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However, Trader Joe's does have Aldi beat on whole bean coffee, with their French Roast Whole Beans costing $5.99 for 13 ounces and Aldi's costing $6.39 for 12 ounces.

If you want to save time spent grinding your Trader Joe's coffee beans, don't forget to stop by the self-grinding machine before you check out.

Take, for example, the store’s French roast coffee, featuring a watercolor illustration of a Paris cafe. She traced it back to a book titled “France,” written by Gordon Home, published in 1918.