will have nothing on Jungle Jim's. But they usually have an interesting wine section, they offer some neat frozen desserts, good chocolate, gourmet/organic items, stuff like that. It's a great place to buy little edible gifts for people around the holidays and they have good whole milk yogurt. In general, Trader Joe's still worth a look, but it's not a store I visit much more than once every couple months. Prices are generally competitive for what they carry, though. Ariane |
Mpoconnor7 wrote:
> > 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." Wow JJ sounds like a neat place. Good web site. But only in Cincy? LB |
Mpoconnor7 wrote:
> > 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." Wow JJ sounds like a neat place. Good web site. But only in Cincy? LB |
>Wow JJ sounds like a neat place. Good web site.
>But only in Cincy? I believe there is a Jungle Jims in Columbus also, but the one in Cincinnati is much bigger. It's far and away the largest supermarket I've ever seen. It takes me two hours just to go thru the entire store. They have a giant wine section, a liquor store, a Starbucks in the store, a cooking school inside the store, a giant bakery with lots of yummy looking deserts and breads. They have golfcarts which they use to shuttle customers from the parking lot to the enterance. They are building a monorail that goes around the outside of the store. I would guess on the weekends there are probably 200 employees working at this store. 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." |
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Mpoconnor7 wrote:
> > >Wow JJ sounds like a neat place. Good web site. > >But only in Cincy? > > I believe there is a Jungle Jims in Columbus also, but the one in Cincinnati is > much bigger. It's far and away the largest supermarket I've ever seen. It > takes me two hours just to go thru the entire store. They have a giant wine > section, a liquor store, a Starbucks in the store, a cooking school inside the > store, a giant bakery with lots of yummy looking deserts and breads. They have > golfcarts which they use to shuttle customers from the parking lot to the > enterance. They are building a monorail that goes around the outside of the > store. I would guess on the weekends there are probably 200 employees working > at this store. > > 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." Sounds like Wegmans in NJ, only better. LB |
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There is only one Jungle Jim's. My husband and I were there today and as
usual, the place has expanded again. It is one fantastic place to roam. If you don't find what you want there, you won't find it anywhere in the city of Cincinnati. > > Yep. AFAIK, there's only one and I believe the owner has said > he has no plans to create another location. Still, you never know... > It's just difficult to imagine opening up another one because JJ's is > _huge_. > > It's definitely worth a visit to Cincinnati if you're within > reasonable driving distance. :) > > Ariane > |
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sf wrote:
> > On 13 Nov 2004 07:55:02 -0800, (CindyThe Tax Lady) > wrote: > > >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. > > Are you saying they have huge stores now? I only know of one I'd > begin to call large and it's not big compared to most of the > super-duper markets. They have gotten bigger as in many stores rather than size. BTW TJ's is owned by some very large group, and has been for years. LB |
sf wrote:
> > On 13 Nov 2004 07:55:02 -0800, (CindyThe Tax Lady) > wrote: > > >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. > > Are you saying they have huge stores now? I only know of one I'd > begin to call large and it's not big compared to most of the > super-duper markets. They have gotten bigger as in many stores rather than size. BTW TJ's is owned by some very large group, and has been for years. LB |
>> Wow JJ sounds like a neat place. Good web site.
>> But only in Cincy? > > Yep. AFAIK, there's only one and I believe the owner has said >he has no plans to create another location. Still, you never know... >It's just difficult to imagine opening up another one because JJ's is >_huge_. > > It's definitely worth a visit to Cincinnati if you're within >reasonable driving distance. :) Somebody had told me that there was another one near Columbus, so I could have been given some bad information. And to think Jungle Jims started out with a produce stand on the side of the road about 30 years back and slowly evolved into this giant market. Walking thru the store, you can tell the construction has been a work in progress. I'm guessing there is going to be another construction to reach that building about 1/4 mile to the right of the store complex, as I have been told the owners own that building also, and it makes more sense with the monorail and all.. 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." |
LB wrote:
> BTW TJ's is owned by some very large group, and has been for years. That's right; the Albrecht brothers Karl and Theo, who also own the Aldi group, bought Trader Joe's in 1979. Bob |
On 14 Nov 2004 11:56:09 GMT, Mpoconnor7 > wrote:
> > Somebody had told me that there was another one near Columbus, so I could have > been given some bad information. Hehe, probably wishful thinking on the part of whoever told you. ;) > And to think Jungle Jims started out with a produce stand on the side of the > road about 30 years back and slowly evolved into this giant market. Walking > thru the store, you can tell the construction has been a work in progress. I'm > guessing there is going to be another construction to reach that building about > 1/4 mile to the right of the store complex, as I have been told the owners own > that building also, and it makes more sense with the monorail and all.. Yeah, it's been interesting monitoring the changes over the past several years. For a while, every time we'd go there we'd need an updated map because they'd changed the layout again. But it seems to have settled down some now and the place is still great. I really appreciate that the deli/cheese/wine part has a lot more room, since it used to be that shopping cart traffic would bottleneck up in the most awful way with the old layout. Ariane |
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 |
>Are you saying they have huge stores now? I only know of one I'd
>begin to call large and it's not big compared to most of the >super-duper markets. Our local TJ's (San Francisco Bay Area) has recently moved to a much larger space. It was awful to shop in there during the holidays with the checkout lines wrapped around the aisles. It is now as big as an average supermarket. Barb |
>Are you saying they have huge stores now? I only know of one I'd
>begin to call large and it's not big compared to most of the >super-duper markets. Our local TJ's (San Francisco Bay Area) has recently moved to a much larger space. It was awful to shop in there during the holidays with the checkout lines wrapped around the aisles. It is now as big as an average supermarket. Barb |
>> And to think Jungle Jims started out with a produce stand on the side of
>the >> road about 30 years back and slowly evolved into this giant market. >Walking >> thru the store, you can tell the construction has been a work in progress. >I'm >> guessing there is going to be another construction to reach that building >about >> 1/4 mile to the right of the store complex, as I have been told the owners >own >> that building also, and it makes more sense with the monorail and all.. > > Yeah, it's been interesting monitoring the changes over the >past several years. For a while, every time we'd go there we'd need >an updated map because they'd changed the layout again. But it seems >to have settled down some now and the place is still great. I really >appreciate that the deli/cheese/wine part has a lot more room, since >it used to be that shopping cart traffic would bottleneck up in the >most awful way with the old layout. > I just moved to Cincinnati last summer and Jungle Jims has been one of the great finds here. I have friends in South Carolina who want to visit me to see this store after I told them all about it. I haven't been in the restrooms there, but I love how they have them set up. For those who haven't shopped here, they took the exteriors of a couple portajohns and set them up as the enterance to the restrooms, where you have to go thru a portajohn door to enter the lavoratory. 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." |
>> And to think Jungle Jims started out with a produce stand on the side of
>the >> road about 30 years back and slowly evolved into this giant market. >Walking >> thru the store, you can tell the construction has been a work in progress. >I'm >> guessing there is going to be another construction to reach that building >about >> 1/4 mile to the right of the store complex, as I have been told the owners >own >> that building also, and it makes more sense with the monorail and all.. > > Yeah, it's been interesting monitoring the changes over the >past several years. For a while, every time we'd go there we'd need >an updated map because they'd changed the layout again. But it seems >to have settled down some now and the place is still great. I really >appreciate that the deli/cheese/wine part has a lot more room, since >it used to be that shopping cart traffic would bottleneck up in the >most awful way with the old layout. > I just moved to Cincinnati last summer and Jungle Jims has been one of the great finds here. I have friends in South Carolina who want to visit me to see this store after I told them all about it. I haven't been in the restrooms there, but I love how they have them set up. For those who haven't shopped here, they took the exteriors of a couple portajohns and set them up as the enterance to the restrooms, where you have to go thru a portajohn door to enter the lavoratory. 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." |
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