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Organic lemonade
Trail mix
All the crackers and cheeses
All the nuts
Small packages of fresh herbs
Fresh flowers
Organic maple syrup
Vanilla extract
Chicken jerky for the dogs
Hand lotion
The only thing that I purchased that was just plain awful was their California roll (sushi). Even the local grocery store makes better sushi than they do.
Thai curry chicken
pumpkin cheesecake
mac and cheese
Of course you can get these anywhere, but these three items are absolutely outstanding and have easy preparation. We try to compare these three items to the same everywhere, and these continue to be restaurant quality.
So many of the favorites at TJ's are just as processed as what we can buy elsewhere. I generally just go to get a few things. The cubes of frozen basil are $1.00 less than at our local grocery. They sell Charley Bear dog treats for $1.00 less than at PetSmart right next door. Their flowers are a deal for sure, and the cheeses are usually less than what I would pay elsewhere. I haven't found much, if anything, that is better than what I can make at home. I used to go for nuts, but Costco beats their prices.
I've never found anything at TJ's that I couldn't get at a local store and I prefer to shop local.
TJs is as "local" as anything else. My "local" grocery stores are under the Safeway/Kroger/Albertson's umbrellas, selling the same things as any other store in the country. It's all shipped in from somewhere else, other than bread products. I noticed TJs uses local bread, moreso than the big name grocery stores.
I'm all for shopping local if possible, but the only time I can buy "local" is in the summer when our local Kroger chain (King Soopers) will sell Colorado Grown produce. Nothing grows in Colorado in winter.
And I find plenty of things at TJs that the other stores don't sell. Or TJs has a cheaper and tastier version of what the big name stores sell.
17 posts deep, and no one has mentioned Cookie Butter?!?!
Sadly, I've had to give up a lot of my favorites (gluten), but I LOVE the Tarte d'Alsace, the frozen croissants (the exact same ones they sell through Williams Sonoma, but much cheaper), the asparagus risotto, and I love their cheese selection (and prices).
I like a lot of their frozen meals for weekdays when nobody feels like cooking for an hour. Like the orange chicken, kung pow chicken, teriaki barbeque chicken, and then all the frozen varieties of vegetables.
They have decent prices on organic chicken, love their greek yogurt (only 99 cents), deserts, juices, nuts, all the different bagged snacks, condiments, olive oil, flowers, great prices on all wine, etc.
17 posts deep, and no one has mentioned Cookie Butter?!?!
Sadly, I've had to give up a lot of my favorites (gluten), but I LOVE the Tarte d'Alsace, the frozen croissants (the exact same ones they sell through Williams Sonoma, but much cheaper), the asparagus risotto, and I love their cheese selection (and prices).
OK, tell me what to do with the cookie butter. I bought some last week and while it's sweet, I can't figure out what to do with it. My kids like it on crackers for an occassional snack/treat.
OK, tell me what to do with the cookie butter. I bought some last week and while it's sweet, I can't figure out what to do with it. My kids like it on crackers for an occassional snack/treat.
You can use it pretty much any way you would use peanut butter or nutella. I like it on english muffins or toast, or on apple slices. I've also read that you can warm it up and drizzle it on ice cream.
But it's also perfectly yummy on nothing but a spoon. ;-)
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