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whole foods VS trader joes?

Posted by on Jun. 29, 2012 at 4:14 PM
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Question: What one do you like better and why?

Options:

trader joes (explain please)

whole foods (explain please)


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Total Votes: 9

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What one do you like better and why?

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FlyingMommy747
by Member on Jun. 29, 2012 at 4:17 PM

WOW, this is a tough one.  The prices are so much better at Trader Joes but the selection is better at Whole Foods.  I cannot decied!

gypsy_rose
by New Member on Jun. 29, 2012 at 4:18 PM

are there any other chain health food stores? and when it comes to organic what is the diffrence in prices between there and a regular grocery stores?


FlyingMommy747
by Member on Jun. 29, 2012 at 4:27 PM


Quoting gypsy_rose:

are there any other chain health food stores? and when it comes to organic what is the diffrence in prices between there and a regular grocery stores?


Whole Foods is a high end supermarket.  It is the size of any other supermarket like a Safeway or Albertson's.  Their prices are very high, but every once in a while you find some of their items are the same price as any other supermarket.  Their quality is excellent, but you pay for it.

Trader Joes is small, more of a boutique supermarket.  What they have is excellent, and much of it is their own brand, so they can sell it at the same price as other supermarkets and in some cases even cheaper.  For example, a quart of their soy milk is $1.69, and I cannot find anything comprable at other stores for less then $2.29.  But the store is small, so the selection is also small.

gypsy_rose
by New Member on Jun. 29, 2012 at 4:31 PM

we have shoped at trader joes before and I liked it. I just didn't know the diffrence. We have to go an hour out to find one. 45 min for whole foods. :( but we go to his moms often an hour and a half north and her town has BOTH stores. 

Quoting FlyingMommy747:


Quoting gypsy_rose:

are there any other chain health food stores? and when it comes to organic what is the diffrence in prices between there and a regular grocery stores?


Whole Foods is a high end supermarket.  It is the size of any other supermarket like a Safeway or Albertson's.  Their prices are very high, but every once in a while you find some of their items are the same price as any other supermarket.  Their quality is excellent, but you pay for it.

Trader Joes is small, more of a boutique supermarket.  What they have is excellent, and much of it is their own brand, so they can sell it at the same price as other supermarkets and in some cases even cheaper.  For example, a quart of their soy milk is $1.69, and I cannot find anything comprable at other stores for less then $2.29.  But the store is small, so the selection is also small.


The month of May is the Nerofibromatosis awarness month. 

One of the major signs are cafe au lait spots (flat brown spots on the skin).

Please research this disorder! 

I have this disorder myself.

CLICK PHOTO FOR MORE INFO!

eds6619
by Emily on Jun. 29, 2012 at 4:43 PM

 I didn't vote.  We don't have either one.

mommaGof3
by Jess on Jun. 29, 2012 at 6:09 PM
I love whole foods a lot better than trader joes. I am actually not veru inpressed by the trader joes I have been too. Whole foods has a much larger selection and has items I cant find anywhere else.
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JasonsMom2007
by Lisa on Jun. 29, 2012 at 6:22 PM
Trader Joe's is an hour away. Whole foods is 2+ hours so ive never gone to it. I shop trader Joe's a lot.
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Nutmeg101
by Meg on Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:11 PM
I can't decide- I like both for different reasons. I buy kids vitamins and such at whole foods- but produce prices are cheaper at trader joes
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Miranda1127
by Silver Member on Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:30 PM

 trader joe's confuses me. I can never find anything. The store is so small yet I spend hours looking for one or two products. I prefer whole foods. It's much more user friendly.

chrissysnow22
by Christian on Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:44 PM
I LOVE whole foods!!!
Trader joes is too cluttered for me, and it doesn't have a big enough selection for me.
Whole foods has a really large selection and they are super friendly.
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