Comments on Beth's review of Trader Joe's

 17 Reviews 3.5 star rating
Trader Joe's
Write a Review

Description: Grocery store selling organic products. Has local stores all over The US.

Beth's review

1 star rating September 11, 2007

Trader Joe's is a packaging nightmare!

Yeah, they have awesome food. But they are a plastic packaging nightmare. It's almost impossible to find anything at Trader Joe's that's not packaged in plastic. They will tell you that they use biodegradable PLA, but first of all, PLA is not technically biodegradable, and second of all, TJ's only uses it for a few produce items. All the salads, sandwiches, meats, cheeses, frozen foods, you name it, come in petro-plastic. Believe it or not, I saw a shrink-wrapped cucumber at TJ's yesterday. What would possibly be the point of shrink-wrapping a freakin' cucumber?

This is NOT a sustainable business practice, and as it operates now, Trader Joe's is not a sustainable business. Which is sad for me because like I said, they do have some wicked good food.

Beth's keywords: ,

6 of 6 people thought this review was helpful.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

post commentPost a comment:
Sign up for Weekly Green updates Find out more Newsletter Archive
Write a Review Tell Us How You Did It Add Green Products & Businesses
Advertisement