I rest my case :-)
Chowhound is a very narrowly self-selected group of people who are interested in talking about food! This is like saying that your proof that women's field hockey is popular by pointing to something here:
http://www.womensfieldhockey.com/home.shtml?p=home
Anyway, you quote this guy:
>> By the way I've been doing business with Trader Joes as
>> Pronto before it opened the Pasadena store by the freeway,
>> when I lived in Eagle Rock, so I'm a faithful customer who has liked
>> most of what you've done ...
This guy's cred is that he lives in California and shops at TJ's?
Gag me!
/jordan