How Many Pumpkin Items Are In This Trader Joe's Flyer? A Pie Chart Pie Analysis
by Sarah Sprague
Flipping through the October Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, I couldn’t help but notice there was a lot of pumpkin going on in there. How much pumpkin? Let’s break it down.
Cover: 3 items, 2 pumpkin (pumpkin bread Mix, pumpkin ice cream)
Page 2: 3 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 3: 3 items, 1 pumpkin (Honey Roasted Pumpkin Ravioli) (*1 Butternut Squash, almost pumpkin)
Page 4: 3 items, 1 pumpkin (Pumpkin Cream Cheese) (* Toscacno Cheese with Cinnamon — pumpkin-esque)
Page 5: 3 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 6: 4 items, 1 pumpkin (Pumpkin Spice Granola) (Listing for plain pancakes, but not pumpkin pancakes? TJ’s has pumpkin pancake mix. Bought some last week.)
Page 7: 4 items, 2 pumpkin (Pumpkin Flavored Greek yogurt, Pumpkin Spice Rooibos Tea)
Page 8: 3 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 9: 4 items, 1 pumpkin (Pumpkin Macaroons)
Page 10: 3 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 11: 4 items, 1 pumpkin (Organic Canned Pumpkin)
Page 12: 4 items, 4 pumpkin (Pumpkin Butter, Pumpkin Soup, Pumpkin Spice Chai, Pumpkin Pancakes & Waffle mix. Phew, there it is.)
Page 13: 2 items, 2 pumpkin (Pumpkin Chocolate Mousse Cake, Pumpkin Pie Spice)
Page 14: 4 items, 1 pumpkin (Pumpkin Cheesecake)
Page 15: 4 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 16: 4 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 17: 3 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 18: 4 items, 1 pumpkin (Pumpkin Spice Cake)
Page 19: 4 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 20: 4 items, 2 pumpkin (Pumpkins-on-a-Stick, Pumpkin Flavored Dog Treats)
Page 21: 4 items, 0 pumpkin
Page 22: 4 items, 1 pumpkin (Pumpkin Ale)
Page 23: 2 items, 2 pumpkin (Pumpkins, Pumpkin Walks Into a Bar cereal bar)
Back Page: 3 items, 1 pumpkin (Pumpkin Spiced Coffee)
Conclusion: Trader Joe’s October Fearless Flyer is 27.710843373494% pumpkin
Sarah Sprague writes about football and food at sarahsprague.com and KissingSuzyKolber. She refuses to buy anything pumpkin flavored before October. Pie-chart pie bought at Trader Joe’s, not listed in flyer. If you enjoy great pie charts (and why wouldn’t you?), you should also visit here.