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Yeah I'm honestly not sure why people would be surprised at this comparison - Whole Foods and Trader Joe's are specialty stores. Nobody goes into them just to b

Yeah I'm honestly not sure why people would be surprised at this comparison - Whole Foods and Trader Joe's are specialty stores. Nobody goes into them just to buy a head of lettuce. Trader Joe's has their own in-store brands for tons of products, which has spawned various guides on what should/shouldn't be bough there (https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/save-money/what-to-buy-at-trader-joes/ https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/save-money/what-to-buy-at-tr... for example). CVS, on the other hand, is a far more general store. They both sell food, but they're not in the same market segment - so the comparison is strange.

gbear605 7y ago
I know a lot of people who do all their shopping at Trader Joe’s.
- TheLoneTechNerd 7y ago
  I know a lot of people that don't. Now we can have an anecdote duel!
  - gbear605 7y ago
    The claim was “nobody does.” I responded with “someone does.” An anecdote is sufficient proof here.
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dagw 7y ago
I don't live in the US, but I've been to Whole Foods when visiting and certainly felt like a perfectly normal grocery store, not too different from most other grocery stores I've been to. What makes it a specialty store and why wouldn't you go there to buy a head of lettuce?
- TheLoneTechNerd 7y ago
  "Whole Foods" has earned its nickname of "Whole Paycheck" (https://www.fastcompany.com/90305918/whole-foods-is-becoming-whole-paycheck-once-again https://www.fastcompany.com/90305918/whole-foods-is-becoming...) although they've tried various ways of combating this, some mentioned in that article
- musicale 7y ago
  Whole Foods started out as an upscale/organic grocery store, but now they're mostly just Amazon's grocery store.
jfengel 7y ago
Does CVS have lettuce?
bluntfang 7y ago
>Nobody goes into them just to buy a head of lettuce. wtf are you talking about? I do this (with other greens and vegetables). If anything, the people shopping at WF/TJ don't want a head of lettuce because it's a stupid product, but I think you're using that as an example...but using head of lettuce just makes me believe you don't understand the demographic.

gbear605 7y ago

I know a lot of people who do all their shopping at Trader Joe’s.

TheLoneTechNerd 7y ago
I know a lot of people that don't. Now we can have an anecdote duel!
- gbear605 7y ago
  The claim was “nobody does.” I responded with “someone does.” An anecdote is sufficient proof here.
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dagw 7y ago

I don't live in the US, but I've been to Whole Foods when visiting and certainly felt like a perfectly normal grocery store, not too different from most other grocery stores I've been to. What makes it a specialty store and why wouldn't you go there to buy a head of lettuce?

TheLoneTechNerd 7y ago
"Whole Foods" has earned its nickname of "Whole Paycheck" (https://www.fastcompany.com/90305918/whole-foods-is-becoming-whole-paycheck-once-again https://www.fastcompany.com/90305918/whole-foods-is-becoming...) although they've tried various ways of combating this, some mentioned in that article
musicale 7y ago
Whole Foods started out as an upscale/organic grocery store, but now they're mostly just Amazon's grocery store.

jfengel 7y ago

Does CVS have lettuce?

bluntfang 7y ago

>Nobody goes into them just to buy a head of lettuce. wtf are you talking about? I do this (with other greens and vegetables). If anything, the people shopping at WF/TJ don't want a head of lettuce because it's a stupid product, but I think you're using that as an example...but using head of lettuce just makes me believe you don't understand the demographic.