I like Trader Joe’s. In my world, when it comes to grocery shopping, you have supermarkets on one hand — Ralph’s, Vons, Albertsons — and you got Joe’s on the other.

If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s in your area, I apologize. Hopefully you’ll get one soon. They have lots of unique products that are difficult to impossible to find anywhere else, packed into a relatively small space. Everyone who works there is always happy and friendly, and I’m not sure why. I guess it’s part of being a hippy which most of them are. I’m certainly not complaining though.

On with the cereal review. I grabbed a box of Organic Honey Macadamia Grainfest because I’ve never had a cereal with macs before. Usually you get almonds, pecans, or walnuts. I had to try this.

The first thing I noticed as I poured the stuff into my bowl was the macs were whole. I was expecting slices or chunks, since macadamias are an expensive nut, but this was pretty awesome.

The rest of the cereal was good, too: organic corn flakes, wheat flakes, and bran noodles, sweetened with organic honey in true Trader Joe’s organic fashion. In fact I don’t think anything processed ever makes it off the truck at Joe’s.

Thumbs up.