In response to your article about Trader Joe’s: No – people in Bend or Portland or California are not crazy … they just LOVE their Trader Joe’s!!!

Maybe it’s a little bit of nostalgia on the part of California ex-pats (of which I am one), but it’s also the fact that the company has been able to offer – on a consistent basis – the most diverse, interesting and healthy foods around – at incredibly low prices!

Try shopping at some of the “health conscious” stores in town – you can buy the same things at TJ’s for half the price!!! (And some pretty good wine!!) Add to that the great people hired to work there; they wear Hawaiian shirts and laugh a lot – yes – but the customer service is superb.

It always feels like a party whenever I shop at any one of the Trader Joe’s stores. Bend is lucky to have one.

Cheers

Meg

This article appears in Apr 17-23, 2008.

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Singing the Praises of Joe

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 16, 2008

<h1>Singing the Praises of Joe</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 16, 2008</p> <p>In response to your article about Trader Joe&#039;s: No - people in Bend or Portland or California are not crazy ... they just LOVE their Trader Joe&#039;s!!! </p> <p>Maybe it&#039;s a little bit of nostalgia on the part of California ex-pats (of which I am one), but it&#039;s also the fact that the company has been able to offer - on a consistent basis - the most diverse, interesting and healthy foods around - at incredibly low prices!</p> <p>Try shopping at some of the &quot;health conscious&quot; stores in town - you can buy the same things at TJ&#039;s for half the price!!! (And some pretty good wine!!) Add to that the great people hired to work there; they wear Hawaiian shirts and laugh a lot - yes - but the customer service is superb.</p> <p>It always feels like a party whenever I shop at any one of the Trader Joe&#039;s stores. Bend is lucky to have one.</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p><em>Meg</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/singing-the-praises-of-joe-2130861/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=12536&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/singing-the-praises-of-joe-2130861/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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