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-   The Villages, Florida, General Discussion (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/)
-   -   RE: Grocery store we need (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/re-grocery-store-we-need-40531/)

Lou and Carolyn C. 07-24-2011 04:05 PM
:smiley:
Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgeT (Post 373976)
"Don't you just looooooove a bargain"
Yes I do!!! :D

Pturner 07-24-2011 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 373694)
and other things that I use for depression like

Little Debbies....
That was spit-out-the-wine funny. Glad I wasn't drinking red!

chuckinca 08-03-2011 08:31 PM
Trader Joe's - the Good, the Bad and the Dearly Departed
 
Just saw this on Yahoo:

http://www.thedailymeal.com/trader-j...nt/reply/21282


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Chinook 11-04-2011 10:52 PM
I wondered if you all knew that a new Trader Joes is opening in Naples, FL.
I love TJ's and have been writing on their website to open one near the Villages!

Shirleevee 11-04-2011 11:57 PM
I miss all the ethnic food marts in NY.......Help where can I buy Semolina flour here????

Sadie1313 11-05-2011 12:19 AM
Trader joes....i vote yes!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by robertcraigpoe (Post 373448)
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 11-05-2011 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 373583)
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 11-05-2011 11:25 AM
Can't figure this out. Is there a Whole Foods
 
in or near the Villages? If so, where. Thanks

Schaumburger 11-05-2011 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Doodlegirl (Post 414632)
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 11-05-2011 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Lou and Carolyn C. (Post 373954)
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!!!
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Originally Posted by GeorgeT (Post 373976)
"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 11-08-2011 03:02 PM
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 11-08-2011 03:36 PM
no, please no sleasy trader joes!!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by robertcraigpoe (Post 373448)
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! :yuck:)

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

graciegirl 11-08-2011 04:12 PM
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 11-08-2011 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 415676)
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 11-08-2011 08:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigLew (Post 415653)
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! :yuck:)

they have been banged over the head by the health department repeatedly for some of their practices!
:crap2:

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 11-09-2011 10:01 AM
Wawa
 
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 11-09-2011 12:31 PM
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 11-09-2011 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by tainsley (Post 415909)
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 11-09-2011 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by prendymom (Post 373539)
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! :a20:

cquick 11-09-2011 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jblum315 (Post 415996)
Sounds exciting, but I must admit I don't know what WAWA is. Please enlighten me.
me neither, what's a WAWA\?

Posh 08 11-09-2011 03:53 PM
https://www.google.com/search?aq=1&o...w=1366&bih=667

tainsley 11-09-2011 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jblum315 (Post 415996)
Sounds exciting, but I must admit I don't know what WAWA is. Please enlighten me.
WAWA is a store up north PA/NJ and a few years ago VA. It is a gas station with a store. Delicious breakfast items, hoagies, sandwiches, soups, coffee, soft pretzels, etc. We were excited to hear they are coming to Florida...being from Philadelphia/Delaware County/So Jersey/VA...a little bit of home!

tainsley 11-09-2011 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by cquick (Post 416025)
never heard of NFCU.....sounds like a university! :a20:
Navy Federal Credit Union...largest credit union in the world! Been a member over 35 years.

jeanoh 11-09-2011 05:24 PM
TJ's for The Villages
 
TJ's is totally organic, and probably priced closer to Aldi's than Fresh Market.
In fact, Aldi's is the "mother company" of TJ's. Corporate office indicates the first TJ's to open in Florida will be in Miami area. Was to be in Sarasota, but that was cancelled for some reason. Once the Miami one gets up and running, we certainly need to do letter writing to get them up this way. Will take a lot of coordinate...good luck!

sunflower3630 11-11-2011 09:32 PM
Trader Joe's Opening in Naples in 2012
 
I haven't heard/read anything about a Miami store, but I do know that TJ is currently working on their new store (a former Borders Books) in Naples.
They're due to open early in 2012.

http://www.traderjoes.com/pdf/locations/southeast.pdf

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/...ext-year-2012/

Pturner 11-11-2011 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 415676)
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.
I would love a Kroger in TV, too-- and not just because they have excellent price and selection. When Publix first entered the Atlanta market (admittedly at least 20 years ago), it started a price war. If Kroger came into FL, Publix home turf... Well, let's just say, 'shopping would be a pleasure'. ;)

sunflower3630 11-11-2011 11:28 PM
And wouldn't we all love to see Kroger's "double coupons"??!! Since moving to FL we haven't be able to enjoy any double couponing here. Back in Michigan we LOVED our double coupons AND our Kroger; but, I have to say, Meijers was really the best. :bigbow:

graciegirl 11-12-2011 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by sunflower3630 (Post 417008)
And wouldn't we all love to see Kroger's "double coupons"??!! Since moving to FL we haven't be able to enjoy any double couponing here. Back in Michigan we LOVED our double coupons AND our Kroger; but, I have to say, Meijers was really the best. :bigbow:
You are so right on both stores!!

swimdawg 11-12-2011 07:58 AM
Wegman's - WNY
 
All I can say..........you haven't seen a grocery store until you have seen WEGMAN'S! My WNY friends will verify that one......

It is the best of the best.....

It is one of the FEW things TV is missing (along with an indoor pool. There she goes again...I can hear you sayin').

Go Bills! Go Sabres! :wave:

kfierle 11-12-2011 08:05 AM
Wegmans, YES!!!!! There is no other store like this one in the entire state of Florida. It is an exceptional experience to shop at Wegmans.

To top it off, they double coupons!

Perhaps I should write to Danny Wegman and tell him to open a store in The Villages!!

graciegirl 11-12-2011 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by kfierle (Post 417045)
Wegmans, YES!!!!! There is no other store like this one in the entire state of Florida. It is an exceptional experience to shop at Wegmans.

To top it off, they double coupons!

Perhaps I should write to Danny Wegman and tell him to open a store in The Villages!!

Good idea. I would write to Barney Kroger but he is at the great cash register in the sky.

English Ivy 11-12-2011 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by kfierle (Post 417045)
Wegmans, YES!!!!! There is no other store like this one in the entire state of Florida. It is an exceptional experience to shop at Wegmans.

To top it off, they double coupons!

Perhaps I should write to Danny Wegman and tell him to open a store in The Villages!!
Back in the early 60's, Danny's father Robert gave a little girl who was shopping with her mother a free pumpkin for Halloween. It was at the store on Fairport Road in the East Rochester area. I can still picture it in my mind when it happened.

Later on as a 17 year old I worked after school at the Wegmans at Pittsford Plaza. Of course this was all before they started their "super store" concept.

I don't have shopping memories of Wegmans, I have childhood memories.

collie1228 11-12-2011 06:49 PM
Plus, Wegmans has been on Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" every year that Fortune has published the list - since 1998. This year they were ranked 3rd.

BigLew 11-14-2011 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jblum315 (Post 415765)
:crap2:

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.
yep it was definitely trader joe's, and CBS news has often rung their chimes as well. They definitely have sushi, you can often smell the overused rice vinegar before you see it.
:shrug:

jblum315 11-14-2011 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BigLew (Post 417935)
yep it was definitely trader joe's, and CBS news has often rung their chimes as well.
:shrug:
Trader Joe's is very, very popular in New York. I guess everyone is wrong about it except you.

coralway 11-14-2011 01:09 PM
A Ray's Pizza..........

joycenemetz 11-14-2011 02:37 PM
Harris Teeter - great grocery store!

Number 6 11-14-2011 03:09 PM
Unfortunatly, Wegman's has only gotten as far South as the DC area. I will tell you that folks in the Rochester area define where they live by which Wegman's they shop at. We shopped at the one on the corner of 441 and 250 or the one in Newark, as an example.

BigLew 11-15-2011 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by coralway (Post 417937)
A Ray's Pizza..........
NOW you're talking! Everyone in NYC likes Ray's even me!
still don't like pretentious grocers though, sorry nothing personal
:sigh:


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