From the New York Observer: Trader Joe’s is in discussions to open another low-priced, high-quality food store, complete with Hawaiian-shirt-wearing clerks, at the Mattel Building at 675 Sixth Avenue, between 21st and 22nd streets, according to industry sources. [SE HQ;...
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The Trader Joe's on Court Street in Brooklyn just extended closing time by an hour, now staying open until 10 p.m. That's a whole extra sixty minutes to shop for pita chips and soy chorizo! The Union Square branch...
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Word nerds, you'll know what I'm talking about here. While most grocery stores display the "10 Items or Less" sign in their express lanes, ol' Trader Joe must have had a prickly, knuckle-rapping grammar teacher. "Ten Items or Fewer" is...
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Our Nick Solares walked by Trader John's, the just-opened, controversial Trader Joe's doppelgänger on 14th Street, only to find a white banner covering the "Trader" part....
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From left: Trader Joe's storefront in Union Square. Photograph from ianqui on Flickr; Trader John's on 14th St. between 5th and 6th Ave. Photograph from the Shophound Just three blocks from the bumpin' Union Square location of Trader Joe's,...
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At 9:30 this morning, the old Independence Bank at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street was covered in balloons and shoppers armed with canvas bags, ready to stuff them with soy crisps and frozen enchiladas. A greeter at the door...
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Meeting up with friends for food and drinks in the city always seems to end with me bemoaning the state of my ATM balance the next morning. Last weekend, my solution to going out without going broke was to skip...
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