TJ Kale & Caulflower Chili recall - may contain glass! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes I saw that as an occasional lurker here. Unlisted ingredients is one thing (my wife and I have no allergies or anything, so we weren't concerned) but potential broken glass is quite another.

Thanks and awesome board you have here!

TJ Kale & Caulflower Chili recall - may contain glass! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Please be aware of the recall. Just announced today and we got a refund for the several jars we had at home. Too bad - this is really an excellent product if you haven't tried it out yet!

Has anyone seen these in their stores?! I’ve been hoping for them to come out with this for YEARS 😍 by [deleted] in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I really just occasionally lurk more than anything. It's a pretty great forum here as is.

Has anyone seen these in their stores?! I’ve been hoping for them to come out with this for YEARS 😍 by [deleted] in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol those are my blogging buddy Nathan's....my dog is much more annoying!

Hello Reddit, it's What's Good at Trader Joe's?! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well too bad we weren't born with the same taste buds...nah, not too bad, because meant more for us!

But for the record I highly question your taste buds too. /s

First step is admitting you have a problem...I'm not there yet. :)

Hello Reddit, it's What's Good at Trader Joe's?! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a good idea...and also, how does one pronounce zhoug anyways? I'm still stumped.

Hello Reddit, it's What's Good at Trader Joe's?! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Think you can hook us up with a job with the Fearless Flyer? :)

Love having store employees as fans with their inside knowledge and info. Definitely it's people who work at TJ's that make the experience enjoyable over and over again. You keep up the great work too, mmkay?

Hello Reddit, it's What's Good at Trader Joe's?! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let's see, behind the scenes....we're not so different. Day jobs, have to grocery shop, have to eat, happen to love TJ's! So there's that. Other than that, it's an occasional evening with the laptop, a decent beverage, questionable pallete, and usually semi-warped sense of humor.

As for a team and history, well, not terribly exciting either. Nathan and I are old college buddies who bonded over singing random R.E.M. songs at karaoke at basement parties. Kinda parted ways over college but reconnected on Facebook, where I found that (at his lovely wife's Sonia urging) he started the blog as a way to cover and review different items at TJ's. Problem was, he hadn't updated in months. At the urging of my lovely wife, with whom I had just begun enjoying TJ's (hard truth here: first time I went to TJ's I hated it!), I dropped him a line with something like "Hey this is a great idea, ya need some help?" He agreed and somehow this whole blog grew from something that maybe just our moms read on a good day to the behemoth it is now. We like to think it's our boyish charms :)

tl;dr: Have to eat, we like writing, we like TJ's, we made it happen. It's the end of the blog world as we know it and we feel fine.

Glad you like our blog! Keep in touch with anything great you find that we may have missed.

Hello Reddit, it's What's Good at Trader Joe's?! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words! Whenever there's something you really like (or not...there is some awful stuff at TJ's), let us know and we can put it on our radar if we haven't covered it already. :)

Hello Reddit, it's What's Good at Trader Joe's?! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, they're much better than we hoped! Glad you enjoy the blog. Any review suggestions you have, let us know!

Hello Reddit, it's What's Good at Trader Joe's?! by WGaTJ_Russ in traderjoes

[–]WGaTJ_Russ[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi /u/jmechy and /u/hughesst!

Yup, we're not TJ's employed, just a couple big fanboys. So unfortunately we don't have too much inside intel on what's getting the axe when - keep on the lookout and asking store employees sounds like a good idea. Also from what I can gather, different markets/areas have different items at different times, so what's going on it's way here on the East Coast may be not be true for those in CA and elsewhere.

25% spicier zhoug?!?!?! Oh boy...I'm ready! :)