Trader Joes booted out of NE Portland by activists.

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. Maybe it is what your TJs carries

mine carries locally sourced, in this same county, fruits and vegies. (so does Ralphs by the way, or the food market I shop at) They also carry some locally sourced milk, given there are only five milk farms left... as well as locally sourced organic eggs. Hell, some come from the same farmer I buy mine at the farmer's market, for the same price even.

Their bread, before I had to stop eating it, is the same bread you find at the local stores. Hell, some of it comes from the same local bakery. They have some fantastic bread by the way. (When I still could eat it)

Their gluten free is mostly the same brands, I find at the store these days. They had them well before the stores though.

While I hear you, remember, not all stores carry the same crap. Hell, my local ralphs has different merch (and higher quality) than the one we used to shop at 1.5 miles from where I type. It is the neighborhood, purely. The one in La Jolla, you stepped into another world.

Yes, they also carry smoked product, which before refrigeration was the top food preservation technology around, after salting and curing of course. I like Pollan, but if we ever lose refrigeration we will go back to those methods, no choice mostly.

And they carry imported luxury goods. I mentioned that Belgian chocolate in another post If I were to bake...

It feels odd to defend them, since I rarely shop there, and one is really not that far, and they have parking, LOTS OF IT. I just prefer to shop at the farmers market for my vegies, and other food products. I cook mostly from raw and fresh. So I have little use for the inside corridors of any food store.