/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15339302
It appeals to city transplants.

>>15339302
Go and see for yourself.
Pros: cheap, stuff you can’t find elsewhere
Cons: usually busy, parking is a bitch

>>15339302
their generic brand stuff is usually pretty good and definitely cheaper, I would just avoid butchered meats. They don't have a butcher on sight so everything in the store is brought in from who knows where

>>15339302
>What honestly makes it different from other grocery stores
it's basically all trader joes brand.
the selection is limited.
the one near me has a pretty good selection of cheese.
>everything but... the frozen meals
not sure what you mean, have people told you not to get frozen stuff there?
I like the Indian frozen meals.

>>15339302
>What honestly makes it different
It is more expensive and they'll yell at you eve louder to wear your muzzle.

>>15339407
just stay at home, retard

>>15339302
Good, cheap wine
Dried fruits - Apple rings, pineapple rings and dried peaches are my favorites
Various snacks and dips - Pic related with bacon cheddar ranch dip, cinnamon apple snack sticks, yogurt stars, chocolate peanut butter pretzels

>>15339411
Checked but no. I just don't go to ripoff Joseph's

>>15339417
Forgot pic

>>15339302
it's literally a store for snack food, frozen meals, and cheap booze
basically a bougier bodega

>>15339391
A lot of people rave about the frozen meals and I honestly do not care about frozen meals. I just want to know there's hot ready meals, like a deli section, or something.

>>15339302
their frozen food and cheap wine is pretty good

>>15339659
The frozen stuff is the whole point lol

it smells nice inside. other than that it’s another grocery store

It's good if you're going on a picnic, however, there is no reason you should be buying groceries at trader joes unless you're a child or menopause mom who can't cook. Any item that has any practical use is no better than its great value counterpart.
Imagine aldi but more expensive, and retarded niche and seasonal items making up half of the store.

I've never been to one because one of the most annoying people I know works at one. This is completely irrational but it's one of those "if it's good enough for him there's no fucking way I'm going in there".

I heard it was a bit expensive but good quality stuff....

>>15339659
There's no hot deli, at least not in any of the locations I've been in. Lot of heat n' serve stuff.

>>15339302
Beats me, I never go there. The lines are always long and the packaging sizes are for sorority girls. I need party size chips for myself.

>>15339302
It's literally Aldi for people too posh for Aldi

It's all TJ brand, kind of helps not decide on some items.
Good snacks.
Generally cleaner and more civilized than other grocery stores. You'll avoid the incels and autists there.

white MILFs

They have some unique products. Inner Peas taste different than branded Pea Snaps. Soi Flax Seed tortilla chips are unique and one of the healthiest foods in the entire store by nutritional density. And there's more to be seen if you browse the store carefully. They have good supplements, good juices, and so on. Whole Foods Market is somewhat better but their pre-prepared foods are way more expensive and you mostly need to stick to 365 or veggies there where at Trader Joe's you can get pretty much whatever you want there without it costing an arm and a leg.

>>15339302
Not a place to do your everyday shopping but there are some great things there. If you've never been in a TJs before someone will be happy to show you around, you can also ask to sample anything and they usually let you

>>15340552
>Not a place to do your everyday shopping
How so? Seems to fit pretty much every purpose I'd need except for some rare goodies from Whole Foods Market like ancient grain flour or some unique veggie burgers or specific brands like Valentina hot sauce or specific salsa brands, but still good alternatives for the most part.

>>15340567
Their meat is meh, produce can be hit or miss. Even when I lived near a TJs I would still go to Publix to get everything you need for the home

>>15340605
True enough about their produce, I mostly survive off of stuff like soi flax seed tortilla chips, dark chocolate, calcium-fortified orange juice, their chewable multivitamins, their lentils, rice, pizza, and some other stuff. Also try their frozen fruit, it's pretty good quality, they have good frozen soi beans but I don't like them as much as the soi flax seed tortilla chips. also very good value grapeseed oil and olive oil, I like grapeseed oil for cooking and olive oil for dipping in their dark pumpernickel tuscan pane bread.

>>15340545
>Whole Foods Market is somewhat better
faggot

>>15339391
The Indian meals are awesome, better than the Amy's, Saffron Road and Deep ones I can get at regular grocery stores. Cheaper too. Their Chinese orange chicken is pretty incredible for frozen, tastes like takeout and the sauce isn't sickeningly sweet. Highly recommend.

Why do people like Trader Joe's when Whole Foods and Sprouts/Fresh Thyme are far superior?

1 dolla sunflower seed bags

it's aldi's for people who think they're better than aldi's

>>15339302
I've got one near me, it's next to HEB and a Whole Foods. No idea how it's still open, because nobody ever goes there.

>>15339302
They have the best yogurt I've even eaten.
I just went this weekend to stock up.

Only go there for 2 buck child fuck which is skmetimes still 2 dollars.

>>15344150
Whoops *2 buck chuck.

>>15344155

>>15344274
Yeah. I just like saying sex words towards little girls in my head and on main street.

>>15339302
Great for party snacks, poor for regular grocery shopping. Their cheese selection is excellent.

>>15344150
>2 buck child fuck

what

>>15344439

>>15344594
even got the shot with a Wine aunt, very good

Whole Foods but without the superiority complex. Lots of high quality junk food.

>>15339302
It’s like Aldi’s if it actually had decent products instead of bland shit

You can see little girls flashing you in a Elsa frozen costume at Wegmans.

>>15344150
>>15344155
oooh i see now. for a second i was like "i thought they only sold those at subway" but now i get it

>>15339302
It’s like other stores but meme foods and the produce goes bad really quick

>>15344883
who made this image, and for what purpose?

>>15344838
ok serious question here.

Is it pronounced "All-Dee" or "Ow-Dee"? My un-wealthy and hollow Euro friends pronounce it "Ow-Dee" but there's clearly an L in there

>>15340567
>rare goodies from Whole Foods Market like ancient grain flour or some unique veggie burgers or specific brands like Valentina hot sauce or specific salsa
Nigga, walmart even carries all that shit lol. How does joe's have an excuse at all? Sounds like you shop for some imagined prestige more than actual outcome.
Or are you just a shill with the full corporate capitalized grocery store name, lmao.

>>15344902
Idunno I googled "pepe subway" and this was the first hit

>>15339479

This is a pretty accurate description.

But most of it is good. I usually stick to a dozen or so things for work lunches and snacks, but I try something new every time and usually worth it.

Their curry veggie packets are a better price and tastier than any other one I've had and great for quick meals.

>>15344904
Odir

>>15344920
They do indian food particularly well. The rest of the stuff is decent but not mind blowing

>>15339407
>more expensive
No it's not.

>>15339302
Their black bean dip is delicious

>>15340567
I get some stuff there, its limited depending on what you like since it's a niche store. I do the majority of my shopping at Smiths

>>15344920
What do you get for work lunches? I went on a 4 week tear of just Indian food tv dinners and naan bread which was great, but I overdid it and got sick of it.
What am I missing out on that I should be getting?

I do not hate white people
I hate the "Haha, huyte ppl, amirite" culture
The first thing I thought when I entered the place was "Fucking white people"

>>15339302
That little girl looking back at the camera is a little hottie. Super cute.

>>15345962
let me play you the song of my people
https://youtu.be/OdB7GDZY3Pk

>>15339302
>What my white college bro says it is:
>"A cleverly disguised liquor store."
>What normies say it is:
>"Hippie place"
>What hippies say it is:
>"Corporate"

What it actually is?
A place that white people like to go to since it has a few pretty good in-house things (wine, frozen lasagna, coffee, and the GOAT marinated artichoke hearts) but is actually a cleverly disguised liquor store.

They have the best deenz

some stuff they have is really good, some stuff is not good.
they have a pretty good cheese selection. their produce is usually very good. their meat sucks, avoid the meat.
milk is nice, lots of choices of juices. lots of frozen shit.

if you're going for the first time, there's a few things which everyone would recommend, and a few things which i would recommend.

generally meme stuff to get at trader joes:
cookie butter, charles shaw wine, pound chocolate bars, frozen mac and cheese

stuff i specifically recommend:
mediterranean hummus, green dragon hot sauce, cashew butter, cowboy caviar

>>15345992
It's a poorly managed corporate grocery store with good staff, a decent selection of packaged food, generally good frozen food especially Indian, good beer and wine selection, and generally not great meat or produce except for the fruit. It's a weird niche they fill, I get a lot of my food from them but I try to get my veggies and meat elsewhere. They also have exelent shampoo and soap.

I liked Trader Joe's
It's got that trendy vibe whilst actually being affordable. unique stuff you can't buy anywhere else. Their microwave burritos are pretty chill

>>15339302
Their food is usually old and rotten.
Everything has cancer labels on it.
That's about it.

>>15339302
Pretty good candy/cookies/snacks, frozen shit for lazy Karens and college students, and surprisingly enough their small curd cottage cheese is pretty good. Everything else is pretty much trash, especially the meat and veg/fruit.

>>15339302
A lot of the stuff they have is very high quality and reasonably priced. They actually have a really interesting and impressive business model.
>>15339378
Unless you deal with a smaller butcher shop, every other store has everything brought in from who knows where and when.

Their fucking dried mango is so goddamn good. Their frozen goods are also fantastic.

White milfs and their store brand stuff is usually pretty damn tasty and better than you’d expect for the price.

>>15340313
It’s moderately priced and moderate quality. The selection of snacks and frozen dinners is really good and the selection of meats, cheeses, and produce is slightly above average. They also have a great alcohol selection

>>15340385
You won’t see incels and autists outside period. The big perk is no blaggs

>>15339407
>It is more expensive

extremely wrong

>>15340567
>like ancient grain flour or some unique veggie burgers or specific brands like Valentina hot sauce or specific salsa brands
Holy shit get your T levels checked

>>15348454
>It's a poorly managed corporate grocery store
How do you mean, because every single one I've ever been in has been pretty stellar.

>>15344124
Sugar yogurt is for babies

>>15344808
Not even remotely similar to Whole Foods

>>15345200
Agreed

>>15351625
>eAtIng CeRtAin FoODs iS GeY!
I bet you're overweight, incel.

It's just fucking snack food. Produce and meats are complete trash.

I stick to the olive oil, canned fish, nuts, cheese, they used to have a good yogurt chive dip but discontinued that.

It's basically just whole foods for poor people.

They have some good stuff.

>>15339302
Trader Joe's is Aldi but with better stuff. Trader Joe is owned by Aldi. The shopping experience differs though, Trader Joe's aims to provide a "treasure hunting" experience of finding unique and quirky organic or close to organic products, that's why they have a bunch of relabeled hipster shit

>>15339302
Overrated quite frankly. The frozen food doesn't match the hype and you can't buy all your groceries there. Rarely go there desu

>>15339302

It's in-between Whole Foods and Walmart.
You're too poor for While Foods but feel too good for Walmart.
You enjoy other people seeing you carrying one of their branded paper bags.
He helps you feel smug about your lower-middle-class pretentiousness.
Mostly filled with middle-aged white semi-progressives in khaki shorts, graphic t-shirts and adventuring sandals.

>>15344594
>Sneed

how is traders joe compared to ralphs?

>>15352594
Better

>>15340567
I love the goodies from Whole Foods Marke like ancient grain flour too!

>>15340485
idk why I think milfs are hot af but I do and part of why I enjoy places like Target > Walmart and TJ > Aldi

>>15352722
in what ways? can you elaborate?

tuscano cheese, bambinos frozen pizzas, ridged potato chips, they're junkfood is far more superb than franchise store shit.

>>15345962
>The first thing I thought when I entered the place was "Fucking white people"

They likely had an entirely similar, but not identical, thought.