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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 01:40 AM
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It's official. Trader Joe's frozen chocolate covered bananas kick ass!!!
If you don't have any, get some now, they're yummy! :9
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 01:42 AM
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1. Almost ALL of their products kick ass!
I absolutely LOVE that store and I hope that soon they'll go completely nationwide. They still have a lot of metro areas with no stores but they're working on it.
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 01:44 AM
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3. no shit, I wish they were a public company so I could buy some stock
but they ain't. Not yet anyway
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 06:03 AM
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7. not likely: TJ is owned by Aldi
A(actually two) German discounter chain, still a family enterprise.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 11:48 AM
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9. Didn't know that, but...
I know that the the Aldi's around here pay well for a grocery store, and Trader Joe's pays its people VERY well.

Evidence that you actually can run a good company profitably without screwing your employees.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 11:48 AM
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10. TJ's is owned by Aldi?
Wow, talk about opposite ends of the gourmet spectrum.
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 11:51 AM
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11. yup
Edited on Tue May-25-04 12:05 PM by Kellanved
--snip
Trader Joe's operates 200 stores in 17 states. The company is a division of Aldi Group, based in Essen, Germany, a privately held company owned by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht. The Aldi Group is also parent of Aldi supermarkets, which are discount grocers.


--snap
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5032736/


I'd like to see TJ in Germany though - it would only be fair, as you already have Aldi. :hi:

Edit: a good article about the Aldi Group:
http://english.lz-net.de/retailers/companyprofiles/pages/show.prl?id=83
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 01:43 AM
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2. are they new?
I ain't never heard of them.

Have you tried the chocolate raspberries? They're pretty new and DAMN! I almost ate the whole canister of them as I waited in the checkout aisle.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 01:45 AM
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4. They've been around for the past year...
just look in the frozen food section. :-)
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 01:51 AM
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5. They have a new vegetarian ratatouille provencale
that goes wonderfully over mashed potatoes. Other than a little cheese sprinkled on the top it's an almost completely vegan dish.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 12:05 PM
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13. That is fantastic, isn't it? I put it over capellini. Yum!
:9
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 02:06 AM
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6. thanks for the TJ tips
Saw the bananas the other day; almos tried them. Now I will.

They have a frozen pistachio dessert with a chocolate topping. Yum, that was a hit around here.


Cher
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 11:44 AM
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8. Tried their tiramasu gelato?
My blood sugar rose just looking at it, but if ever there was a noble death...
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Mr. McD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-04 11:59 AM
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12. I absolutely love Trader Joe's Mud Pie
Top of list!

Go to Trader Joe's.:)
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