TRADER JOE'S PEANUT BUTTER RECALL

Looks like no more PB&J sandwiches for me.

Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter has been linked to salmonella infections that have sickened 29 people in 18 states. Four people have been hospitalized. 

More here.

TRADER JOE'S OPENS NEXT WEEK

Mark it on your calendar: Friday, September 26th!

It's the grand opening of the Brooklyn Trader Joe's! Yeah, baby!

There will be live music by the JahPan Caribbean Steel Drum Band, free giveaways to the first 100 customers, raffle prizes, a variety of free samples and free stickers for the kids.

The long-awaited store, located in the former Independence Community Bank building in Cobble Hill, will celebrate the history of Brooklyn.

The store’s crew members worked together with the Brooklyn Historical Society and obtained reproductions of the borough’s key sites and incorporated these images into several handcrafted murals painted to look like the original photographs. The scenes selected include Coney Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, Ebbet’s Field and Downtown Brooklyn.

In addition, every sign, including the shelf tags and chalkboards have been hand-drawn to reflect the borough’s old town market scene using old fonts and lithograph techniques.

Ooooo, I hope they deliver to The Ridge!