What are your favorite things to buy at Trader Joe's?
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My latest find at TJ's (which I don't frequent often because of the price) is their dark chocolate covered pretzel thins.
They also have a vanilla almond granola cereal that's really tasty, but is pretty calorific.
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I regularly (like, not every single trip, but frequently) get:
-Nuts of all kinds, particularly chile lime cashews and spicy/sweet pecans - but, all of their nuts are tasty and well priced.
-Many of their spices and their vanilla are wonderful and also well priced.
-Cheese of all kinds, especially fresh mozzarella, sharp cheddar, and goat cheese logs
-Applewood smoked bacon (or ends and pieces, depending on what I'm using it for)
-Mandarin chicken (frozen)
-Cereal bars for my kids
-Milk (We barely drink milk at home so I don't see the need to spend the money/time tracking down good local organic stuff, but I at least like the rbgh-free kind for the kids and it's the same price as the generic at my regular store)
-Bags of arugula, shredded cabbage and kale
-"Inner Peas" pea crisps
-Cinnamon graham crackers (they're, like, really dense, not like Honey Maid ones at all, and they're amazing, especially with flavored cream cheese)
-Editing to add the Fiberfull granola bars that I saw the next person mentioned. I forgot - I always have a box in my desk drawer for emergency afternoon snacks!
And then I typically end up impulse buying one or two things each trip
, just depending on what strikes my fancy. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with all of the crazy options, but I try to try something new whenever I can.
Also, I always hear people raving about their produce? I do get bagged greens occasionally, but other than that I've never been impressed with anything else I've gotten there. Maybe it's just my store? I don't know.0 -
Agree with the two people saying their dark chocolate pretzel thins and the Inner Peas pea crisps. They're both amazing post-lunchtime snacks.
Also, I like their big bag of gluten-free oats (I have a quarter-cup of it mixed with PB2 for breakfast), and also their Fiberfull Granola bars.
I'm not a huge fan of the produce (Harris Teeter's is MUCH nicer), but I love their meats. Big fan of their chicken sausages and their Carne Asada.0 -
COOKIE BUTTER! But, to tell you the truth, I can't buy it anymore because I tend to just stick my spoon in....lick it off....stick it in again...lick it off again...and, before I know it, half the jar is gone and also gone unlogged.
Inner Peas
No Salt Pistachios in the shell
Unsweetened almond milk
Unsweetened coconut milk
Mini peanut butter cups
Dark chocolate caramel wedges
Beef taquitos
The chocolate covered frozen banana bites
Parisian cucumbers
Uncured chicken dogs
0% fage yogurt
The saucy scallops and mushrooms thingy
Individual bags of the light kettle corn
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depends on if your new TJ will have a wine department... they carry some really good and very reasonable wines!
A wide assortment of chocolate covered nuts.
bags of frozen chicken breasts, so much cheaper than other stores' meat departments
decent cheese department... not quite as good as whole foods - but decent...
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PrizePopple wrote: »Cookie butter
Frozen veggies
Cheese - especially brie and blue cheese crumbles
Kefir (strawberry only)
Greek yogurt
Flowers
South African Smoke (which they stopped carrying... GAH!)
Mini buns
Mini pitas
Gorgonzola gnocchi
Ginger "cat" cookies
I am still mourning the loss of South African Smoke. It was terrific stuff.
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I buy a lot there. Nan flat bread, kale kale and more kale, goat milk and raw cheddar cheese (both the milk and that cheese are about four bucks). I get my coffee there for 4.99/can of good stuff, a bag of their avocados for 2.99. I even bought some TP there last night for 3.99/6 rolls I love Trader Joe's. The staff are super gay-friendly and quirky. Makes me super happy. 0
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Everything!
They have great European foods to sate our transatlantic family needs
most liked:- Joe Joes (oreo-esque)
- Cheese (Emmental and Pecorino)
- Simple Taste Beer (That's the name..Yummy)
- Inexpensive Table Wine (can't beat 2Buck Chuck)
- Yogurt (Plain)
- Frozen Croissants (thaw overnight and bake ...yum)
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Cookie Butter, nuts, unsalted Kerrygold butter (only place I can find the unsalted)0
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martyqueen52 wrote: »Nothing. It's over priced, over crowded, and under staffed.
where are you from? there are tons of employees where I am and they are seriously the most pleasant people I've ever met, they all love their jobs.
Some of the stuff is pricey, but they really do have a ton of great deals.0 -
Peanut Butter , nuts, low sodium beans and tuna.0
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veganbettie wrote: »martyqueen52 wrote: »Nothing. It's over priced, over crowded, and under staffed.
where are you from? there are tons of employees where I am and they are seriously the most pleasant people I've ever met, they all love their jobs.
Some of the stuff is pricey, but they really do have a ton of great deals.
The one I go to has always had more then enough staff and they have always been pleasant. Some of the people shopping there though need some help with manners, they always acting Hangry. Some of the prices are the best in town on a lot of items.
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Wow, this is perfect timing for this thread - I was trying to think of a good place to go to get some things to put a Christmas gift together for my aunt and uncle (instead of getting a pre-made food basket which is usually a total rip-off) and you are all listing so many things that would be perfect (and that sound good for me too). I haven't been there in a while but I do have to say non-food wise I adore their tea tree tingle shampoo, conditioner and shower gel - one of the few I have found that doesn't make me want to throw up from the smell when I have a migraine (which is often). Also peanut butter pretzels are a great snack (they also have them chocolate coated) and a bag lasts a long time if you stick to the serving size.0
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LOVE Trader Joe's. I mainly go for pantry and snack/sweet items. Produce is generally cheaper elsewhere.
My Favorites:
Dark chocolate peanut butter cups (the best and satisfies the sweet tooth)
Vanilla unsweetened almond milk
Inner peas baked peas snack
roasted red pepper hummus
bag of arugula
whole grain tortilla wraps
Applegate deli sliced herbed turkey breast (cheaper than most stores and has no nitrates)
organic brown jasmine rice( their brown rice is the BEST hands down)
organic peppermints (has real little bits of peppermint and freshen the breath really nice)
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Orange scented air freshener
Veggie crisps
three pack goat cheese (two are flavored, one plain)
mini size dark chocolate bars0 -
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Sounds like marty's never been there. lolz.LolBroScience wrote: »martyqueen52 wrote: »Nothing. It's over priced, over crowded, and under staffed.
Overpriced? Lol.
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Quinoa and oyster crackers, also bought some crushed garlic and other types of grains to cook with veggies0
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Chocolate Babka... all the Chocolate Babka0
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The eggplant wraps. Bake those in the oven and they're delicious!0
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Salsa Verde (I swear it's been the same for 20 years!), coffee, frozen Mahi Mahi, Dark Chocolate Laceys, some wines, sprouted grain breads, Kalamata olive oil, raw nuts for baking, Pound Plus dark chocolate bar (Belgian chocolate) for baking, Kerrygold butter and Applegate meats.
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well, i wouldn't call it overpriced that's for sure. but here in Florida TJ's seems to be entirely overrated. Because it seems so trendy nationwide, and maybe because it's a fairly new phenomenon to us in FL, people flock to it like crazy. it's super overcrowded inside the actual store and in the parking lot. The select times i've been able to handle trying to find a place to park, then trying to navigate the crowds within, i haven't found anything that blew me away that my regular grocery store doesn't have. Not impressed.LolBroScience wrote: »martyqueen52 wrote: »Nothing. It's over priced, over crowded, and under staffed.
Overpriced? Lol.0 -
That cheesecake looks like the truth... I need to investigate that.0
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