tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post531124836021999708..comments2024-03-28T02:22:30.477-07:00Comments on Eating L.A.: Fresh and Easy, but also pre-packaged in plasticPat Sapersteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11301459337765753609noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-36723266268131644762013-03-01T15:55:25.014-08:002013-03-01T15:55:25.014-08:00anuralawson:
What are you talking about??
"...anuralawson:<br /><br />What are you talking about??<br /><br />"too many of their products contain MSG hidden as textured vegetable protein."<br /><br />If it's hidden as a protein, than how do you know it's MSG? Did you run a chemical assay to determine this? Do you even know what MSG is? It's a naturally occurring amino acid salt, originally derived from seaweed. IT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-76587743177865735702013-03-01T15:34:42.481-08:002013-03-01T15:34:42.481-08:00Time to revive an old post.
Wow, a lot of you are...Time to revive an old post.<br /><br />Wow, a lot of you are really snooty, typical socal glamgirls. The point of all the packaging is obvious - the store is self checkout; everything that is packaged has a upc. Makes it easy, keeps costs lower by not having checkers and baggers. Don't like the environmentally unfriendly bit of all that packaging? Well, why not be balanced and stop Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-79118503074255577632011-05-10T16:56:56.352-07:002011-05-10T16:56:56.352-07:00I am very disappointed with Traders Joe with selli...I am very disappointed with Traders Joe with selling food products containing GMO ingredients (e.g. modified corn starch, etc.). I will not shop at a store that does not watch out for the health & well-being of their customers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-70968703433582610652009-12-13T11:53:13.025-08:002009-12-13T11:53:13.025-08:00I had the opportunity to visit the Fresh and Easy ...I had the opportunity to visit the Fresh and Easy in Hollywood. <br /><br />I have a family of six and was told that the prices were great and that the quality of the food was good. <br /><br />We usually, shop at the local Trader Joe's walking distance to our home in Culver City. We also shop at Whole Foods in Beverly Hills. <br /><br />I was excited upon arrival, I am an ingredient anuralawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18271695530396009198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-35126014604734365052009-07-27T06:10:31.669-07:002009-07-27T06:10:31.669-07:00I've been to about 3 different stores out here...I've been to about 3 different stores out here in Vegas and loved them all. The food is cheap, great quality, and the staff is friendly. I love this storeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-53009202371726411952009-05-23T06:13:11.699-07:002009-05-23T06:13:11.699-07:00I call it Fresh and Sleazy. My mom came home with ...I call it Fresh and Sleazy. My mom came home with three fruit based snacks, all with Hydrogenated Oil as first ingredient, and over 10g saturated fat, gross! EVERYTHING there is sold in huge plastic containers. Some of you don't understand the complaint about this, so I'll explain. At a grocery store you can buy a potato and put it in a reusable grocery bag. In F&E that potato comes Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646847941870681556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-50838658860809819532008-11-13T20:45:00.000-08:002008-11-13T20:45:00.000-08:00OMG! LOVING THE FRESH AND EASY! For a single perso...OMG! LOVING THE FRESH AND EASY! For a single person who LOVES fresh food and HATES to shop, this place is Heaven! I don't even like when it is compared to Traders Joes as I feel TJ's carries weird, foreign, spicy, experimental items that are mostly not my style. F&E offers regular, good, fresh, Continental food I can cook or freeze easy. And the TASTE is so good I crave it! The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-87388468657098334502008-10-06T22:57:00.000-07:002008-10-06T22:57:00.000-07:00Fresh and Easy ROCKS ! LOVE the place, awesome foo...Fresh and Easy ROCKS ! <BR/><BR/>LOVE the place, awesome food, their store brand items are outstanding.. Great produce, meat, SALMON, breads, you name it..<BR/><BR/>I work graveyard at a casino, so love to hit the 1/2 off sections when they open... Where else can you buy $30 worth of meat for $15, just because it hit "sell by date".. Chuck it in the freezer, good to go !!!! Love Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-20924371336956685832008-09-09T15:11:00.000-07:002008-09-09T15:11:00.000-07:00Fresh and Easy is exactly it. I hate grocery shop...Fresh and Easy is exactly it. I hate grocery shopping and the food at the local Trader Joes is either rotten or almost there. It only takes about 25 minutes to buy the groceries for the week. The selection is not great but the products are. For someone that is always on the go and likes home cook foods is the best place to go. The prices are very good and there are no lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-82577423029347243192008-08-30T00:12:00.000-07:002008-08-30T00:12:00.000-07:00I hope you fresh and easy facts people see this.Wh...I hope you fresh and easy facts people see this.<BR/><BR/>When you are trying to get support for your cause do not piss off the people you are trying to convert. The store I visited for the first time had a wall of protesters trying to turn people away. The first thing that pissed me off was you idiots were flipping carts in the parking spaces. Next I get some smartazz idiot in my face asking my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-20825733439343512752008-08-24T09:39:00.000-07:002008-08-24T09:39:00.000-07:00I don't live in LA, but herald from San Diego....I don't live in LA, but herald from San Diego. The Fresh & Easy here is 40 minutes away from me, but I will go there as opposed to the overpriced Albertson's and Stater Bros 20 minutes from me, and here's why:<BR/><BR/>1. The staff is so friendly, helpful and kind. I can't remember the last time I got a smile from a checker at Albertson's. <BR/><BR/>2. They do take Amex Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-74738013730716474812008-08-21T13:10:00.000-07:002008-08-21T13:10:00.000-07:00All of you people are haters! This place is amazin...All of you people are haters! This place is amazing, everything I have tried so far tasted amazing. Keep shopping at Trader Joe's and enjoy all the Asulfame Potassium they put in 90 percent of they're foods!!! Godbless you all, but F&E won my heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-82069564259434220292008-08-18T23:35:00.000-07:002008-08-18T23:35:00.000-07:00Fresh & Easy is a nice alternative to the othe...Fresh & Easy is a nice alternative to the other large grocery chains. I love Trader Joe's but they decided that my neighborhood didn't fit their "demographic" (too many blacks & hispanics in the neighborhood I guess) so I will support F&E since they are willing to take a chance in underserved areas. Just a note to the person who was going to support American RDD90802https://www.blogger.com/profile/10237484526008078321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-1272737307080622052008-08-13T16:35:00.000-07:002008-08-13T16:35:00.000-07:00recently moved back to california from texas; disc...recently moved back to california from texas; discovered F&E a block down from where i live (Long Beach)and i think it's awesome! clean, organized, no clutter, friendly & helpful staff, their fruits & veggies are local and delicious, and their doing what they can to stay green AND stay in business.<BR/><BR/>drive a few miles to go to a crowded, unpleasant, and overpriced store MaddeningCloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835214821362861919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-19985316954977496792008-08-11T11:12:00.000-07:002008-08-11T11:12:00.000-07:00I love Fresh and Easy!!! I worked a job fair abou...I love Fresh and Easy!!! I worked a job fair about a year ago and F&E were the table next to mine. I checked out the information and spoke with some of the reps. Sounded interesting and yummy! One year later... I went to mom's for lunch where she served an amazing salad with a fantastic raspberry vinaigrette. She raved about this new store, how EASY it was to navigate and how Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-64364869351631920942008-08-08T08:00:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:00:00.000-07:00Fresh and Easy in Leisure World (Laguna Woods) Pre...Fresh and Easy in Leisure World (Laguna Woods) Prepared and frozen meals are outstanding, I don't cook so this is a godsend. Fruits and veg are fresh. I always pull from the back with the oldest expiry date. Staff is friendly but if you go early in the morning, aisles are cluttered as they are still stocking shelvesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-2534759494288372322008-08-06T21:32:00.000-07:002008-08-06T21:32:00.000-07:00Fresh and Easy rocks!!! The prices are good and t...Fresh and Easy rocks!!! The prices are good and the quality of the fresh stuff is great! The employees are pretty friendly as well. Keep it up...it is good to shop in an easy going envirnment w/o the long Stater Bros. lines!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-74996228292984295612008-06-30T01:22:00.000-07:002008-06-30T01:22:00.000-07:00I love this store! It is thoroughly committed to h...I love this store! It is thoroughly committed to helping the environment and providing delicious, organic food at reasonable prices.<BR/><BR/>It's so clean and quiet, too.<BR/><BR/>And as for the people griping about the abundance of plastic in the store, here is a statement directly from F&E's website:<BR/><BR/><BR/>"All our display and shipping materials are recycled or reused. This includes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-92087327565152528282008-06-23T20:33:00.000-07:002008-06-23T20:33:00.000-07:00I'm really liking the F&E close to me. The coupons...I'm really liking the F&E close to me. The coupons are just the icing on the cake, but they have TJ's prices without the TJ's "Let's make every store it's own unique maze! Let's make the aisles really narrow!"<BR/><BR/>Plus, Trader Joe's won't build a store near mean. I have a 15 minute drive in every direction to get to one. Now, I don't really need to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-51112932287202667062008-05-19T23:07:00.000-07:002008-05-19T23:07:00.000-07:00One simple fact rarely stated in the TJ vs. F&E de...One simple fact rarely stated in the TJ vs. F&E debate... TJ = 10 minutes of driving around the block looking for parking because the lot is full, F&E = pull in and park. TJ = constantly bumping into other shoppers in overcrowded isles, F&E = casually stroll and shop in wide open spaces.<BR/><BR/>Both stores have pros and cons but the convenience of parking and less crowded shopping makes F&E Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-74106043839314897022008-05-13T10:07:00.000-07:002008-05-13T10:07:00.000-07:00It is interesting to note how conservative some of...It is interesting to note how conservative some of these shoppers are.Anything different is bad? I suspect they were not the target market anyway. My local F&E is friendly,very inexpensive,convenient and good quality.The F&E branded items are invariably good value and good quality. The staff are amazing compared to a regular store -helpful and cheerful.I actually look forward to going there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-9579041788052368732008-05-10T23:26:00.000-07:002008-05-10T23:26:00.000-07:00It's a little thing, but it put me off even before...It's a little thing, but it put me off even before I go through the door, but the one I went to had "family parking" or some such nonsense marked closest to the door. I guess I'm a second class citizen. That said, I liked the greater selection of staples than TJ's, didn't find the prices to be anything special, and would prefer the option of cashier instead of being forced to use the selve Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-15857235057913011932008-05-06T22:43:00.000-07:002008-05-06T22:43:00.000-07:00I LOVE Fresh and Easy in Arcadia. It's cheap, clea...I LOVE Fresh and Easy in Arcadia. It's cheap, clean and fresh. The prices are low and the food is easy to prepare. The staff is always friendly. I love the $5 coupons! Highly recommend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-26337791395747352192008-05-06T12:31:00.000-07:002008-05-06T12:31:00.000-07:00I was very disappointed with the Hollywood Fresh a...I was very disappointed with the Hollywood Fresh and Easy. The place was empty and the employees not very helpful. Everything in the store seems like a contradiction. They are suppossed to be green but there is plastic everywhere. The whole store lacked personality, I think Trader Joe's has nothing to worry about. I will NEVER go back into that let down of a store. Let's stick Amercian owned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882089.post-42469677933541608492008-04-29T18:49:00.000-07:002008-04-29T18:49:00.000-07:00I shop once or twice a week at the hollywood locat...I shop once or twice a week at the hollywood location and love the freshness, convenience, friendly staff...and great prices. Normally spend around $50/visit...Ralphs would be $100 or more easily!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com