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Ten Reasons I like Trader Joe's
I made my approximately-weekly trip there to get bread (I like their bread and it's not a bad price), and decided I wanted to post about why it is awesome. So, in no particular order...
1. Free coffee samples. It's not unique to them, but I pretty much always like the coffee they have available, and a couple of mouthfuls of hot caffeinated goodness always perks me up
2. Peppermint brownies. I hadn't seen them before, but sort of had to get some >_>
3. Cranberry pistachio biscotti. omnom.
4. Brandy beans. Kidney-bean-shaped hollow chocolate with a brandy filling.
5. Dark chocolate coconut caramel bars.
6. Peanut butter filled pretzels, which I did not actually acquire this time but they kind of tempt me because yum.
7. Mac and cheese -- frozen dinner thing, but it actually is made with Real Cheese and tastes pretty damn awesome.
8. Parmesan asiago rosemary rolls, which I have not tasted yet but look awesome
9. Confetti rice with baby corn and lemongrass and ginger
10. Surprise free chocolate.
...k, that last one takes a bit of explanation. So I go to check out, and they card for the brandy beans (which I knew but forgot to get my ID out for), so I have my aide get my ID for me out of the thing it's in. She puts it back, and then goes to close it, and I have her get out the credit card, and the following exchange occurs.
Her: Oh yeah, that'd help.
Me: Yeah, they generally like me to pay for stuff.
Her: (joking) Maybe they won't need it this time.
Me: (joking) Yeah, all I have to do is tell them it's my birthday month, right, and I get everything for free, isn't that how it works?
Her: (snickering) For the entire month. Yeah.
Cashier: Actually, I can't do that but I *can* give you one of these chocolates (gesturing to the small display set up at checkout). Just pick one out and it's on the house.
Me: (lots of blinking) You sure?
Cashier: Absolutely.
My aide: Hee, you're so spoiled.
So I ended up getting a Rittersport (dark chocolate and hazelnuts, omnom) \o.O/
1. Free coffee samples. It's not unique to them, but I pretty much always like the coffee they have available, and a couple of mouthfuls of hot caffeinated goodness always perks me up
2. Peppermint brownies. I hadn't seen them before, but sort of had to get some >_>
3. Cranberry pistachio biscotti. omnom.
4. Brandy beans. Kidney-bean-shaped hollow chocolate with a brandy filling.
5. Dark chocolate coconut caramel bars.
6. Peanut butter filled pretzels, which I did not actually acquire this time but they kind of tempt me because yum.
7. Mac and cheese -- frozen dinner thing, but it actually is made with Real Cheese and tastes pretty damn awesome.
8. Parmesan asiago rosemary rolls, which I have not tasted yet but look awesome
9. Confetti rice with baby corn and lemongrass and ginger
10. Surprise free chocolate.
...k, that last one takes a bit of explanation. So I go to check out, and they card for the brandy beans (which I knew but forgot to get my ID out for), so I have my aide get my ID for me out of the thing it's in. She puts it back, and then goes to close it, and I have her get out the credit card, and the following exchange occurs.
Her: Oh yeah, that'd help.
Me: Yeah, they generally like me to pay for stuff.
Her: (joking) Maybe they won't need it this time.
Me: (joking) Yeah, all I have to do is tell them it's my birthday month, right, and I get everything for free, isn't that how it works?
Her: (snickering) For the entire month. Yeah.
Cashier: Actually, I can't do that but I *can* give you one of these chocolates (gesturing to the small display set up at checkout). Just pick one out and it's on the house.
Me: (lots of blinking) You sure?
Cashier: Absolutely.
My aide: Hee, you're so spoiled.
So I ended up getting a Rittersport (dark chocolate and hazelnuts, omnom) \o.O/
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My first reading of the heading "Surprise free chocolate" was that you'd had a sad experience of unexpected and disliked favour-inclusions in chocolate elsewhere.