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In reply to the discussion: Trader Joes booted out of NE Portland by activists. [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. What a mess. I get the impression that maybe the most vocal opponents didn't speak for the majority
It's easy to make claims of corruption and attempted gentrification, but if, in the end, that lot just sits empty and the neighborhood has to live with it's decaying state, who are you going to blame?
I don't blame Trader Joes, who said:
We run neighborhood stores and our approach is simple: if a neighborhood does not want a Trader Joe's, we understand, and we won't open the store in question, a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement to The Oregonian.
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I understand the African American communities' concerns about gentrification but this empty lot is
OregonBlue
Feb 2014
#1
Not to mention one of the food issues is acessibility to fresh goods. What are the activists working
jwirr
Feb 2014
#23
What a mess. I get the impression that maybe the most vocal opponents didn't speak for the majority
NYC_SKP
Feb 2014
#2
I know, right? If it was Whole Paycheck, I mean Whole Foods, that would make sense
Beaverhausen
Feb 2014
#21
The whole picture is kinda buried in the article- or, at least $2.4 million worth of a picture.
MissB
Feb 2014
#24
An employee said to me in no uncertain terms that Trader Joe's is in no way a health food store.
ancianita
Feb 2014
#28
Fresh fruit and vegetables, coffee, tea, milk, orange juice, other fruit juices...
DonViejo
Feb 2014
#35
Sorry for the late response. I understand that people have different standards, and that mine might
ancianita
Feb 2014
#47
I understand variations within a chain. It's marketing. I just think that this neighborhood wants
ancianita
Feb 2014
#61
No HFCS products in TJs, tons of fresh fruits and veg, fresh meats, no perservatives in the
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#80
You win for now. I'll look more closely at the labels and get back on this. nt
ancianita
Feb 2014
#89
Winn Dixie, much closer to me, and much cheaper, has all this. Most food chains do, now.
ancianita
Feb 2014
#49
I get the historical bona fides of Trader Joe's. The class of people who made them famous are not
ancianita
Feb 2014
#60
I wish I knew more about Portland. Only spent a week there once. But the complexities of food
ancianita
Feb 2014
#70
You can unite a lot of media driven differences behind food politics. It gets votes out. nt
ancianita
Feb 2014
#74
You are so lucky to live in San Diego. I used to live in Encinitas. Paradise, I miss you.
Vattel
Feb 2014
#83
I thought so, too, until I took a closer look at their shelves. I am selective.
ancianita
Feb 2014
#48
Trader Joes can come to my neighborhood tonight ... just spent my $100 yesterday ...
MindMover
Feb 2014
#42
It's non-union, just like Whole Foods. I'd drive, and that's me, out of my way to shop at a union
demosincebirth
Feb 2014
#45
Good call, the TJ's back home just offed a friend after 11 years, and two other longtermers same day
reddread
Feb 2014
#79
Some don't care, as long as it's convenient for them, they'll say anything to justify where they
demosincebirth
Feb 2014
#88
Per Google, Safeway gets 2 stars -- which is why I'd think they would oppose TJ's plans.
FarCenter
Feb 2014
#84