What items do you like at Trader Joe's?

[Xstatic1]

The green tea Mochi and the chocolate covered almonds!

Now I really have to go soon! :awe:

I've only tried the Bubbies brand, but if TJ's is better, :thumbsup:

 

[Xstatic1]

I'm pretty sure I bought the Stauffer's Ginger Snaps in the past many times elsewhere, and they were very good then. They have plenty of flavor without going overboard, or used to.

Sounds like what you might be looking for.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thanks! That's what I wanted to know. (I'll stick with Stauffer's which are readily available at most grocery stores in my area).

 

[vi edit]

The only time I go to organic snoody grocery stores (World Market, Trader Joes, etc...) is when I want something different.

Basically, I go there when I want fine cheese/salami - and a nice beer that I haven't had yet to go with it.

Anything else, you're an idiot that likes paying $300 instead of $100. Want proof? Take a look around you the next time you're there. Emo's and hippies with tattoo's, nose rings, etc... all around you. At least with World Market, can't speak fully on Trader Joe's behalf.

Trader Joes is cheap food and booze. I have no idea where you get the notion that it's expensive. Stick to the frozen and prepackaged stuff and it's very inexpensive. I go there for their frozen fried rice, pot stickers and other appetizers. Also get their frozen Indian food dinners. It's like $2.20 a bag for the fried rice and pot stickers. Frozen dinners are $2.50. That's very cheap. The Gorgonzola crackers are amazing and are under $3.00. Pretzel rolls are very cheap. Snack nuts and other trail mixes are cheap too. You can get the Trader Joe label bourbon for $15 a bottle which is fine for mixing drinks. It's also one of the cheapest places in my area to buy wine.

So yeah. No clue what the hell you are talking about. I'm sure there are some things there that *are* expensive. But I don't shop for produce or meat there. "Clientele" wise it's college kids, old people and soccer moms.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Reading the above -

I forgot I do get the pot stickers as well. Very easy and pretty good.

Also I'll add:

 

[FerrelGeek]

My wife shops there on occasion and she says that many items there are pretty reasonably priced.

In addition to what others have said (haven't read the whole thread yet), they have some decent wines for a very good price.

Trader Joe's is like maybe three dolla sign.

Not cheap, not expensive, around the middle. The thing is lots of store brand stuff. Its a like it or hate it kind of thing.

Aldi's is like one dolla sign and Target/Walmart are like two. Whole Foods is 4 and Wegmans is 3.5.

I guess I would consider like small specialty stores 5.

 

[FerrelGeek]

I think he's confuzzing TJ's with Whole Wallet.

Trader Joes is cheap food and booze. I have no idea where you get the notion that it's expensive. Stick to the frozen and prepackaged stuff and it's very inexpensive. I go there for their frozen fried rice, pot stickers and other appetizers. Also get their frozen Indian food dinners. It's like $2.20 a bag for the fried rice and pot stickers. Frozen dinners are $2.50. That's very cheap. The Gorgonzola crackers are amazing and are under $3.00. Pretzel rolls are very cheap. Snack nuts and other trail mixes are cheap too. You can get the Trader Joe label bourbon for $15 a bottle which is fine for mixing drinks. It's also one of the cheapest places in my area to buy wine.

So yeah. No clue what the hell you are talking about. I'm sure there are some things there that *are* expensive. But I don't shop for produce or meat there. "Clientele" wise it's college kids, old people and soccer moms.

 

[ControlD]

I really like the TJ almond butters. I usually buy three or four jars whenever we make it to one, but the closest stores to us are something like 100 miles away.

As mentioned already, their house beers are pretty good. They sell a very decent hefeweizen (Josephbrau I think) for something like $6.99 a six pack.