[Magdalen] Whole Foods wins !!!

[Grace Cangialosi]

I know, and I have friends who used to drive to Short Pump to Trader Joe's
before we got one in C;ville.  So I was very excited when it opened. On my
first visit, I didn't like the whole atmosphere--I was just kind of casing
the joint and didn't buy anything.  The second time I went was to buy a
little pine tree as a Christmas gift, because I'd seen one that a friend
had.  That was fine, and while I was there I decided to pick up a few
things, including some produce.  The produce was terrible-looking,
everything was in packages instead of loose...  I still didn't like the
atmosphere.  Stopped at Food Lion on the way home for the rest of what I
needed.

YMMV, obviously; I have friends who love the place.  I've had quite a few
of their store brand products at potlucks and such, and I do like them, but
I wouldn't make a special trip to buy them...

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> > >>
> >
>



-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*We must cry out against injustice or by our silence consent to it.
Dorothy Day*