Trader Joe’s Edgewater
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November
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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11/5/2007 Update:
(break from the politics)
Just got back from the new Trader Joe’s in Edgewater. They’ve been open for 4 days. Got a weeks worth of food for under $60 bucks.
Things I’ve always liked about TJ’s: Good value, some really interesting products, more healthy choices than a standard supermarket.
What needs improvement: The checkout process, it’s a wreck. The bags, weak and easy to rip. Some packaging is also either hard to open sensibly, or shoddy entirely.
But if anyone wants to join me on my weekly trip there, just email me.
10/5/2007 Update:
Light at the end of the Trader Joe’s tunnel! They’re now hiring, and are in the last phase of building. They hope to be open the first week of November, but they said definitely before Thanksgiving! You can call them at 201-341-3634 if you’d like more info.
See February 2007 update and previous pictures after the jump!
2/1/2007:
Many local residents love and swear by Trader Joe’s and the food they sell. I think it’s ok, but continually get frustrated with their shoddy packaging. Trying to open a bag of their pretzel nuggets practically guarantees you’ll be sweeping them off the floor soon afterward.
This “coming soon” sign in nearby Edgewater has been up for around eight months. Doesn’t look like it’s coming too soon. Does Al Arezzo have a part-time job as inspector in Edgewater, too? Their “actual time translator” sounds cooler too (EATT).
Anyway, since this is a topic that comes up often, I figured I’d finally create a place-holder in Hoboken411 for readers to discuss (if) once it ever opens.
Description: An empty building, some construction equipment, a porto-johnny and a “coming soon” sign.
Address: near 725 River Road, Edgewater, NJ 07020 (near the Binghampton Ferryboat)
Phone: two soup-cans and some string
Website: www.traderjoes.com
January 5th 2008 - 21:18:01 |
hoboken411 wrote:
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Not only do I enjoy finding a good deal, but I also like to play around with numbers. I usually keep a calculator close at hand.
Your only cost 19cents each for a banana was bugging me. I kept thinking “Is that a good deal”. I like bananas. I usually pay between .59 and .69 cents/lb. That’s SR, A&P, local veggie markets.
I went to King’s just to pick up some cheese for a fritatta for dinner.
I freely admit this is obsessive, I had a lot of free time today and I like numbers.
While at King’s, where bananas are.79cents/lb, I decided to weigh a banana. An average banana weighs 1/4lb.
At TJ’s for a pound or 4 bananas, your paying .76 cents.
It’s convenient, you like the place, and you have a car, but there’s no only to .19cents for a banana.
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January 5th 2008 - 23:14:58 |
MauMau- I’m obsessed with numbers too, and I probably should clarify that the “only” was not in regards to “bargain,” but relative to the $10 daily budget.
TJ’s doesn’t sell them by the pound, the sell them by the “each.”
So if you’re really obsessed, rather than buying them in bunches, you can find the biggest bananas on the table, and get more for you money that way!
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January 6th 2008 - 07:52:38 |
So, size matters.
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September 16th 2008 - 15:41:44 |
Does any one know if they sell the 2 buck chuck wine at the edgewater location?
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September 16th 2008 - 15:44:39 |
hobokenj wrote:
Nope. Never seen it there.
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September 16th 2008 - 15:50:19 |
Thanks
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September 16th 2008 - 16:42:21 |
They have 3-buck-chuck at Joe’s on 14th Street NYC. That’s the closest one, to the best of my knowledge. Love that cheap wine.
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September 16th 2008 - 16:45:47 |
hobokenj wrote:
The TJs in edgewater doesn’t have a liquor license. The only Trader Joes in NJ that I know of that sells alcohol is the one in Westfield.
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September 16th 2008 - 21:38:02 |
syracuse12 wrote:
Yup – Union SQR and Westfield. Bring the car and load the trunk. One franklin buys almost three cases. I try to go once a month!
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