The Official NBA Season Thread: SFA Prevails

[RustyShackleford]

All I know about Trader Joe's is that they have more quickstrike products than Nike

Worse feeling in the world is going to TJ just to find out the discontinued one of your favorites.

When they took away my Belgian Chocolate Pudding, I was in that joint like....

 

[pmatic]

My favorite TJ items:

Frozen pork and ginger soup dumplings
Dried mango slices
Pretty much all their ice cream options
Garlic spread dip

 

[lawdog1]

Worse feeling in the world is going to TJ just to find out the discontinued one of your favorites.

When they took away my Belgian Chocolate Pudding, I was in that joint like....

Sadly, this has happened to me on a number of occasions over the years with different TJ’s products.

 

[pmatic]

 

[frshstunna]

Trader Joes is a less expensive but their hook is that they carry special products you can't anywhere else. Most of the stuff is their own brands. Their stores are much smaller generally.

Where as WF is just a high end supermarket.

While you can, Trader Joes it isn't really a place to do basic weekly grocery shopping. But people that shop there most go and get their favorites, and try out what is new.

No, TJ’s is kind of its own thing. They have some produce, but no meat or seafood counter like a Whole Foods.

And they mostly only sell their own branded stuff. Their products either directly copy or put a TJ’s spin on popular items like snacks, cereals, sauces, etc. They also carry a pretty wide variety of frozen foods, meals, which IMO is a real area of strength for them.

It’s cheaper than Whole Foods too and even than other regular grocery stores for some stuff. That’s a big part of its popularity - the value.

Bet I’ll go check out Traders for some special tastee treats

Guess I’ll keep going to Giant for my budget grocery shopping days or Krogers when I’m on the road … RustyShackleford should be hip with Giant, ima lifer up there

 

[elpablo21]

My favorite TJ items:

Frozen pork and ginger soup dumplings

Only tried a few things when my girl picked them up for me.

Pork Belly and some mini tacos

Will have to find the cheddar and dumplings next

 

[lawdog1]

My favorite TJ items:

Frozen pork and ginger soup dumplings
Dried mango slices
Pretty much all their ice cream options
Garlic spread dip

If I buy these, I have to eat one immediately when I got home from because my wife has been known to go through a whole box herself in a 24-hour period

 

[B Sox]

Costco + TJs gets me pretty much everything I need.

Definitely hard to not want to buy a million different snacks when in TJs tho.

 

[frshstunna]

If I buy these, I have to eat one immediately when I got home from because my wife has been known to go through a whole box herself in a 24-hour period

O yea I gotta try these

 

[lawdog1]

Bet I’ll go check out Traders for some special tastee treats

Guess I’ll keep going to Giant for my budget grocery shopping days or Krogers when I’m on the road … RustyShackleford should be hip with Giant

This could vary by region I suppose, but TJ’s in California has booze. Generally a good wine selection and a limited variety of hard liquor that’s good and well priced. It’s where I usually get the vodka and tequila we keep in the house.

 

[pmatic]

GroceryTalk.

I frequent Costco, Giant, and the local Asian grocery store the most. Sometimes Harris Teeter if they have a good sale. I like Wegman's but they're expensive.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Bet I’ll go check out Traders for some special tastee treats

Guess I’ll keep going to Giant for my budget grocery shopping days or Krogers when I’m on the road … RustyShackleford should be hip with Giant, ima lifer up there

Giant was my spot when I lived in MD.

 

[elpablo21]

I was watching Babish rate frozen pizzas and he had TJ's wood fire frozen pizza on there and rated pretty high compared to the usual stuff you get at your local store.


Of course its nowhere to be found in my state

 

[frshstunna]

This could vary by region I suppose, but TJ’s in California has booze. Generally a good wine selection and a limited variety of hard liquor that’s good and well priced. It’s where I usually get the vodka and tequila we keep in the house.

It’s store brand liquor like Costco? …One of my homies is the cheapest so he good for pulling up with the big bottle of Kirkland vodka or something

 

[frshstunna]

GroceryTalk.

I frequent Costco, Giant, and the local Asian grocery store the most. Sometimes Harris Teeter if they have a good sale. I like Wegman's but they're expensive.

Wegmans hot bar and prepared foods might be the best out right now but they def hit you with the whole food like tax on price tho

They also seem to be in the whitest of white areas, at least on the MD side

 

[RustyShackleford]

Discussions regarding groceries and pron seem to be the only two things that bring peace and unity to this thread

 

[danger style]

Only tried a few things when my girl picked them up for me.

Pork Belly and some mini tacos

Will have to find the cheddar and dumplings next

Speaking of soup dumplings, I been on these ever since they came to costco

$13.99 for about 32 dumplings. I’ve tried a bunch of brands over the years but they my gotos now for the price and quality

 

[adobecs4]

Y'all fancy. I'm an Aldi type of cat

 

[lawdog1]

It’s store brand liquor like Costco? …One of my homies is the cheapest so he good for pulling up with the big bottle of Kirkland vodka or something

Some of its Trader Joe’s branded and some of it isn’t.

 

[tay1]

Y'all fancy. I'm an Aldi type of cat

The quality is hit and miss. At several locations, I've noticed the produce can be downright moldy

 

[rolaholic]

 

[T0INE]

Wolves win one series and Ant is the next MJ. The bar is in hell

Yeah EYE like Ant, but everyone OD'ing with the MJ comparison.

If the Wolves get bounced next round these finna be the same people with the slander ready.

 

[nick.]

Discussions regarding groceries and pron seem to be the only two things that bring peace and unity to this thread

everyone seems to agree on (500) Days of Summer, too

 

[RustyShackleford]

everyone seems to agree on (500) Days of Summer, too

That reminds me, I miss storm2006 mane

 

[picasso swerve]

If I buy these, I have to eat one immediately when I got home from because my wife has been known to go through a whole box herself in a 24-hour period

Ngl I havent been to TJ in years, I might go just for this.