I’ve been shopping at Trader Joe’s for a long time, maybe almost 20 years, and I love it. I especially appreciate their great deals on wine, cheese, and nuts. I like their prices and the way we can fix semi healthy food that’s quick to prepare.
But some time ago I started to get annoyed by their packaging. I realized that while some of their convenience food wrapping could be recycled, like the cardboard boxes around the Indian food, most of it couldn’t, like the sealed pouch the food itself was in.
Since we’ve been getting a CSA delivery and I’m trying to cook from scratch even more often, this TJ-generated trash has lessened greatly, but we still buy their convenience foods as backup, and veggie burgers for lunches, and my husband will never entirely give up their frozen pizzas. So I’m really starting to get bugged about their packaging ethos, which seems to run counter to their healthy food, fair trade, employees as stockholders liberal policies.
I’m thinking of asking for a meeting with my local store manager, but I want to do some research first. And since my readers are some of the smartest people around, I thought I’d start right here on this blog. Please leave your knowledge and opinions on the following in the Comments section:
Is there a movement to get Trader Joe’s to use more eco-friendly and/or recyclable packaging?
Have you or anyone you know addressed this issue at a Trader Joe’s store, on a blog, or in an article?
Have you read anything on the topic?
Do you find their packaging excessive, or is that just the “normal” state of affairs with food in grocery stores these days?
Thanks in advance for your comments. I’d like to get involved if someone is addressing the issue, or get something going if not.
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