In the beginning of July, 2011, I purchased my usual weekly food supply at Trader Joes at Baseline and Gilbert Roads. Two days later I returned watermelon that was foul and fill with mold, scones which had mold on the bottom of them, and chicken which smelled awful. I was given a refund. Two weeks later, while again shopping at Trader Joes on Gilbert and Baseline, I again purchased food consisting of fresh? salmon, yogurt, scones, watermelon, and grapes. The following day while unwrapping my salmon, I noted it smelled "off" and again brought this back to the same Trader Joes. Two days later, after cutting the watermelon open, there was again mold on the inside (greenish). I then returned this to the same Trader Joes which I have frequented for several years. TODAY, AUGUST 1, 2011, I OPENED A RIBEYE STEAK FROM YES, YOU GOT IT....TRADER JOES TO BARBECUE FOR DINNER. I HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS STEAK TWO DAYS BEFORE AND UPON GETTING HOME, PUT IT DIRECTLY IN THE FREEZER. UPON DEFROSTING TODAY, AND OPENING THE CLEAR PLASTIC WRAP, THERE WAS A PUTRED SMELL FROM THE STEAK THAT RADIATED THROUGHOUT MY HOME WITHIN 15 MINUTES. THE GRAPES I HAD ALSO BOUGHT TWO DAYS AGO WERE EXTREMELY SOUR! THUS FAR, I HAVE RETURNED IN 60 DAYS THREE ITEMS OF MEAT FROM TRADER JOES. UPON ARRIVING AT TRADER JOES AT BASELINE AND GILBERT, I WAS MET WITH DENIAL FROM THE STAFF AND MANAGER, TOLD TO LOWER MY VOICE (AS I WANTED THE CUSTOMERS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY SERVED THEIR FAMILIES FROM THIS STORE); I WAS TOLD THAT THE MEAT WASN'T BAD WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND THAT BECAUSE OF THE HOT WEATHER OUTSIDE, IT PROBABLY WENT BAD DUE TO THAT. PLEASE NOTE THAT I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS MARKET AND AM APPROXIMATELY A 1/8 MILE RADIUS FROM THIS TRADER JOES! IT TAKES ME LESS THAN 3 MINUTES TO GET HOME!
PLEASE BEWARE OF BUYING ANYTHING FROM TRADER JOES, INCLUDING YOGURT WHICH IS BACKDATED, CHEESE, BREAD, PRODUCE, AND ESPECIALLY MEAT!!! THE FDA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS VERY VERY SICK!!
I'M STICKING TO THE GOOD OLE FRYS FROM NOW ON, LESS MONEY, MORE QUALITY (AND BELIEVE ME I'M NO FAN OF FRYS).
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