In today's food news, via our friends at Food News Journal: Is Trader Joe's wine selection all grown up now? Plus, high vegetable prices expected to drop soon, and the Wall Street Journal reports that Democrats are backed by wine, and the Republicans by beer.
Read on for more news of the day via Food News Journal.
• Has Trader Joe's Grown Up Since Two Buck Chuck? - LA Weekly
• GMO's get boost over organics with recent USDA rul - Wash Post
• Tokyo shoppers clean store shelves of basic goods - USA Today
• Millions of Americans Can't Always Afford Food - ABC News
• 15 (Other) Uses for Vodka - The Spir.it
• Democrats backed by wine, GOP by beer - Wall Street Journal
• Store-brand food seen eating up market share - Reuters
• High vegetable prices should drop soon, grocers say - USA Today
• Can This Chip Be Saved? - Wall Street Journal
• Food Writers Fret About James Beard's Humor Division - Dallas Observer.
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Comments (3)
Well...inflation makes it more like five-buck chuck...
I sure wish the link would work, TJ's seems like a good wine option but I'd like to read the article.
I've been pretty disappointed with TJs wine selections lately.
Two buck Chuck is almost worth what you pay for it. Always has been. I see a lot of people buying it by the case...which I just don't get.
It used to be you could buy 5 or 6 bottles at $5-7 per bottle and come up with at least two or three fairly decent wines. And TJs had them in stock for a while.
Now, if you buy that 5 or 6 bottles at the price mentioned, you're lucky if you get one you'd go back for. And if you DO go back, chances are high TJs has stopped carrying it or been cleaned out by shoppers before you.
These days I'd rather spend on a couple bottles of decent wine and not gamble that I might find something likable.