Sounds like there will be plenty of hemp products and trees to hug
Ha........ Ya its kinda a hippy store, but It has good products. The wife went thier all the time when we lived in St. Louis.
Trader Joe coming to WDM
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Ha........ Ya its kinda a hippy store, but It has good products. The wife went thier all the time when we lived in St. Louis.
That's a horrible generalization. Actually it is for people who want to buy healthier food but not pay Whole Foods prices.
Isn't a majority of Kansas City in Missouri? Or is that a consequence of the Boarder War game - winning team gets to impose their liquor laws on the losing state?
Trader Joe's is a good option. The girlfriend and I shop there weekly here in St. Paul.
It's a mini version of your favorite grocery store...it's quicker to navigate because they don't have 800 options of cottage cheese-they pick one good label of every product and consolidate everything. Because they stock fewer items, you may need to shop elsewhere say every 3 times to get the unique things, but it's worth it because TJ's is a better overall experience.
Some things to note:
-Lots of local items & organics
-Very few canned things
-Awesome frozen food section
-Pretty good quality of produce & meats (although smaller selection)
-Good cheap wines, but beware not all are good. We like the $6 Epicuro Beneventano Aglianico- tastes like a $30 wine! The other Epicuros are so-so.
-Terrible beer selection, just go elsewhere for that
P.S. 3 buck chuck is swill...
It's a mini version of your favorite grocery store...it's quicker to navigate because they don't have 800 options of cottage cheese-they pick one good label of every product and consolidate everything. Because they stock fewer items, you may need to shop elsewhere say every 3 times to get the unique things, but it's worth it because TJ's is a better overall experience.
Some things to note:
-Lots of local items & organics
-Very few canned things
-Awesome frozen food section
-Pretty good quality of produce & meats (although smaller selection)
-Good cheap wines, but beware not all are good. We like the $6 Epicuro Beneventano Aglianico- tastes like a $30 wine! The other Epicuros are so-so.
-Terrible beer selection, just go elsewhere for that
P.S. 3 buck chuck is swill...
Good get for DM metro. This maybe the smallest market that TJ's has moved into. To some people, it will help give DM "street cred" as being a great place to live.
My only reason to pause would be that I would hate for this to hurt the locally owned Gateway Market. I'm thinking it will be OK though at Gateway is more like Whole Foods (from my understanding) and is located near downtown which helps to cater to that demographic.
My only reason to pause would be that I would hate for this to hurt the locally owned Gateway Market. I'm thinking it will be OK though at Gateway is more like Whole Foods (from my understanding) and is located near downtown which helps to cater to that demographic.
There's a Gateway out by Jordan Creek too - or at least used to be.
Exhorbanantly overpriced IMO. Went there a few times, not a fan. Nice in that they have a few items for local vendors (South Union, Grazianos, various meat and dairy producers). But you pay for it. And many of those items you can get at Dahl's or Hy Vee anyway.
yes, the majority of the city is in MO but that doesnt mean that the store would be.
If the store came to the KC Metro area I would bet it would be in one of the KS suburbs
The one out west is just a cafe now.
I think you really have to be a foodie to appreciate Gateway. I'm not, and while I think it is a cool place, I rarely shop there. But my sister and sis-in-law require a stop there anytime they are in town.
:biglaugh: Exactly. I'd say Whole Foods is full of the more Prius type than Trader Joe's. Both are interesting "niche" supermarkets and both do have some great food you can't find all together at many other places. My grandpa has been going to Trader Joe's for a few speciality items for YEARS and he is faaaaarrrr from a Prius driving hippie.
There's one down the street from me (equidistant from a Whole Foods too which I find hilarious), but haven't been there since last August. Great for Two Buck Chuck and really random but great food items you can't at find many other supermarkets.
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I shopped at one in Palm Springs when my mom lived there and liked it. That was quite a while ago and I had forgotten about it until they started working on an Omaha location. Its says good things about Omaha and Des Moines that TJs is coming.
Who can't pronounce the words high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, or beef tallow?
