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US store chain cuts sales of food from China
Yahoo News ^ | Feb 12, 08 | Staff

Posted on 02/12/2008 6:29:09 PM PST by Michael_Michaelangelo

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US grocery chain Trader Joe's said Monday it would stop selling food imported from China due to customers' concerns about the products' safety.

"Our customers have voiced concerns about products from this region and we have listened," Trader Joe's spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said in a statement.

"All single ingredient food items sourced from mainland China are scheduled to be out of our stores by April 1," she said.

"We will continue to source products from other regions until our customers feel as confident as we do about the quality and safety of Chinese products."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; commies; communism; communist; communistchina; cool; cosco; foodsafety; foodsupply; grocery; madeinchina; mao; redchina; slavery; slavetrade; toxicchina; trade; traderjoes
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To: metmom

Wegman’s !!!

How I miss it.

The greatest home-owned chain I have ever had the pleasure to shop.

When in Fairfax, DC area, I can get to two new ones and a Trader Joe too. I will have to remember to thank them.

Can you find any Mandarin Oranges NOT from China? I can’t.

Suburban Rochester, NY until retirement.


21 posted on 02/12/2008 6:40:20 PM PST by 3D-JOY
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To: jdm

That’s Whole Foods you’re thinking of.


22 posted on 02/12/2008 6:42:03 PM PST by FR Class of 1998 (I voted to defeat Hillary Clinton today!)
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To: jdm

LOL!

It was the word “exclusively”...


23 posted on 02/12/2008 6:42:32 PM PST by null and void (President Hillary!™ Clinton? Time to invest in body bags. Again...)
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To: Owl_Eagle
light-headed-nauseus-splitting-headache-tingling-skin-think-there's-a-very-real-chance-you-just-might-die-should-I-bite-the-bullet-and-call-an-ambulance-now feeling?

And again an hour later...

24 posted on 02/12/2008 6:43:50 PM PST by null and void (President Hillary!™ Clinton? Time to invest in body bags. Again...)
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To: jdm
No!

They have some good food there, and have you ever heard of "Two Buck Chuck"? It's a wine brand (can't recall the vineyard off hand) they carry, maybe a little over $2 a bottle depending on where you are, but actually a pretty good wine.

A lot of organic foods and other stuff you might not find at your local Kroger or whatever big chain store you shop at.

If you have one in your area check them out. Hell, them actually listening to the concerns of their customers over Chinese products ought to be reason enough to wander in for a look see.

25 posted on 02/12/2008 6:46:09 PM PST by AFreeBird (No Romney, No Rudy, No McLame, No Huck, No Paul! Toss the GOP into the ashcan of History.)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

26 posted on 02/12/2008 6:46:42 PM PST by Enterprise ((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Is a trend developing?

Hope so. Must be time to make another Trader Joe's order.

27 posted on 02/12/2008 6:46:50 PM PST by glock rocks (My feeling is we’ve bowed too far to the idiots. -- Peggy Noonan)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

One more good reason to do business there.


28 posted on 02/12/2008 6:48:24 PM PST by hope
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To: jdm

I think you are thinking of “Crate and Barrel” or some such place


29 posted on 02/12/2008 6:49:36 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

That is good news and I hope others follow.


30 posted on 02/12/2008 6:50:59 PM PST by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

kewl.


31 posted on 02/12/2008 6:51:17 PM PST by HonestConservative (Fight to get back our toilets; today your toilets, tomorrow, your cars)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

in other news, trader joe’s increased its prices by 72% due to rising costs.


32 posted on 02/12/2008 6:51:35 PM PST by thefactor (the innocent shall not suffer nor the guilty go free...)
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To: AFreeBird; jdm
"Charles Shaw is known in local circles as "Two Buck Chuck," said shopper Mercy Malick."

'Two Buck Chuck' Wine Cult

33 posted on 02/12/2008 6:52:13 PM PST by Enterprise ((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
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To: jdm
"Isn’t Trader Joe’s frequented exclusively by metrosexual hippie elitists?"

Hee hee hee. I have shopped there for a long time now and I aint NONE of those!

34 posted on 02/12/2008 6:53:50 PM PST by Enterprise ((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
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To: JACKRUSSELL

Thanks for the ping JACK.

This is a start anyway.


35 posted on 02/12/2008 6:54:26 PM PST by sweetiepiezer
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To: Enterprise

Thanks. Chuck Shaw... I’m terrible with names.


36 posted on 02/12/2008 6:55:22 PM PST by AFreeBird (No Romney, No Rudy, No McLame, No Huck, No Paul! Toss the GOP into the ashcan of History.)
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To: Enterprise
He also controls more than 30 square miles of California vineyards. And he thinks big. Next he plans to take on invading Australian wine makers.

"We're going to take 'em on. Slap 'em around as hard as we can!" he said.

Ha ha. I like that.

Although I do like some of the Aussie wines. Black Opal at around $5~$7 at the grocery is pretty good. I like their Merlot. Not too dry.

37 posted on 02/12/2008 6:59:55 PM PST by AFreeBird (No Romney, No Rudy, No McLame, No Huck, No Paul! Toss the GOP into the ashcan of History.)
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To: wendelmyer

Ping


38 posted on 02/12/2008 7:03:30 PM PST by Blogger (Propheteuon.com)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Good! There is a Trader Joe's by me. I will start shopping there now.

We are being poisoned by this crap from China.

39 posted on 02/12/2008 7:07:38 PM PST by Dengar01
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

AWESOME!!!!


40 posted on 02/12/2008 7:08:38 PM PST by Theo (Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
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