Trader Joe's Vs, Whole Foods Vs. FoodTown
Trader Joes
- Value: Amazing Ethnic Foods to Try For Those with Adventurous Palates & Good Quality Ingredients
- There's a committee that decides what food items and what level of quality make it onto store shelves and are ultimately sold based on taste, quality, and need/appeal. So foods are tasted before you try them.
- Quality is preached and it's also reached with readily available good quality produce and food items.
- Wide range of interesting choices in both American and Ethnic Foods, Seafood, Poultry, Meat, Fish, Pre-Made Food Items, and Miscellaneous.
- Very Easy To Find What You Need; Store Aisles Very Organized By Food Theme/Item
- Shelves readily stocked and Stale Items Removed
- Cost: Accepts EBT
- $50-100 cheaper than Whole Foods for Similar Quality Items
Whole Foods
- Value: Good quality foods, sometimes one note or very salty in flavor
- Prevalent in NYC
- Multilevel store with enumerous items; may be distracting and difficult to find what you need instantly; the organizational layout is not evident throughout the store
- Has a food court to sit down, and eat or drink if needed, or even get HW done or Work
- Free Wifi
- Cost: Accepts EBT
- $50-100 or more expensive than other grocery stores for similar quality items
FoodTown
- Value: Good quality foods
- Great for last-minute grocery runs
- Located everywhere and accessible
- Wide variety of ethnic foods, though sometimes the foods are one-note in flavor
- Relatively easy to find what you are looking for
- No committee decides what is sold; there is a hodge podge collage of ingredients/food that is sellable and available to the public
- Cost: Accepts EBT
- Has a club card that provides discounts or price reductions off the total bill when points accumulate from items bought using it.
- Very Easy To Find What You Need; Store Aisles Very Organized By Food Theme/Item
- Shelves not readily stocked and so items listed for sale may spoil before you even buy them
