[Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I buy selectively at Trader Joes.. their nuts and dried fruit can be a good 
value. Also their quinoa seems to be less expensive (at least last time I 
purchased) than anywhere else.  There are finally 3 in our greater metro 
area, none of which are close to me (20+ miles) but I'm usually out and 
about enough I fit trips in my erratic routine.

The Kroger store near me has organic peanuts in a grind-it-yourself set up 
for peanut butter. Grind into containers provided, weigh and print label. 
It is very good and very inexpensive, IMO. And.... no additives at all.

In some ways I'm spoiled/fortunate that I can shop at maybe 8 different 
stores (not Joes) within less than 10 minutes from my house, so I do 
selectively buy 'deals' wherever they are (checking circulars, not hitting 
all the stores : ). I also have a small freezer so I take advantage of that 
and try not to let it 'get away from me'...

Lynn

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 10:24 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart

> But Trader Joe's is also very high-end! I went to the new one here a 
> couple of weeks ago just to see what all the buzz was about and decided I 
> probably won't go back. I did buy some peanut butter made with nothing but 
> peanuts and told my daughter about it.
> I guess Harris-Teeter is about as high-end as I'm willing to go. For every 
> day, I'm a regular Food Lion customer. Ours has very good produce and a 
> small, but good, natural and organic section.
>
>> On Feb 4, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It is always a Good Thing to drive past Whole Paycheck. I used to do that
>> every week on my way to Trader Joe's when I lived in Richmond ;->
>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:27 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Haven't found one. Maybe up near Jacksonville (but that would
>>> mean driving past Whole Foods).
>>>
>>> Several small farms on the Massachusetts/New Hampshire line
>>> have been saved by Asian immigration. Instead of struggling to
>>> compete with onions and corn brought in from Pennsylvania
>>> and Florida, they now thrive growing bok choy and daikon and
>>> gorgeous crisp fresh green vegetable.
>>> -M
>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> No Asian grocery? Seems like there was an influx of Asian
>>>> fisherman/shrimpers in the 1979s, but maybe they didn't make it past
>>> Texas
>>>> and Louisiana. We have a very strange grocery here, run by some Thai
>>> folks,
>>>