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Trader Joe's Salted Valencia Peanut Butter Recalled Nationwide (Salmonella risk)
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Been in plenty, and they offer overpriced goods. As far as pretentious, that's a subjective thing. I see it as pretentious but I'm not going to hold it against anyone if they don't.
As a counterpoint. Here in Pittsburgh it's FAR cheaper to shop at Giant Eagle then Trader Joe's and the quality is much better at Giant Eagle. This may be different elsewhere, but in Western PA that's the simple truth.
HAL_Laboratory
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So you've never heard of 'cancer alley'? That whole area is fucked due to major industrial activity, oil spills, etc.
Anyway, on topic, I am gonna call my bro and tell him to throw out his TJ's peanut butter before my niece gets sick :/
kevo_huevo
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Speaking of TJ, has anyone else tried this?
Sweet baby jesus it's amazing.
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this stuff is dangerous. i would just dip king's hawaiian sweet rolls directly into the jar lol
What.
Live in Gainesville. Going to buy some of this magical looking cookie butter for myself as a Christmas present.
Edit: fuck it Amazon here I come must try this stuff now.
HAL_Laboratory
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Hey you know what you guys should do since there's a Trader Joe's recall? Buy more things from Trader Joe's.
GungHo
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It's ok. You're basically buying the same shit you'd get anywhere else, but for slightly higher or lower prices (depends on what you're looking for) and in smaller packages. Sometimes the quality is a little higher or you can get some different ingredients than you'd get at a real megastore like Kroger or Safeway.
It's not as snooty as Whole Foods, but it's kind of the In and Out of the grocery world. The people that really like it and chat it up all the time are the people who have only been there once while on a trip to another state.
I like their coffee, but the other stuff I'm kinda eh on. The only time I ever really look for something "special" is when I'm looking for halal stuff, and they have about the same selection on that than I can find at my nearby HEB, so I end up going to a Middle Eastern/West Asian market anyway.
I also like their Cheerios.
Lazy Man's Wallpaper
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Oh my God their beer, too
Recall on one variant of peanut butter =!= entire stock of store infected.
Citizen_Insane
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I must have this.Speaking of TJ, has anyone else tried this?
Sweet baby jesus it's amazing.
You can thank the Alligator for letting me know about it lol.
The stuff there tastes better than most other places.
HAL_Laboratory
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Never play Russian Roulette with your guts.
omg... i have a jar of that peanut butterI just bought it like 3 weeks ago... i've eaten like 1/4 of it :|
omg... i have a jar of that peanut butter
EDIT: DAMN!!!
HAL_Laboratory
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omg... i have a jar of that peanut butter
Ur fucked.
But seriously, when did you eat it?
Only few cities have a grocery as great as HEB - sniff. Probably one of the things I miss the most when I left San Antonio. Ralph's is so bad in LA.
Bel Marduk
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Hmmmm... there's one in Sarasota and one in Naples. Whoever picks these locations should put more in Miami and the Orlando area.. and Jacksonville.
Gentleman Jack
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omg... i have a jar of that peanut butter
The onset of Salmonella is pretty quick after eating contaminated food. At least it was the last two times I got it. Just to be safe I'd toss the rest of the jar but if you haven't gotten sick by now you won't get sick.
Speaking of TJ, has anyone else tried this?
Sweet baby jesus it's amazing.
I wish I could get this in the UK. It looks so damn tasty.
That episode was awesome.
megamerican
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I actually have the Valencia peanut butter mentioned in the recall. I only ate it once and I did have flu like symptoms for a couple of days. I had attributed to a antibiotic I was on though.
hmmmmm.
hmmmmm.
Gentleman Jack
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Well I guess we can't have those dumpster divers getting sick.
Colonel Mustard
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Gonna keep my jar in the fridge till I go to refund it :| And... must resist eating more of it.
I was eating trader joes peanut butter cups as I read this thread. i seem to have a stealth peanut butter obsession that I didn't really notice until just now.
BTW, trader joes is awesome and not very exspensive at all. Expensive compared to what? Aldi?
I was eating trader joes peanut butter cups as I read this thread. i seem to have a stealth peanut butter obsession that I didn't really notice until just now.
BTW, trader joes is awesome and not very exspensive at all. Expensive compared to what? Aldi?
The place is supposed to be pretty environmentally friendly and its products grown in environments that wouldn't lead to something like a salmonella outbreak.
Salmonella naturally occurs in most produce before some kind of sterilization process. It's actually more likely that a 'natural' grocer would have an outbreak like this since they eschew normal radioactive sterilization processes and their like.
Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
I've been shopping almost exclusively at Trader Joe's since the mid-nineties, and anyone who says it's pretentious, is just plain wrong. Have you ever been into a Trader Joe's? Their manager's wear frickin' Hawaiian shirts for crying-out-loud.
I will lament that I miss their "old days" when cold beer and cheese took up more refrigerated shelf space than other product. They carried all sorts of awesome beers, not to mention a plethora of their own private label craft beers. Now you'd be luck to find any cold beer at all.
I will lament that I miss their "old days" when cold beer and cheese took up more refrigerated shelf space than other product. They carried all sorts of awesome beers, not to mention a plethora of their own private label craft beers. Now you'd be luck to find any cold beer at all.
eh...........it looks like peanut butter. I think you can get that in the UK......
awesome store and awesome company. My step sister works there and her benefits are great and her pay is decent for the work.
Gainesville is apparently getting one.
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Risible
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DING DING DING.
Trader Joe's is FAR from overpriced. In fact, it's the only place on earth where one can find gluten-free pasta that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Most places want $5 for a half pound box of sphagetti - Trader Joe's has a huge-ass bag of gluten free ziti for only two bucks.
It's a real godsend for celiac sufferers.
Featheredkitten
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Whether or not they have good prices for gluten free spaghetti, i don't know. BUT they are very overpriced, (for their normal goods) and super pretentious.
I did get a 12 pack of natural sponges there for a good-ish price...so....
I don't think you understand what pretentious means. Just because a food is considered gourmet or organic, does not make it pretentious. Everybody at the ones I have been too have been super nice and helpful.
Also, not sure where you are shopping that you can get cheaper food for the quality.
Why would you do that?
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Ever since I heard on NeoGAF that their hummus is amazing, I've wanted to go to Trader Joe's to buy some. However, there's like only one in NYC and it's in Union Square, a place I never go to. Now I want that cookie butter...
Sucks to hear about the peanut butter, though.
Sucks to hear about the peanut butter, though.
wearing casual clothing doesn't prevent them from being pretentious about their products. Like others have said, it's subjective, and probably varies from store to store.
and it probably depends on the region, but in northern va, shopper's and safeway are both cheaper than trader joes for most groceries. Milk by the gallon is always cheaper at TJ though.
I'm pretty sure cookie butter and peanut butter are different.
GungHo
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It really depends on what you're looking for and in what amounts. What I don't see in Trader Joes are the gigantor sizes you could see at a Fiesta, Safeway (Randall's here), HEB, or Kroger. That's ok, though... they also don't have the same shelf space. If you compare on volume, you will pay a little more at TJs, but it's ultimately a wash because you're also not wasting as much. Unless you have a lot of people in your house, you're not going to go through a "I can fit my whole head in it" box of cereal at a pace where you'd really notice anyway.
However, there are some slight gains in comparison when you look at organic foods. They keep it stocked, so you're not paying the same shelf premium you would at the bigger grocers.
This is a good thing and it's worth mentioning that they take care of their people. It doesn't seem like much, but I'm honestly fine with paying a little more if I know it's going to the employee rather than going to some jackass several states away.
Featheredkitten
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you can be super nice and helpful and still be pretentious. They have handwritten price tags, which certainly adds to the air of pretension. they present themselves with a veneer of a small time grocery when they are a chain. They charge way more than other chain grocery stores for the same goods, even organic and gourmet good. They are presenting themselves under the pretense of a local farmer's market, additionally.
Still, if you want to shop there and like shopping there more power to you. My SO really likes the organic blue corn tortilla chips from TJ's.
Cosmic Bus
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It tastes like gingerbread in a spreadable form, and is quite literally made from ground-up cookies blended with oil.
Speculoos cookies are a European creation, so I would think it'd actually be easier to find the spread in the UK than in the US. Maybe not?
Oh man, I was broken when TJ's took out Kingfisher from their beer line - that beer was so damn tasty with any kind of food - it tastes better with Italian food than Peroni itself.
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