Comments on: Greenpeace’s sustainable seafood guide gives Trader Joe’s an F — again

By: David Glover

David Glover — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:14:37 +0000

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By: Siel

Siel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:40:14 +0000

Well TJs itself has acknowledged that it continues to carry red list fish — with a v. silly, bad excuse, I might add. TJ’s statement is basically that yes we sell endangered fish, but we’re trying to “fully understand” the market for that fish — whatever the hell that means :P What’s left to evaluate? Stop selling red list fish already! :P

By: mp

mp — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:31:35 +0000

Luckily TJ’s doesn’t carry all the items listed by Greenpeace, in fact less than Wegman’s at #1. As a TJ’s employee, I canceled my membership to Greenpeace for their false information and the misleading manner they approached people in TJ’s gear. You can’t fight an ethical debate with unethical practices of your own.

By: Siel

Siel — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:54:27 +0000

Wait I meant Alaskan! Sorry about that. I had just read Christine’s comment b/4 writing the comment and had Atlantic on my mind. TJs does indeed have Alaskan salmon — at least sometimes….

By: alexis

alexis — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:48:01 +0000

actually, none of the atlantic salmon is sustainable. i would say avoid TJ’s for fish and seafood altogether.

By: Siel

Siel — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:54:09 +0000

It’s a good thing I pretty much never buy fish (cooking it’s too troublesome) — so I never really have to contend with this issue. But I do get smoked wild atlantic salmon at Trader Joe’s sometimes, which at this point pretty much sounds like the only fish the chain offers that’s sustainable –

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:16:12 +0000

Unfortunately Trader Joe’s has a pretty positive brand reputation towards being green–but they don’t really have a green initiative or anything like that.

I like Trader Joe’s because it’s affordable and often you can find quaility food, but it seems that they only real leader in caring about their environmental impact is Whole Foods (I’m speaking about big chains specifically.)

By: Christine Kwok

Christine Kwok — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:15:10 +0000

Thanks for posting this! I’ve always wondered about their seafood. Can’t bring myself to ever by the “Atlantic Salmon”. Thanks for the PDF!