[Sadie1313]

Originally Posted by robertcraigpoe

I would like to introduce you to Trader Joe's We have loved this store and all the quality items they carry. An upscale grocery store that searches the world for items to carry under their brand. Very good pricing, and a lot of items that other stores don't carry! A lot of the cheese, meat, fish etc are of good quality and cheaper than most other grocery stores.

Check out the link below
http://www.traderjoes.com/index.asp

Please join me in trying to get Trader Joe's to come into the Lady Lake area! We have the people to attract a store of this quality and we deserve to have a great option for grocery shopping!

You're so right, robertcraigpoe. I love Trader Joes....good quality, fair prices, and great food. I used to travel to Manhattan or New Jersey, as Staten Island didn't have a Trader Joes. Not until we sold our home and wee ready to moe to TV. Now they have one in Staten Island....timing is everything. How can we help to coax Trader Joes to come here? Let me know if I can help. Trish

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Fresh Market seems to have many of the things that were mentioned for TJ's.

Fresh Market's prices are way high, like Whole Foods. Trader Joe's prices are very moderate.

[Doodlegirl]

in or near the Villages? If so, where. Thanks

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by Doodlegirl

in or near the Villages? If so, where. Thanks

I went on to the Whole Foods' web site, typed in zip code 32162. the two closest Whole Foods to TV are in Orlando and Winter Park, which according to the Whole Foods' web site are 73 and 74 miles from zip code 32162. Probably too far to buy ice cream...unless you bring a cooler with you.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Lou and Carolyn C.

The name "Christmas Tree Shop" is misleading, I believe the name indicates that it is Christmas all-year-round, we love the store for it has a variety of items. You can buy beach stuff, such as chairs, umbrellas, other items include curtains, bedding, furniture, glassware, food items, decorations, paper products, all occasion cards, gift wrapping/gift bags, lawn ornaments, and many, many other things, it is a great store and they have unbelievable prices, too!!!

Originally Posted by GeorgeT

"Don't you just looooooove a bargain"

and the old porter's bldg would make a great spot for CTS! i keep emailing bed, bath and beyond [my budget] to ask for that! if there is a bb and b distribution facility cts could use that, too! i just get a thank you for your correspondence response. pffft! so when i shop at my local cts, i just give my florida zip code when asked for one!

[cquick]

YUP! we need TRADER JOE"S! People from Orlando would come to TV to shop at Trader Joe's. I suggest near Brownwood town square.....easy to get to from the turnpike!

[BigLew]

Originally Posted by robertcraigpoe

I would like to introduce you to Trader Joe's We have loved this store and all the quality items they carry. An upscale grocery store that searches the world for items to carry under their brand. Very good pricing, and a lot of items that other stores don't carry! A lot of the cheese, meat, fish etc are of good quality and cheaper than most other grocery stores.

Check out the link below
http://www.traderjoes.com/index.asp

Please join me in trying to get Trader Joe's to come into the Lady Lake area! We have the people to attract a store of this quality and we deserve to have a great option for grocery shopping!

I've always thought their cheeses were just awful and their premade sandwiches lack meat, their produce is plastic wrapped and often way out of date and their sushi uses fake seafood with fish flavorings....eeccchhhh!
sorry please keep them far away from the villages (unless you want their lousy '2 buck chuck' wines! )

they have been banged over the head by the health department repeatedly for some of their practices!

[graciegirl]

Gosh. I have only heard raves until what you said Big Lew. I don't feel as envious now. I have never been in one.

I am having serious Kroger withdrawal.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Gosh. I have only heard raves until what you said Big Lew. I don't feel as envious now. I have never been in one.

I am having serious Kroger withdrawal.

Never been to a Trader Joe's. Gracie I have to agree about your Krogers. We drive 45 mins to one when we need good ingredients. Couldn't find veal or Chianti in this county so a Kroger list is started.

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by BigLew

I've always thought their cheeses were just awful and their premade sandwiches lack meat, their produce is plastic wrapped and often way out of date and their sushi uses fake seafood with fish flavorings....eeccchhhh!
sorry please keep them far away from the villages (unless you want their lousy '2 buck chuck' wines! )

they have been banged over the head by the health department repeatedly for some of their practices!

Are you SURE you were in a Trader Joe's or was it some other store with a similar name?
In all the years I shopped at Trader Joe's, I never saw a premade sandwich, and never saw sushi of any kind.
I have shopped at Trader Joe's in California and in New York for nearly 20 years and everything I bought there was of the finest quality.

[tainsley]

I am over in Orlando and I heard on the local news they just broke ground for a WAWA! With plans for 100 more throughout Florida!

[collie1228]

Where I live in Central NY, we don't have many upscale food stores (if any), but we do have Wegman's, and I have one less than a mile from my home. Wegman's is one of the things I'll miss most when we move to Florida next year. Alec Baldwin's mother Carol lives in the Syracuse area, and Alec told a story on Letterman of how he tried to convince his Mom to move to the Left Coast to live near him, and her answer was, "What, and leave Wegman's?" That's how good a food store it is. TV needs a Wegman's.

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by tainsley

I am over in Orlando and I heard on the local news they just broke ground for a WAWA! With plans for 100 more throughout Florida!

Sounds exciting, but I must admit I don't know what WAWA is. Please enlighten me.

[cquick]

Originally Posted by prendymom

NFCU would be an asset to TV. I am sure there are people familiar with this bank & their high quality of services.

never heard of NFCU.....sounds like a university!

[cquick]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Sounds exciting, but I must admit I don't know what WAWA is. Please enlighten me.

me neither, what's a WAWA\?