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Here, have some off brand / house brand versions of American junk food. It doesn’t taste very good. I’d rather have the actual junk food

The ‘international’ snacks that Trader Joe’s sells are so condescending. I like this thing called Curly Curls or something, and the back of the packet literally says ‘bet you never had lentils as snacks!!’ Well lots of people have had lentils as snacks

@skinnylatte I truly cannot get my head around their business

@SnoopJ healthy looking junk food for people who are above junk food; English translations for people who are too scared of / too far from any ‘ethnic’ grocer

I get why they’re popular but they really infuriate me sometimes

@skinnylatte I felt so bad for the interns we had visiting us this year when someone told them (pretty truthfully) that Trader Joes was the best grocer close to the office because like… damn, that sucks!!

@SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io there was definitely a period where my local trader Joe’s was less expensive for certain things compared to other grocery stores in the area (basic stuff like produce, maybe cheese, etc). I have no idea if that’s still the case anywhere, much less where I was.

I always kind of side eyed the “international” foods they sell (not least of which because the names they used seemed offensive). But then hearing about how they’ve strung people along as suppliers for new products only to turn around and sell their own version… well, that is a choice.

I don’t think I’ve ever had cheaper frozen cherries though.

@SnoopJ @skinnylatte meanwhile, my brother worked for a Trader Joe's in Minneapolis and he said his favorite part was working the sample bar and watching Minnesotans try mild salsa: "uff da, that's got a bit of a kick to it, don'tcha know!"

So I guess it's broadening some people's horizons...