[Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart

[Marion Thompson]

I really dislike fresh-ground peanut butter.  Give me good ol' Kraft  -- 
additives and all.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 2/4/2015 11:41 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> 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
>
> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
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>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
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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,
>>>>
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