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I like Stonewall Kitchen. A whole basket.
Or Bonne Maman works.
Another option (if they are liberals) is a boxed selection of Penzey's spices.
You can also do fancy delivered cakes or baked good selections.
The point is, don't try to compete on monetary value or impress them, just buy them something they wouldn't necessarily think to buy themselves.
Another option is sending them flowers, but then you have to pick the right florist, and it's pretty easy to get flowers that seem down-market or somehow off to someone who can afford any flowers ever.
But good pots of jam are just good. To everyone. And everyone always needs more. But in this minimalist world, especially if you have two or three homes, you don't ever need another tchotchke.
I would never want jam, and I never need more of it. Yuck.