"..often a little ahead of its time or is at the forefront of the curve."

[kyburg]

Trader Joe's has begun phasing out some products from China.

The discount natural-foods retailer has discontinued single-ingredient items from mainland China but will continue to carry products that have an ingredient from China in their makeup.

Affected products include edamame, or fresh green soybeans, and others.

Well, then.

In the ongoing battle on who gets your grocery dollars - who's listens to you when you ask for something?

I keep saying caitlin and terredancer should ring up the corporate office and ask them for a new store near them. I think they'd do it. This is why.

"Trader Joe's is often a little ahead of its time or is at the forefront of the curve. Any supermarket chain, if they could, would like to do the same thing if it's feasible," he said.

But big chains are terrified of price increases, he said.

"They're afraid people will leave them for a penny."

I worked for Coca-Cola, and still have that BIL who works for Nestle. This is absolutely true, and if you doubt me, go check Wall-Mart on sale paper day.

Comments

[exedore.livejournal.com]

That is awesome for TJ's. I wish we had one here, but sadly London barely has a presence from Whole Paycheck. The upside is that UK supermarkets are required to put country of origin on all produce, so we find out that our peas and baby corn come from African areas while broccoli, carrots, and corgettes are all home grown.