Triple Ginger Snaps are the truth.

As is the frozen Mac & Cheese.

Also on board with the turkey meatballs & pulled pork recommendations.

I like their lemonade and limeade a lot, but I like both of those in general, so I'm probably heavily biased. Probably my second favorite lemonade after Newman's Own.

The turkey stuffed peppers are one of their best sellers, and they are tasty, but I don't get the hype over them.

Was not impressed with the Chicken Asada, very little flavor to it.

Have tried a few of their salads (cobb, southwest, moz & tom) but not impressed. They are OK, not really good or bad. Same with their fresh baked breads (have had country white, caibbata, and baguettes), just OK.

Have yet to try any of the cookie butter products that everyone raves about. May give the cookie butter ice cream a go on the next visit.

The frozen lamb vindaloo meal is solid, actually has a bit of a kick to it.

The cookie butter is truly elite. The speculoose cookie butter is great, but WAY too rich. Can't get down with it at all. Would be great mixed with something to tone it down a bit, but I don't know what.

Jar of cookie butter and a bag of pretzels = a sick combo. The reviews for the ice cream have been pretty crappy.

Has anyone seen the sweet baby pineapple in their stores? They haven't had it at my TJ for a couple months now.

Get these weekly and they always deliver. $3.29 for ~22.





I make a sauce with 1 part rice vinegar/3 part soy/squirt of sriracha too.

Also been trying to open up my TJ app game with the air fryer. Chicken spring rolls and samosas are decent. Hash browns solid too.

I worked at TJs for a couple years back in the day. One of the best jobs I ever had. It was a ton of fun and any time a customer asked what something tasted like, we would just bust out the box cutter and rip open whatever it was for them to try before they buy.

Whenever new products were coming in, we’d have a table in the back for all the staff to come eat it. They figured the staff needs to know so they can recommend it or not to the customers. We had a caviar tasting one time with 6-7 different caviars. That was the day I really noticed how you really get what you pay for when it comes to that stuff.

They had a lot of work parties, bumped the music in the morning and closing shifts when customers weren’t around, and were generally just very laid back and fun. Great place to work when you’re young.

I will say everyone seems to be sincerely enjoying themselves. I've thought that several times while shopping.

Also been turned on to a couple cheeses with the freebie stations that I still buy regularly: Carmelized onion cheddar, and Unexpected cheese, which is like a white cheese that is a cheddar/parmesan hybrid. Hard to describe, but worth a try.

We had customers tell us that all the time! They couldn’t figure out why everyone always seemed to be having fun. Obviously they were piping in subtle marijuana smoke to get the customers hungry and keep the staff happy but even without that, it really was a fun place to be.

I've been digging their chicken shawarma lately. I add a sprinkle of cumin & cayenne to mine, but you might prefer it milder than I do. Grill it up and toast pitas while the chicken rests. I make a simple sauce with yogurt, lemon juice, tahini, garlic powder and whatever herbs I have around and eat it like a starving wolf with tomato & cucumber. The frozen macaroons are pretty righteous too.

Impulse-bought this last visit and grabbed another this time too. Very light and airy, great with tortilla chips.

wowowowow!

Yeah that looks awesome

THESE ARE FIRE.

Wow those look AMAZING!

Yah those look solid.

Got these today as a result of this thread. They're great, but tiny, more like ice cream sliders

Bump for a good Twitter thread on why we love Trader Joe's and why they are successful:

Whenever I'm around my local Trader Joe's there's always a long line to get into it.

Mikey,

You are spot on, they are very good, albeit small. Would definitely enjoy a couple of them right now.
Tuffbeat

Anyone ever have their Cookie butter? Mmmm.

The green salsa is

Well this is never happened to me except for one time during beginning of Covid. Also I find the checkout lines are far faster than other grocery stores

Just got the "inside out carrot cake cookies"

Absolutely delicious. Only complaint: serving size is 1/2 cookie. Makes even less sense once you figure out you can't even cut the cookie without losing half the cream filling.

Some items I enjoy
- European sipping chocolate: makes really good chocolate milk. I even used oat milk and it was delicious (pro tip, boil milk in a pan and add chocolate, like how you make Indian tea)
- TJ brand instant coffee: better than nescafe etc imo
- Frozen Kunafa: Middle eastern dessert mmm
- Palak Paneer: for some reason my kid loves the "green paneer" and it's actually pretty good, although they don't given enough cheese pieces.
- Just the clusters ceral (maple pecan): must have been mentioned since this is a classic
- green salsa verde: peppery and flavorful and great for store salsa

Had these many times. I prefer the almond to the chocolate one. They are a little oily, and almond filling comes out sometimes. But they are still better than buying grocery store croissants