Trader Joe's In One Paragraph

Buy the yogurt, the chocolate, the mustard (sometimes), and the olive oil. Pete says that the frozen dinners are good. The cheese is hit and miss; it’s a much more restricted selection than you’ll find in either Whole Foods or the Strip, but on the other hand it’s very affordable. The deli case is a travesty, particular the box meat presumably distributed from the same place that supplies Wal-Mart. But the prices on Nova lox can’t be beat. I’m still bitter that I can’t buy wine there. But that’s not their fault.

In summary, anything that makes Giant Eagle paranoid is, on balance, a good thing.