10 minutes ago, IndyRob said:What's up with Trader Joe's butter? (not the awesome french butter they used to stock, but the everyday TJ butter) I found that they've become my cheapest butter option and went there to buy.
The package was an odd shape. Not the normal four quarters of butter. But not the European style package either. I had to double check the weight to make sure it was 1lb. Check.
I got it home and opened the box and there were four mini sticks of butter. Like, 5/8ths of a stick long. But they're thicker. I verified on a scale that they were each at least 4oz.
The butter is good, but why would they do this?
I picked up a couple of pounds today and it was the same as always - the chubby quarters standard on the west coast. Maybe you got our butter by mistake 🤣
I believe we had some discussion of this here. I grew up with skinny sticks but have adapted.
NPR story: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/30/1076798492/the-east-coast-and-west-coast-have-differently-sized-and-shaped-sticks-of-butter
