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I very much have a love/hate relationship with TJ’s. I love the service. But I really do hate how they steal companies’ recipes and make their own. I also hate the amount of plastic they use.

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Even though there has been plenty of reporting about this in the past, I've been oblivious to it as I don't shop there too often. Now, I'm paying a lot more attention to it and re-thinking how much I really need that sweet treat. Thanks for reading!

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Thanks Gayla! Once again, there are too many links for me to read, but I'll read some of them!

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Always a great read here. I haven't click on your TJ's link but I love that chain so much that I am reluctant to read (but I will). They also recruit the best employees!!! Cheerful, helpful, fun.

Speaking of fun, I tag you :)

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Thanks for reading, Jill. I understand your reluctance and it's not a good look for TJ's, and I agree about the employees. My niece used to work there and enjoyed the work and the customers, but had real problems with management and some of TJ's practices and eventually decided she'd had enough. I'm not sure what the problems were, but I do know her well enough that if she was aware of this, it may have been the tipping point for her.

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Thank you for introducing me to MORE summer reading guides :) I can't get enough of those

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Me either lol

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The Trader Joe's article!!! 😭 I can't believe it - ESPECIALLY b/c their whole brand is about being so nice/helpful/chatty/etc. It's just SO shocking!!!

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I had heard rumblings of this before, but never an article with what appears to be "proof" of the misdeeds.

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My grandfather was like a horse to the barn--going and coming from any road trip. We never stopped to see things along the way, so I understand the delayed gratification. Now, it takes me a lot longer to reach any destination because I make every stop to explore that I can.

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My dad was of the same generation probably, but once my parents bought a travel trailer, we started doing some sightseeing when we'd travel with it. Unfortunately, I was too young to really appreciate some of the places we went and things we were able to see. I'm sightseeing now since I'm retired and traveling to and from to book festivals.

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I want to know more dirt on Greg Iles, Penn Cage books are the bomb! I've done several trips through there hoping to run into him, no such luck. He's an author I'd like to sit and have a few drinks and talk about old times (his books). Good article, by the way!!

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I'd love to do the same. :)

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I just started the first Penn Cage novel. I am from Jackson, Mississippi and love reading fiction that takes place in the South.

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Have you read any Greg Iles before? On another subject, I'm thinking about going to the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson in September. Have you attended it before? Is it worth going to? I'd love to hear what you think about it if you've gone before. Thanks!

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I’ve always wanted to visit Natchez; Iles does such a phenomenal job of making the setting come alive in his writing, it’s almost a character. Thanks for the link!

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When I was there, I was struck by two things, one of which I wasn't expecting. I enjoyed seeing the history of the town, the tours I went on, the places he mentioned in the books and then there was the poverty. This was my first trip to the "deep south" and I wasn't expecting the poverty to appear to be as bad as I believe it is. I grew up with enough--we weren't rich by any means, but we had plenty and I guess I thought everyone did, and that isn't the case in all of Natchez. I've since traveled through several towns in the south and I see it quite often.

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Thanks for the fun reading list. You've sold me on the Preamble!

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That's wonderful! Between her and @monews, that is where I get my information related to everything that is going on.

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