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I'll be heading to Trader Joe in a few hours and I've never been to one.
anything I should pick up or is everything too expensive?

>> No.6448990
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grab one of these. holy fuck they're savory and good

>> No.6448991

Their chicken sausage is really good. Most stuff is pretty expensive, I wouldn't buy ingredients there, just premade stuff. The caramel iced onion dip is also fantastic.

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The prices are actually really good there. It's just that everything is shitty individually wrapped meme food.

But then there's cookie butter....

>> No.6448994

Caramel iced? Caramelized. Fucking autocorrect.

>> No.6449163

Get some mochi OP

>> No.6449171

Those dark chocolate cookie butter cups, or however they're called. They're quite nice. And sparkling lemonade.

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>>6448991
>caramel iced
0/10

>> No.6449283

very hit or miss
great nuts
good fruit and veg
good cheese
TERRIBLE soups
OVERPRICED MEATSIES
BAD coffee
amazing cookies
cheap booze
pork goza is really nice
once had cheap fish long ago
olive oil and maple syrup are bretty good
good chip

>> No.6449597

>>6448983
Their frozen meals are great.

Get a Trader Ming's Beef and Broccoli.

>> No.6449612

>>6449283
>good cheese
traders joe brand cheese is made by prison inmates paid in pennies per hour, not dollars

>> No.6449629

>>6449612
sauce?

>> No.6449649

>>6449612
I heard they were paid penis per hour...

>> No.6449721

I bristle every time I walk into a Trader Joe's because of (1) the constant in-aisle re-stocking by the irritatingly chirpy staff who smile at you as you navigate your way past them seemingly oblivious to the fact that they are in the way (2) the fact that they sell the same store-brand crap that ConAgra produces for other stores, but somehow manage to pull it off with their fake easy-tiki style (3) It's a privately held foreign company owned by the same secretive german siblings who own Aldi (if that matters to you).

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>> No.6450166

>>6448983
nuts and cookie butter

>> No.6450172

>>6448983
Their goat cheeses with berries and shit are good. The pre-made meals are often pretty delicious and savory, if you're into that sort of thing. Their macarons are generally great, the pumpkin ones they have in the fall are especially good if you plan on visiting in the future.

I never thought it was terribly expensive, though I wouldn't go there for regular grocery shopping, I only go there when I want specialty snacks.

>> No.6450174
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Buy the pizza dough and make a ton of pizzas

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>> No.6450301
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They sell memes.

>> No.6450310
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fuck cookie butter

>> No.6450317

pork gyoza surprisingly good. taste like the ones from asian markets.

>> No.6450330

I do literally all my grocery shopping there. But I'm a pretty sad, lonely person.

Their burritos are pretty good, pretty much anything in the frozen aisle is gonna be tasty, those french tarts or whatever are divine. I try to get a new frozen item every week to try it out. Some things are hit and miss to be fair. Great selection of nuts.

Oh yeah, definitely get the chili lime cashews. Literally the best item TJs has.

>> No.6450346

Those motherfucking penus butter filled pretzel bite things - hnnnngg

>> No.6450372

I get:

seaweed snacks
frozen tamales
apple cider

every single time I go. Sometimes that's all I get.

>> No.6450475

TJ's is great for frozen stuff and snacks. They have a decent poutine for $2 and stuff like orange chicken, bao, sweet potato chips, chocolate covered peanut-butter pretzels... mmm

>> No.6450482

The one near me is pretty close to a lot of grocery stores, so it might just be because of that, however they have great prices for produce there.

>> No.6450495

Trader Joes is the ultimate place for people who cant cook since it has a variety of frozen meals that don't have the generic/cheap/unhealthy look of grocery store frozen food. For those who can cook, it is the ultimate snack store. I just bought the dark chocolate peanut butter cups, tub of mini choc chip cookies, and meringues. god i hate that place.

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get the pork buns. steam them and they're so fucking godly. makes me drool thinking about them.

>> No.6450865

Trader joes is actually really good for a lot of "ethnic" ingredients. They have great kefir and Iranian style yogurt. Its great for living in an area without any other source for the stuff. Good greens too, always changing with whats in season. I got a really good consistent price on dandelion greens a few months ago. Stew for days nigga.

>> No.6452496

I get the frozen orange chicken and vegetable fried rice, makes enough food for about 3-4 meals for me.

>> No.6452498

>>6450346
>penus butter
yuck.

>> No.6452502

>>6450857
Jesus, I mean I know this is a Trader Joe's thread, but why not just go get them made fresh at a local asian market?

>> No.6452535

how much is 2 buck chuck now?

>> No.6452538

>>6452502
because this is a trader joe's thread and not everyone has an asian market nearby you fucking cuck

>> No.6452771

>>6452535
Two fiddy.

>> No.6454899

strawberry yogurt o's 4 life

>> No.6454906

If you can find the cat cookies those are good.

I dont know if they still carry it but the thai tuna curry is good. It comes in vacuum sealed pouches and even though it stinks its an amazing lunch if you serve it over ramen.

User protip: the red is better than the green one

>> No.6456074 [DELETED] 

>>6450166

jesus fucking christ for all that is holy get cookie butter, OP.

>> No.6456089

>>6448983
They've got a nice enough selection of cheeses there. Not like going to a high-priced specialty store, but there's a lot to choose from instead of a rack dedicated to 30 different brands of medium sharp cheddar. Decent sausages too. If the one you're on your way to stocks liqour, they won't have an overwhelmingly large selection, but the prices on what they do carry will be damn near unbeatable.

>> No.6456262

they have decent indian frozen lunches

>> No.6456327

Only place around where I can get decent feta. Sheep milk and in brine. The real deal.

Cow feta isn't real feta, and if you get cow feta AND its "crumbled" and/or not in brine, then fuck you.

>> No.6456328

I tried to get a second job there and didn't because the manager said I was too negative. Fuck them.

>> No.6456343
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surprised no one has mentioned these boys
the lager is $4.09 a 6 pack, and they're 6.2%abv.
not even half bad
yeah they're not /ck/ quality beer but for the price and bang it can't be beat

>> No.6456391

Literally the only thing I get there is the canned re-fried black beans with jalapenos. But they're good.

>> No.6456395

>>6456391
Try their chicken breakfast sausage, bruh.

>> No.6456402

>>6456395
damn what a hip delivery.

>> No.6456404

>>6456402
You know it, fam.

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TFW no trader joes only very basic grocers.

Hippest one is krogers

>> No.6456468

Our town kept asking for a trader joes but instead got some independent grocer to turn an old office depot into a something like trader joes.

I've never been to another whole foods/TJs style grocer... but the pricing at this place is fucking wacko. Some things are a lot cheaper than what you can get them for at regular grocers (fresh chicken, for some reasons), and others ask for batshit insanely high prices (a jar of regular-ass pickles that costs $9 fucking dollars). Then there's this wacko health section that sells BS natural remedies and beard cremes.

I still go there often because they sell shit I love that I can't find anywhere else.... like certain cheeses, beers, cheap produce, and gummy sharks.

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I don't like a lot of sweets but I love these cookies, they're thin and crispy but buttery and melt in your mouth whoooo boy they're just perfect

>> No.6456477

>>6456468
Sounds like Sprouts.