⭐ Trader Joe's Favorites, Melissa Crawls Toward Jamaica

Issue #726

27 Oct

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🛒 Favorites at Trader Joe’s Daytona Beach

Popular Trader Joe’s products like the Chili & Lime Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips and Butter Chicken with Basmati Rice topped customer favorite lists this year. Beauty products like the Brazil Nut Body Butter are cult favorites, while “Hall of Fame” items like Mandarin Orange Chicken and Unexpected Cheddar continue to delight fans.

No one is more thrilled than Ormond Beach local Jasmin Bedria, a Trader Joe’s superfan who launched a petition back in 2012 to bring the store to the area. Her favorite finds? Mango Mochi, Jalapeño Lime Almond Dip, and Plantain Croutons, to name a few.

Whether you’re new to Trader Joe’s or a seasoned fan, this opening is sure to make grocery runs a lot more exciting.

🌪️ As Hurricane Melissa Nears Jamaica Florida Steps Up

As Hurricane Melissa churns toward Jamaica with potentially catastrophic effects, Central Florida businesses and organizations are mobilizing to provide aid. The now-official hurricane is expected to make landfall early Tuesday, bringing powerful winds, massive flooding, and power outages.

Mark Jathan, owner of Mark’s Jamaican Bar and Grill, is spearheading local relief efforts—collecting food, first-aid kits, and other essentials to ship to the island. He's not alone. The Jamaican American Association of Central Florida is also preparing to help, just as they did during last year’s Hurricane Jeryl.

Shipping and logistics are costly, but the sense of urgency is clear. “Every donation helps,” said Tara Carroll, a restaurant owner currently on the island. With many businesses closed and infrastructure at risk, community support can make a real difference.

If you’d like to pitch in, donations can be made through the Jamaican American Association of Central Florida, The island may be bracing for impact, but help is already on the way.

This Day In History

  • 312 — Constantine the Great reportedly has his vision of the cross before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.

  • 1553 — Protestant reformer Michael Servetus is burned at the stake in Geneva for heresy.

  • 1682 — The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn.

  • 1795 — The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of San Lorenzo (Pinckney’s Treaty), establishing borders and navigation rights on the Mississippi River.

  • 1810 — The U.S. annexes West Florida, a region previously under Spanish control.

  • 1904 — The first section of the New York City Subway opens, running from City Hall to 145th Street.

  • 1914 — World War I: British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a German mine.

  • 1922 — Italian Fascist Benito Mussolini is invited to form a government by King Victor Emmanuel III after the March on Rome.

  • 1936 — Wallis Simpson files for divorce, eventually paving the way for King Edward VIII to abdicate the British throne.

  • 1954 — Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the U.S. Air Force.

  • 1962 — The Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev sends a letter to President John F. Kennedy agreeing to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba.

  • 1981 — The Soviet submarine U-137 runs aground in Swedish waters, raising Cold War tensions.

  • 1997 — Stock markets around the world crash due to fears of a global economic crisis ("Mini-Crash of 1997").

  • 2004 — The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals.

  • 2018 — A gunman opens fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing 11 people in the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history.

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