My city finally got a Trader Joe's! What should I get?

[Anonymous]

I'm exciting to find some easy and not too expensive dinners. Would love some suggestions for what's good.

[Anonymous]

Spring rolls vegetable fried rice with edamame

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand the big fuss about TJ. Maybe because in PA, they don’t sell alcohol. That said, there is a few things that I buy there, mainly condiments and fresh flowers when I need them.

[Anonymous]

Pizza dough, sauce, pizza cheese, Caesar salad
Chicken, tortillas, salsa, etc
Frozen samosas, Indian sauce, chicken, naan
Ramen cups

[Anonymous]

Freeze dried fruit.
Any frozen dinner they sell (especially Indian and pizza and tamales)
Those cookies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Freeze dried fruit.
Any frozen dinner they sell (especially Indian and pizza and tamales)
Those cookies

Yep. The cookies!!

Ciabatta baguette.
Seasonings

[Anonymous]

They have a great and cheap nuts and cheese selection.

Not a fan of their produce, though. This was never their forte.

Each TJ carries slightly different items to cater to the local market. The TJ near me has a lot of frozen Asian foods that I really like.

[Anonymous]

I'm a fan of the Zhong sauce. Also, the honey chevre and rosemary raisin crackers go well together.

[Anonymous]

I actually think the cookies and cake and candy are not very good. They always taste a little stale or off to me.
I did always like their ice cream. I liked it so much I had to ban myself from it.

[Anonymous]

Dark chocolate raspberry sticks
Reduced sugar strawberry jam
Gouda cheese

[Anonymous]

+1 for nuts and dried fruit. Good prices w/o having to buy Costco-sized portions.

[Anonymous]

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1084880.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have a great and cheap nuts and cheese selection.

Not a fan of their produce, though. This was never their forte.

Each TJ carries slightly different items to cater to the local market. The TJ near me has a lot of frozen Asian foods that I really like.

Lol no they don’t cater to different neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

I enjoy their seasonal cuttings and foliage. Around the holidays they have fresh evergreen garlands for the mantle. They always have some sort of fun foliage or plant cuttings that you can put together for seasonal decor. I bought some pussy willows four months ago that are still holding up.

[Anonymous]

Flowers
Tortillas
Cookies
Hold the cones
Bacon

Skip: prepared salads, burritos, sandwiches (awful), chicken, fruit/produce