FYI What are the best buys at Trader Joe's?

[averys_mom_92205]

I'm going to be doing my first shopping trip to Trader Joe's next week. So I'm wondering what products you have found to be a good value for the price? Give me the inside scoop on your favorite finds! TIA!

Mandi

[derketchup]

milk, eggs, lettuce, baby carrots, brie, and wine are about as cheap as I can find them here.

bread is decently priced -- depends how big of a bread snob you are. If your idea of bread is wonderbread, then I don't think it's very competitive. But if you like sour doughs, challas, ciabatta, etc then I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Meat is VERY expensive, but it is a much higher quality. Back when I was a meat-eater I would get a $9 steak once a month from there -- delish!

[jenjacobs]

natural peanut butter and nuts along with what der mentioned. Dh also likes their beer.

[kristen.c]

I'll add extra virgin olive oil, honey, and couscous to the list. Also I personally think they have really good prices on their dried fruit and nuts. The fresh pizza dough for 99 cents. Also smoked salmon and high-end cheeses are good buys there too! Oh and a lot of the produce is priced lower than regular supermarkets too.

[chitownmelli]

I wandered into Trader Joe's once, and I would probably shop there if the prices were right. How do the good prices at Joe's compare with the "other" grocery store? I would love to know, if you remember offhand what the prices on carrots, milk, eggs, and lettuce were :)

[austinmomto2]

I SOOOOOOO want a TJ's! But thanks to Bexx, I got a wonderful chocolate advent calendar....mmmm yummy

[momofmany]

Ah, TJ's, my favorite place to save a buck on organic food! I drive 45 min to get to one, so only go about once a month.

Best price anywhere on organic peanut butter, organic produce (usually, though sometimes a sale at Super Target is better), rice milk, almond milk, organic frozen strawberries, lots of different cheeses, wines. Those are MY staple TJ's products.

[derketchup]

Originally Posted by momofmany

Ah, TJ's, my favorite place to save a buck on organic food! I drive 45 min to get to one, so only go about once a month.

Best price anywhere on organic peanut butter, organic produce (usually, though sometimes a sale at Super Target is better), rice milk, almond milk, organic frozen strawberries, lots of different cheeses, wines. Those are MY staple TJ's products.

Thanks for sharing! I found Frey organic wine at TJ's tonight for $8.99 (and that's with the ridiculous WA state tax on wine). I thought it was a good deal

[jujubee]

Originally Posted by derketchup

Thanks for sharing! I found Frey organic wine at TJ's tonight for $8.99 (and that's with the ridiculous WA state tax on wine). I thought it was a good deal

Did you read my review on the Frey wine? I thought the Natural Red was great. What did you get? (And submit your review in the Frey thread! ;) )

[chitownmelli]

We went today, and some nice prices I noticed were on the Mozzerella log, as I like to call it. Under $4 for a big hunk of mozz, not bad at all! And of coarse the pizza crust. I had a taste for a good home made pizza, and I have to give that crust like 5 thumbs up. I bought the plain white, and rolled it out in wheat flour (it was closest to my hand) and it was just wonderful - and only costing .99 is a bonus. I give full credit for my craving to DerKetchup - I was reading about your pizza yesterday! I got hungry.

[derketchup]

Originally Posted by chitownmelli

We went today, and some nice prices I noticed were on the Mozzerella log, as I like to call it. Under $4 for a big hunk of mozz, not bad at all! And of coarse the pizza crust. I had a taste for a good home made pizza, and I have to give that crust like 5 thumbs up. I bought the plain white, and rolled it out in wheat flour (it was closest to my hand) and it was just wonderful - and only costing .99 is a bonus. I give full credit for my craving to DerKetchup - I was reading about your pizza yesterday! I got hungry.

Yeah itsa good pizza crust