Favorite Trader Joe's items

[Moderator1]

Get one and they'll stop asking.

An Aldi opened two blocks from my son's house. He goes there more often than he thought he would, said the quality has surprised him. He admits to being a grocery snob.

TJ's has the best knockoff cereal I've had. Also love the "Joe" coffee and the cheese selection. Don't tell anyone, but cooking for one is an ass so I buy more frozen meals than I should. Their meat lasagna is the best I've had of that type of thing. I also love their mini heirloom tomatoes and mini carrots of many colors.

 

[BrownScribe]

Their frozen Indian food isn't bad either. Same with the Mac & Cheese. I'll go hide now.

 

[Moderator1]

I'll have to grab some of the mac&cheese next time I'm in there.
What's the best Indian dish? Come out of hiding long enough to tell me that. I'll go buy some and then go hide, too

I also love their French-cut pork chops. I throw some of those tomatoes and carrots around them - along with the Everything But the Bagel seasoning - and I have two meals.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Grown ass adults and their fascination with mac & cheese is beyond me. Might as well serve it as a side to cheap hot dogs with ketchup.

 

[Moderator1]

You have some of my "to your knees mac&cheese" and you'll be singing a different tune.

Though grown-ass adult is not a category I fit into easily

 

[sgreenwell]

Really love the yellow curry sauce - Mix in a jar with a pound of chicken, two pounds / half a jar if you don't want it as spicy. Serve with a cooked cup of their rice, which is also really cheap. We've also gotten the marinated chickens and really liked them. The beef, less so. And like others have said, I've found the produce to be really hit or miss. We have a local grocery chain, Dave's, and the two regional chains - Stop and Shop, and Shaw's - usually have cheaper or better offerings.

 

[Vombatus]

Four pages in, and what the ****, no Two Buck Chuck?

 

[Scout]

TJ

The shaving lotion is amazing.

Try the Aldi thin crust pizzas.

 

[ICanRowCanoe?]

I also love their French-cut pork chops. I throw some of those tomatoes and carrots around them - along with the Everything But the Bagel seasoning - and I have two meals.

I bought that Everything But the Bagel seasoning a few months ago. I was psyched. I love everything bagels and it smelled so good. But damned if I know what to do with it.

 

[Moderator1]

Put it on everything. I fried some eggs this morning and used it on that. Baked some pork chops last night, used it on that. Haven't tried it on cereal yet

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

There's an Aldi within walking distance of my job. It's cheap — that's about the only thing good about it.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Agreed on TJ cereal. It’s excellent. And around these parts, it’s $3 instead of $7 at the other grocery stores.

TJ’s also has a variety of tasty granola bars.

Shopping at TJ’s here is a full-contact sport. You can always spot a rookie. Eyes full of fear.

Despite lines that snake around the store, I’m always stunned at how efficient and fast checkout is.

 

[ifilus]

This $20 Bottle of Whisky Ranks as One of the Best in the World

 

[Moderator1]

Agreed on TJ cereal. It’s excellent. And around these parts, it’s $3 instead of $7 at the other grocery stores.

TJ’s also has a variety of tasty granola bars.

Shopping at TJ’s here is a full-contact sport. You can always spot a rookie. Eyes full of fear.

Despite lines that snake around the store, I’m always stunned at how efficient and fast checkout is.

First time I saw that, I said I'm out. Not doing this. The guy in charge of the line said 10 minutes, tops. No way I told him.
Way. I was at the register in seven minutes.

The stores in the burbs aren't as bad in terms of crowds.

 

[playthrough]

There's an Aldi within walking distance of my job. It's cheap — that's about the only thing good about it.

Because I have Caddyshack on my brain at all times ... every time I drive past the one near my house, a brown brick building, I hear a form of Judge Smails' quote in my head.

"There's a brown Aldi parked in my space!"

 

[Webster]

We have a Trader Joe’s in our town and I think it is one of only a couple in NJ which can sell alcohol. We shop there a couple of times a week at a minimum.

Off of the top of my head, I really like the dark chocolate covered almonds, the different types of chicken sausage, the shawarma chicken, the fresh salsa, lemongrass chicken sticks, pork buns, some of the new bagged salads, and the tiny avocados.

Mrs. W is a member of a Facebook group that has Trader Joe’s recipes and she probably tries something new every week of so.

I don’t find the prices on the wine to be that great (and the Charles Shaw is paint thinner), but it is funny on Sunday to see people coming from church and waiting around the store for noon to come when they open up the alcohol section.

 

[BTExpress]

Grown ass adults and their fascination with mac & cheese is beyond me. Might as well serve it as a side to cheap hot dogs with ketchup.

I take a peanut butter sandwich to work every day.

Agreed on TJ cereal. It’s excellent. And around these parts, it’s $3 instead of $7 at the other grocery stores.

$7? Are you buying the Duggar Family Size?

 

[Deskgrunt50]

I take a peanut butter sandwich to work every day.



$7? Are you buying the Duggar Family Size?

New York City can be pricey.

 

[cjericho]

We have a Trader Joe’s in our town and I think it is one of only a couple in NJ which can sell alcohol. We shop there a couple of times a week at a minimum.

Off of the top of my head, I really like the dark chocolate covered almonds, the different types of chicken sausage, the shawarma chicken, the fresh salsa, lemongrass chicken sticks, pork buns, some of the new bagged salads, and the tiny avocados.

Mrs. W is a member of a Facebook group that has Trader Joe’s recipes and she probably tries something new every week of so.

I don’t find the prices on the wine to be that great (and the Charles Shaw is paint thinner), but it is funny on Sunday to see people coming from church and waiting around the store for noon to come when they open up the alcohol section.

Those rules are asinine. The Whole Foods in Paramus is one of only three (think that's what a guy in the Morristown WF said) that can sell alcohol.
Whole Foods gets good craft beers and some are reasonably priced.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Loaded up at TJ’s this morning. Such a good deal in NYC. Prices the same regardless of location. We probably save almost 45 percent on groceries.

Been watching the calorie intake. But couldn’t resist one bag of the orange chicken. A treat for a heavy workout day.