[Magdalen] Whole Foods wins !!!

[Jay Weigel]

I hate Whole Paycheck. I love Trader Joe's. Obviously you're mileage
varies, but I'd like to know why you don't like TJ's. I used to drive past
Whole Paycheck in Richmond to get to TJ's, that's how much I like it.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, we have had Whole Paycheck for a long time. They enlarged and moved
> when Trader Joe's was on the horizon, and the new location is a nightmare
> with a horrible parking lot traffic pattern. I only go there when my
> daughter needs her preferred coffee beans and can't get there. Have been to
> Trader Joe's twice--don't like it. We also have something called Fresh
> Food, or something like that; it's just like WF, but slightly less
> expensive.
> I mostly shop at Food Lion, because it's just down the road, and if I want
> to go slightly upscale, I do Harris Teeter--love that store!
>
> > On Apr 7, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The nearest Trader Joe's is in Charlottesville, 70-something miles away.
> It
> > is, of course, a university town that takes itself very seriously. I
> think
> > they also have a Whole Paycheck but you'd have to ask Grace, she lives
> > closer than I do. We get to C'ville 3 or 4 times a year and it's usually
> a
> > wine-buying expedition to TJ's. Waynesboro, about 50 miles or so away,
> has
> > an Aldi's. I don't know how they rate one! Meanwhile, up here in
> > Harrisonburg, with a university of 20K, we can't get a TJ's, an Aldi's, a
> > Whole Paycheck, or even a proper *participatory* co-op. What the hell?
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 4/7/2016 2:56:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
> >>
> >> Edgewater (our Chicago neighborhood, birthplace of Hillary  Clinton!)
> >> now has a long-awaited Whole  Foods>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> As is usual in Pennsylvania, there are a cluster of Whole Foods  stores
> >> in the Greater Philadelphia area, but none nearby (Philly is 125
> miles).
> >>
> >> It is so irritating to have adverts on television for stores that are
> open
> >> in the Philly suburbs, or the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area (about
> >> 60 miles away).  One that comes to mind is I-Hop that advertises
> >> non-stop, but whose nearest restaurant is in Allentown --- hardly  worth
> >> a 60 mile drive for pancakes and waffles.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Strang - Becoming more of a fan of ALDI's as time  passes.
> >>
>