Tag Archives: Trader Joe’s
Group pickets Trader Joe’s over Florida labor practices
A group of protestors demonstrated outside Trader Joe’s on University Avenue on Saturday to encourage the chain to pressure Florida tomato growers into treating their workers more fairly.
Tomato pickers in Florida are among the poorest in the country, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has successfully waged campaigns against Taco Bell and McDonalds to get them to sign a “fair food agreement.” The coalition is holding actions in California this month to get Trader Joe’s to demand more … Continue reading »
A lukewarm review for new Berkeley building
The building which houses Berkeley’s newly opened Trader Joe’s was given a lukewarm review by the Chronicle’s urban design writer John King this weekend.
While King welcomed the five story mixed-use building as an example of the sort of smart growth cities like Berkeley need, he was less than enthusiasic about its design, calling it “more overstuffed than urbane”.
The New Californian building, as it is called, comprises 148 apartments as well as Berkeley’s first Trader Joe’s. In style terms, it … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire 06.15.10
Overpass signs: free speech in action or a safety hazard (or both)? [Coco Times]
World Cup fever at a Berkeley deli… and in Israel [J-Weekly]
Obituary: UCB’s traffic engineering guru, prof Wolf Homburger [UC Berkeley]
Reminder: workshop tonight on claiming Federal energy efficiency money [Berkeley]
Fred’s Market on University worried about Trader Joe’s [Berkeley High Jacket]
Photo: Take my breath away by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Essence of Berkeley: Food shopping as worship
In case you missed it, a post on this site last week elicited an entertaining rumination by Berkeleysider EBGuy on Berkeley’s food stores and their role as our new cathedrals — or temples, or synagogues. More Berkeleysiders weighed in with their analogies. Here’s the full list (so far):
Farmers’ Markets: outdoor tent revivalists. This is where the Food Fundamentalists go. Berkeley Bowl: non-denominational mega church. Draws from the surrounding region. You go there, right? Berkeley Natural Grocery: storefront religion at … Continue reading »
Berkeley’s food meccas: The new religion
We couldn’t resist hoisting from the comments this reflection by EBGuy on food shopping as religion (prompted by today’s opening of Berkeley’s Trader Joe’s) :
I have a theory about Berkeley.* With organized religion on the decline, we look to food to provide a shared communal experience. Grocery stores are our cathedrals. Feel free to make your own list mapped to a different faith tradition:
Farmers’ Markets: outdoor tent revivalists. This is where the Food Fundamentalists go. Berkeley Bowl: non-denominational … Continue reading »
Shoppers rush right in to new Trader Joe’s
Even before the new Trader Joe’s on University Avenue officially opened this morning, a large crowd gathered outside.
“We had about 80 people at the door,” said Mary Ann Gallagher, the “captain” of the store. “They were super excited. We had people waiting since 7. They were taking pictures. It was like a party out there.”
Business has been steady since then, she said.
Sasha Vasilyuk, co-founder of Sandbox Suites, a shared working space on nearby Addison Street, was … Continue reading »
Parking will be tight at new Trader Joe’s
The new Trader Joe’s on University and Martin Luther King will open on June 11, but be prepared to walk rather than drive.
The new store only has 48 parking spaces, and the city council, wary of squeezing out spaces used by nearby residents, voted this week to severely limit street parking in the area.
Shoppers frequenting the popular chain may have to search for parking spaces – and walk further than they might like – because the city … Continue reading »
Dozens line up for job at Berkeley’s Trader Joe’s
Dozens of people lined up Friday to apply for a job at the Trader Joe’s opening at University and Martin Luther King.
The new store will open in the ground floor of a five-story, mixed use building that was constructed on the site of the old Kagen’s auto supply store.
Thanks to @umhai for the photo.
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