- My parents travel around the world to an RV while I am in New York City, so we are often far away.
- Trader Joe’s keeps us connected because my mother and I often recommend products with each other.
- As a Japanese family, we want to connect with the offers of Trader Joe.
The search for adventure runs in my blood. My father met with my mother after he asked his friend if he knew a girl who Skuba dives and travels by motorcycles. My parents have been immersed and riding together for more than 30 years now.
This also meant that I just left my childhood home in California, my parents sold it, bought an RV and were on the street. Whenever I call them, I’m not sure where they are. Everyone thanks, I have to call them and understand where they would be. One year, they were in Utah, another in Florida.
I, on the other hand, settled in New York City, which means I am often thousands of miles away from my parents.
Suddenly, Trader Joe’s has been invaluable in keeping my Japanese family connected.
Trader Joe: Our family anchor
My mother and I love joe traders. I remember labeling it together as a kid, I always asked to get a bucket of aliterative masterpiece that is “fresh chocolate chocolate cookies”.
Maybe it is the popular handwritten signs or the bell tightening that requires employees across the store, but today, whenever I enter a dealer Joe’s, I feel like doing my mom.
Whenever I get a packet of Japanese fried rice or amazing kimbap (I said with teasing my mom a few months ago by phone that my local store increased the client’s border from two to four), I remember that my mother recommended them stuff for me.
Whenever I’m looking for a new apartment in New York, I hold a special Google Maps tab in my browser showing all the places of Joe nearby. When I moved to a new apartment a few years ago, the first question my mother asked me if a dealer Joe was close.
Whenever my mother and dad reach a new city, I ask my mother if she has a Joe’s dealer. Last time, somewhere in Wyoming, she replied, “That’s the thing, it’s nice here, but no Joe’s dealer. But don’t worry, I gathered in Japanese fried rice, and it’s in the fridge, so we’re good. “
When I visit, I even offered to bring with me what I can from my local dealer Joe when they are somewhere without easy access to one.
We maintain contacts by recommending dealer’s products Joe with each other
My mother recently sent me a photo of the Brand Brand of Brand of Brand, yellow yellow sauce and a coconut milk cans. It texted, “Apparently, if you mix these and throw some tools and some meat, it’s really good.”
Our relationship with national news is also formed by tradition Joe, too. Bird flu is making egg prices hit a high record. In my nearest grocery store, a dozen eggs were $ 10, nearly a dollar for eggs. Meanwhile, my mother sent me a photo another day by Joe trade showing that they have implemented a limit of an egg product per customer holding egg prices with a much more reasonable $ 3.49. She said, “Trader Joe’s is so admirable! Look this award.”
Moreover, when traveling 5,000 miles away to Japan, Trader Joe still manages to unite our family. I have discovered that “their daily face sun screen” works really well on my skin, leaving no white caste. I bought some and brought them to Japan to give my grandmother, who loves the skin.
My grandmother loved her so much that she told my mother about it. My mother then sent me a message asking where I got the sunscreen, and she was thrilled to learn that I bought it from our favorite store.
I’m glad we have something to connect when we’re so far
I suspect Trader Joe’s designed her products or her shopping experience to promote a feeling of connection between members of a Japanese family scattered around the US.
But this is exactly what they have done.
Now, please excuse me. My mom just sent me messages to the Non’s dealer Sea salt from Portugal, which comes “in a truly delightful container”. She says she loves what it looks like on her countertop, aNd 3000 miles away, I would like to find out if it looks good in the mine.