I was low on my food stamps, so I went to Dollar Tree and got their stuffing for 1.25. I was amazed, its much better than stove top for half the price!
Ok let’s see…
I had great parents. Unfortunately my father died way too young when I was 21.
NJ is a very blue state but I live in a red area currently. Post-Trump things are a bit different but in general Republicans here tend to be more centrist than in other parts of the country.
When I did work I made personal copies all the time. No one cared. When I was the boss the copier was right next to me. Make whatever copies you want.
90% of the time I shop at a regular supermarket. I don’t know if Wegmans is upscale but I go there sometimes. I’m in a rural part of the state so there are some great farmers markets that I go to for specific items like fresh Jersey corn. There is an Amish market close by but I never remember to go during their very short operating hours.
Trader Joe’s is often cheaper than my local supermarkets. That includes prices for organic produce.
I still couldn’t have answered that in that form. I’d say ‘I’m going to Tops’ (or to Wegmans, or to Oak Hill, or to Greenstar, or to Name-of-family-that-runs-the-store’s, or whatever.)
How big is the box?
I’ve found that items at dollar stores often are cheaper – and have less of the product in the container. For anything packed wet, check the net weight if available, not just the total; I’ve gotten content literally watered down. Did not go back there.
Trader Joe’s is… complicated. If you compare the price of identical items, TJ’s is usually cheaper. For example, wine, craft beer, and organic produce is pretty much always cheaper there than at the regular grocery store. But Trader Joe’s pretty much only stocks “higher end” products. If you just want any old beer, whatever’s cheapest, you’ll probably spend less buying a pack of Budweiser at Wal-Mart. But if you really want craft beer it’s probably going to be cheaper at Trader Joe’s.
I’ve never been in a Trader Joe’s, so I don’t really know. My impression has been that they may have started off downscale but rapidly became upscale; but that impression isn’t based on much and might easily be wrong. Didn’t vote.
This matches my impression. I don’t shop there very often. But i buy all my smoked salmon and wild rice there, because they have the best prices and the stuff is good quality.
I look for the sweet spot that I can pull into and through, so I can pull out when I leave. I’m the Batman
Ever since I almost ran over a distracted student who decided to walk behind my car as I was backing out of my school spot, I’ve backed in every morning. Makes it a lot easier to miss the morons. A lot of other teachers started doing the same thing.
Box of stuffing is the same size. Woot.
I don’t like Stove top brand stuffing. It’s the name and all their ads you’re paying for. I don’t buy much of boxed things anyway. But the kids like the boxed stuffing. We always get the cheapest one.
I live in a food desert. You gotta get what you can, where you can.
Any trip into a town involves grocery lists.
This week’s flyer.
Hot sauce: $2.99
Hamburger buns: $2.99
Crumbled feta: $2.99
Sriracha: $2.79
Organic crescent rolls: $2.99
Enchiladas: $2.99
Whole grain waffles: $2.69
Organic herb salad mix: $2.69
Uncured turkey bacon: $3.99
Argentinian red shrimp with ginger garlic butter: $7.99
Pure grade A maple syrup: $4.99
We have Bristol Farms and Gelsons in SoCal, so our definition of upscale has shifted somewhat. I realized how upscale my local Bristol Farms was when I perused the locked-up liquor (you know, the locked cabinet all supermarkets have where you have to get someone to help you if you want to buy a bottle of something “expensive”). Most supermarkets have locked up bottles that cost, at most, hundreds of dollars in such cabinets. Bristol Farms had bottles priced up to $3,000-4,000.
I’m in one of the bluest of blue state. The Democrats have a super majority in both houses of our legislature. In some cities, the Republicans meet each election cycle to decide which Democrat to endorse. I live, of course in that mismanaged hellscape that is California (5th largest economy in the world; $55B budget surplus in 2022, Woot!)
Well, as others have said, it’s complicated. The vast majority of what they offer is private-label products, and while their prices tend to lower than for comparable products at major grocery chains, as @WildaBeast notes, they don’t offer low-tier products, and they place their stores in well-off neighborhoods.
It’s worth noting that Trader Joe’s is owned by Aldi Nord, one of two separate-but-related German firms that do business under the Aldi name; the other firm, Aldi Sud, operates the Aldi chain in the U.S.
Aldi’s toward the low-tier end, though not as much so as dollar stores. We’ve got an Aldi’s near me; once in a while I go in there, though less for groceries than if I’m interested in one of their weekly deals, though I’ve found the quality erratic. Some things have been pretty decent quality, though.
As a contractor, I’ve dealt with companies where you had to swipe your ID card to get the documents you printed. And it would keep a copy of the documents on record.
Prior to that one, on another contracting job. I asked my boss to copy and fax a couple of items to my mortgage banker because the only other way for me to do it, would be to take a couple of hours off to drive somewhere to do it. I got permission. Better to ask, then don’t ask and be let go from the project.
We have an Aldi that is quite close. I don’t like it and never go there.
I have never been to Trader Joe’s. There are a few around but they are between 15 and 20 miles away from me in various directions. My usual supermarket is about a mile away and there are multiple others and a Costco that are much closer than that.
My ‘ordinary’ grocery stores are all large supermarkets. Sure, some are larger(usually newer) than others, but I don’t know how one would differentiate.
There is only one corporation, so differentiation is choosing which window dressing you prefer. Various traditional stores have maybe half a dozen things that are not in other ones. My go-to grocery store was the one that happened to have Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing when I could not find it in any of the mainstream chain stores.
We shop at our friend’s farm market. Whatever they don’t have we get at Giant Eagle. My gf loves to shop at Aldi. I’ve been in an Aldi once, with my son, many years ago. Neither of us had ever been in one before. We walked in, looked around for a minute, then walked back out. I haven’t been in one since.