Trader Joes

Last year, grocery sales were up a modest 1.8%, yet sales of organic items more than doubled that growth rate, up 4.4%. Clearly, we're shopping differently. But are we even sure what an "organic" or "all natural" label means? It's more complicated than you might think.

Lots of people adore Trader Joe's, but it's not always perfect in its corporate citizenship. One failing in particular has the activists at Change.org and documentary filmmaker Jeremy Seifert picking fight with the funky grocer: They're accusing the chain of wasting tons of food.

Safeway expanded its recall of grape tomatoes to include kabobs sold at its meat counters in 10 states because they could be possibly be contaminated with salmonella, the company said. It's the latest in a nationwide grape tomato recall that also now includes the produce supplier for Trader Joe's...

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge, so Consumer Ally has collected them in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup: Wayne Farms recalled about 53,210 pounds of frozen, breaded, fully cooked Italian-style chicken breast fillets...

A pizza spice blend prompted a recall of 131,000 pounds of Trader Joe's Pizza Al Pollo Asado because it has wheat in it that isn't listed on the label, said U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. In a statement to customers, Trader Joe's said no one has reported...

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge, so Consumer Ally has collected them in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup of recalls: American Suzuki Motor Corp. recalled about 29,000 Suzuki KingQuad all-terrain vehicles because the...

Hazelnuts and mixed nuts sold at major grocers nationwide including Safeway, Sam's Club, Target, Albertsons, Trader Joe's and Ralphs are being recalled after being linked to seven cases of e.coli infection in three states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said. DeFranco & Sons of Los...

(UPDATED Feb. 3) Four brands of fresh cilantro sold at certain Walmart stores have been recalled because they may be contaminated with salmonella, the nation's biggest retailer said. Walmart posted a recall alert -- which it does only when a product has been sold at a Walmart or Sam's Club store...

J&D Produce Inc. recalled almost 7,000 cases of Little Bear curly parsley and cilantro from 14 states and Canada after samples tested positive for salmonella, the Edinburg, Tex. company said. The fresh herbs were packed under the Little Bear brand name between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6 and were...

Elizabeth Crowley recently graduated with a master's degree from Villanova University. Her dream job is to be a college teacher. But for the past two years, her job has been as a "crew member" at the supermarket chain Trader Joe's. Crowley, 27, bags groceries and walks the aisles, asking customers...