[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by Indydealmaker

I hear they sell a really good TOXIC peanut butter.

You beat me to it! It's OK to buy it just don't take it internally!

Trader Joe?s Voluntarily Recalls Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter Because of Possible Health Risk

[tracy1j]

Ght70, could you please share contact information for your organic o-op? That sounds really interesting! Thanks.

[Cantwaittoarrive]

Originally Posted by ght70

We have been emailing and asking Trader Joe's to come to the Villages as well. Our "organic" produce options are slim in this area. We joined a local Organic Wholesale Co-op. Every two weeks, we put our order in online Sunday evening of whatever we like and pickup Tuesday. Its great because there are so many options of organic items, spices, oils, produce, meats, cheese and thousands of other items to choose from besides produce, all at CHEAPER prices than Publix. Its the next best thing from Trader Joe's!

sounds great please share

[tsew22]

I miss MarketBasket so much, the price of food here is high, and not a lot of good beef!!

[sunglow]

Trader Joe's has a lot of organic foods at really reasonable prices. Great wine selection and I love their Spanish olive oil which is cheap and rated as one of the best. I wish their was one closer. I also love Costco.

[sunglow]

Trader Joe's has very reasonable prices on organics. I also love their Spanish olive oil which is really inexpensive and got great reviews. They also have a good wine selection. All I need is a Costco and a Trader Joe's and I'm happy.

[ght70]

Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive

sounds great please share

If you are interested in the organic co-op, you can contact Falon, her email is

giveorganic@yahoo.com and she can send you the info!

Login page - Produce

[Villages Kahuna]

I was in Gainesville for other reasons this morning and stopped by the Trader Joe's on grand opening day. Whew! After circling the parking lot for 10 minutes looking for a spot, I had to commit grand larceny to get a basket to put stuff in. Then I waited in line about a half hour or so to pay for the fifty bucks worth of stuff that I probably shouldn't have purchased. Give it a week or so to let the "grand opening blues" clear. You'll be happier.

[sandybill2]

Visited Trader Joe's in Lexington, Ky----asked them about moving to "The Villages"---was told that once they have a shipping route; i.e.; Florida, etc., they will add more locations--- Even though they are part of Aldi's -their distribution is different---hoping now that there are a couple of locations in Florida--they might consider The Villages after all the emails, etc.

[Richard1366]

Wegman's is the very best grocery store in the US..I'm not the only one that thinks that..

[Chuckw]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Just got my notice from Trader Joe's -- the Gainesville store will open on December 12th! Yippee!!! Seriously happy dance.

Trader Joe's Gainesville (764)
Opening December 12th!
3724 SW Archer Rd
Gainesville, FL 32608
352-378-9321

It seems that quite a few of us are excited about TJs opening in Gainesville... I was looking on the TJ web site and got curious about their other relatively close location in Sarasota... It turns out that the Sarasota location is actually 9 miles closer to my house in TV than the one in Gainesville is. Curious: Has anyone gone to the Sarasota store since it opened? Is there something about Gainesville that makes it more attractive? Just asking,

[travelguy]

trader joe's is not owned by aldi; the family name is albrecht (german owned) and two different branches of the family own aldi and trader joe's respectfully. they are totally seperate companies and have no interconnection.
and i cannot wait to make the trip to gainesville.

[cquick]

Originally Posted by Chuckw

It seems that quite a few of us are excited about TJs opening in Gainesville... I was looking on the TJ web site and got curious about their other relatively close location in Sarasota... It turns out that the Sarasota location is actually 9 miles closer to my house in TV than the one in Gainesville is. Curious: Has anyone gone to the Sarasota store since it opened? Is there something about Gainesville that makes it more attractive? Just asking,

Probably that Gainesvilles seems closer than Sarasota. I love the Bradenton/Sarasota area....my grandparents came down to Bradenton for 40 years.......we used to visit them almost every year....that's what got me hooked on Florida...well that and DISNEY

[spk7951]

Originally Posted by Chuckw

It seems that quite a few of us are excited about TJs opening in Gainesville... I was looking on the TJ web site and got curious about their other relatively close location in Sarasota... It turns out that the Sarasota location is actually 9 miles closer to my house in TV than the one in Gainesville is. Curious: Has anyone gone to the Sarasota store since it opened? Is there something about Gainesville that makes it more attractive? Just asking,

I think one of us has it wrong. Trader Joe's in Gainesville shows as 59 miles from my house in Hadley and Sarasota shows as 138 miles. Came up with similar numbers when using Mapquest.

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by spk7951

I think one of us has it wrong. Trader Joe's in Gainesville shows as 59 miles from my house in Hadley and Sarasota shows as 138 miles. Came up with similar numbers when using Mapquest.

This is correct.