Who Gives Kudos: ஐღ Kenzie :.. (2) Scot (2)

	ஐღ Kenzie :) ஐღ	We have no trader Joes....and I love those chips SO MUCH! Every time I get to a Tradr Joes..its stock up time on my fav stuff..vitamins mostly. And dried fruit   Posted by ஐღ Kenzie :) ஐღ on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 7:00 PM [Reply to this]

	Helly	Eeee! No Trader Joes!? I used to think all they had was overpriced merchandise but was pleasantly surprised to find that I can get almost everything (except meat and fresh produce, which IS more expensive than regular supermarkets) for much cheaper there :-)   Posted by Helly on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 7:06 PM [Reply to this]

	ஐღ Kenzie :) ஐღ	I am seriously thinking if I stay here, of buying a franchise. I know SEVERAL people in my most intimate circle that love to go there... Plus I could manage my own deli, which is a secret dream of mine...(deli, resturant, soup kitchen, SOMETHING) and have access to all that strange and wonderful stuff found in the store! These people go buy CASES of crap...monthly sometimes! And we have to drive far!   Posted by ஐღ Kenzie :) ஐღ on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 8:28 PM [Reply to this]

	Helly	LOL-- forget Tupperware and Avon, you're going TJs :-D That's not a bad idea-- how far away IS the closest Trader Joe's to you, anyway?   Posted by Helly on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 8:30 PM [Reply to this]

	Scot	Yeah, I actually never heard of Trader Joe's until you mentioned it to me once a year or so ago. I've never heard of blue potatoes either. But, then again, we are ALWAYS getting in new and varied kinds of produce, so I guess it's only a matter of time before we start seeing stuff like pink asapargus, red carrots, and purple banana's! I have no idea how far away the closest TJ's is to me...I wonder if google could help me find out?   Posted by Scot on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:21 PM [Reply to this]

	Helly	http://www.traderjoes.com/locations.asp Nothing within 50 miles of Stevensville, but 50 miles is the max radius I could input. According to the pdf file that lists ALL locations nationwide, there's a handful in Illinois and a couple in Michigan and Indiana.   Posted by Helly on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:26 PM [Reply to this]

	Scot	Oh, and for the record, if you mention the "blue chip" to anyone in Southern Michigan or Northern Indiana, they will automatically think you are talking about a casino called the "Blue Chip" in Michigan City, Indiana, about 45 miles from where I live. You know, just FYI. :~)   Posted by Scot on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:22 PM [Reply to this]

	Helly	Haha, good to know! I'll keep that in mind next time I'm in the area :-)   Posted by Helly on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:27 PM [Reply to this]

	Scot	Ah HA. Upon inspecting your link, it looks like the closest TJ's to me is in a retail sector of downtown Detroit. Detroit is about a 2 - 2 1/2 hour drive east for me, give or take the traffic on any given day! I think I'll be sticking with Meijer for my groceries for now, thanks! ;~)   Posted by Scot on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:35 PM [Reply to this]

	Jenna	there's one in taylor, michigan i do believe. hehe. still unhelpful anyways.   Posted by Jenna on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:43 PM [Reply to this]

	Helly	Nothing in Chicago, even? Well, maybe you should join in Kendra's bandwagon and open up a franchise in your town ;-) Speaking of Meijers-- I've always wanted to ask (since we don't have them here)-- how do you pronounce it? May-jors? May-yors? My-ers?   Posted by Helly on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:37 PM [Reply to this]

	Jenna	i've only ever heard it pronounced my-ers, but my experience is limited. :)   Posted by Jenna on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Scot	Yeah, it's "My-ers". Hmm, you're right. I didn't even think to check Chicago. I was limiting my search to Michigan. I'll see if I can find a zip code for Chicago and look that up too.   Posted by Scot on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:53 PM [Reply to this]

	Scot	Ah ha, it looks like just searching a common Cook County Chicago zip code yielded 3 results. So, there's a few choices in Chicago too. Still, that's ALMOST a 2 hour drive. Not goin that far just to buy what is surely overpriced organic produce (even if it IS a cool blue color), LOL! But, at least they're in the BIG cities around here, if nothing else.   Posted by Scot on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:56 PM [Reply to this]

	Helly	I don't go for the organic stuff myself, but TJ's is good for lots of other non-organic stuff that's surprisingly cheap. And yeah, it's not worth making the trip out there, but if you ARE in the area, like on vacation or something, and you spy one, it's worth popping in to see what they have.   Posted by Helly on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 9:59 PM [Reply to this]

	ஐღ Kenzie :) ஐღ	that is the only time I would ever go... but other people think otherwise. We do pretty good, we have two dedicated organic food shops here in Eureka. I would think I had a pretty good business to start with if I could get city counsel to accept my proposal. (they wouldn't accept Wal-Mart)   Posted by ஐღ Kenzie :) ஐღ on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 2:38 AM [Reply to this]

	inog	Maybe someday you try ube or mangosteen.   Posted by inog on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 3:32 AM [Reply to this]