Shit Trader Joe's makes (when it's open)

[bernorange 8362]

This isn't hard to make at home from scratch, but when you are feeling lazy or want something already made, it's really quite good:

It's really thick - almost like a condensed soup.  We usually add some chicken stock or water to thin it out a little.  It pairs great with:

[The Ace of Aces 5192]

6 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

This goes moderately hard as a dip. Some kick to it.

 

Bought this tonight along with that new pasta that was next to it on the end cap.

[MirrOlure 14790]

So many of their dips are so good...one or all of these is always in our fridge:

 

 

 

Edited February 8, 2023 by MirrOlure

[Chopper 17236]

New product - Pitted and Grilled Chalkidiki Olives. On the shelves (not refrigerated). Fantastic. Wood grilled flavor, firm and fleshy greek olive.

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

TJ Award Winners

Apparently, I don't have the same taste as other people.

Looking forward to the gelapenno/cream cheese wontons.

[HenryJames 66082]

18 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

Apparently, I don't have the same taste as other people.

[billfromlaketravis 11512]

Alright fellas. I bought nearly every item in the last 2 pages. They were out of stock on the rosemary nuts. 

[Mittens 8285]

On 1/23/2024 at 2:22 PM, TheStoicPaisano said:

Apparently, I don't have the same taste as other people.

Those knockoff Takis are fucking awesome.

My favorite TJ items:

[texasdago 7575]

These are pretty darn good as little snack bites...

[Zepol87 9188]

That brown sugar oat milk creamer is the tits we stock up on that shit

[Tylerocks 2553]

These are growing on me.

The texture/crunch was off at first, but I'm digging them.

Basically a ranch-ish flavored Frito.

 

[Tylerocks 2553]

These are bomb.com

[Underdog 28709]

Tried their bbq chicken pizza, would buy again. 

Edited February 22 by Underdog

[The Ace of Aces 5192]

Those cinnamon bun sandwich cream cookie things - holy god 

[nolongerU2horn 767]

This is about the best store-bought sauce/dressing I've ever had

 

[Underdog 28709]

Tried their chocolate croissant this morning and was impressed. 

[Chopper 17236]

On 1/30/2024 at 3:53 PM, Tylerocks said:

These are growing on me.

The texture/crunch was off at first, but I'm digging them.

Basically a ranch-ish flavored Frito.

 

Have you tried these from Sprouts? Perfect for frito pie among other delicacies.

 

[Dutch 4474]

These make a damn good fish sammich. Toasted brioche, melt some chee, maybe some pickles… good eats. 

[Superhero 8830]

Adding this into my TJ frozen Indian food rotation. So so good.

[Brisketexan 105154]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

Adding this into my TJ frozen Indian food rotation. So so good.

I haven't had one of their frozen indian meals that wasn't really, really good.

[billfromlaketravis 11512]

The frozen garlic naan is quite good. Probably blasphemous, but I like to deep it in olive oil with a little Greek dressing salt, pepper, rosemary, and red pepper. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16002]

On 2/7/2023 at 1:45 PM, TheStoicPaisano said:

This goes moderately hard as a dip. Some kick to it. 

On 2/7/2023 at 2:05 PM, bernorange said:

On 2/8/2023 at 3:05 PM, MirrOlure said:

So many of their dips are so good...one or all of these is always in our fridge:

Grabbed these three today thanks to this thread.

Employee said fried olives are seasonal, won't be back until November. 

Linguine w/clams appears to have been discontinued, not happy about that one. 

[DoobieWah 1446]

I put this shit on everything.

 

Photo from Walmart.com (!); I buy one at the time. 

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20402]

SIAP. I heard a podcast about this the other day. It's pretty well documented, in my opinion, that Trader Joes is ripping off smalltime food creators who come to them with insanely good ideas. That's really fucking shitty ---- and there's nothing they can do about it, legally.

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/gaza-tj-labor-hbo-nba/trader-joes

It’s one thing to buy samples of a product you want to knock off and do the work to create a version of it. It’s quite another, if the article is accurate, to feign interest in a product to get access to ideas and trade secrets and then bring your own version of product to market, knowing the inventor probably doesn’t have the resources to bring legal action.



 

Edited June 21 by Horn Under a Bad Sign

[Brisketexan 105154]

SIAP. I heard a podcast about this the other day. It's pretty well documented, in my opinion, that Trader Joes is ripping off smalltime food creators who come to them with insanely good ideas. That's really fucking shitty ---- and there's nothing they can do about it, legally.

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/gaza-tj-labor-hbo-nba/trader-joes


It’s one thing to buy samples of a product you want to knock off and do the work to create a version of it. It’s quite another, if the article is accurate, to feign interest in a product to get access to ideas and trade secrets and then bring your own version of product to market, knowing the inventor probably doesn’t have the resources to bring legal action.



 

1) Well, that’s shitty.

2) Is there literally no business these days that doesn’t choose “be evil?” For fuck’s sake. Just don’t be fucking asshole dickheads. Which is apparently too much to ask.

[Chopper 17236]

20 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

SIAP. I heard a podcast about this the other day. It's pretty well documented, in my opinion, that Trader Joes is ripping off smalltime food creators who come to them with insanely good ideas. That's really fucking shitty ---- and there's nothing they can do about it, legally.

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/gaza-tj-labor-hbo-nba/trader-joes

It’s one thing to buy samples of a product you want to knock off and do the work to create a version of it. It’s quite another, if the article is accurate, to feign interest in a product to get access to ideas and trade secrets and then bring your own version of product to market, knowing the inventor probably doesn’t have the resources to bring legal action.



 

That does hugely suck. My eyes popped when I saw Chitra Agrawal's name mentioned. Super nice woman with whom I corresponded in the past. We've been customers of Brooklyn Delhi for a couple years now and I highly recommend their sauces and achaars. And the spicy chutney. I found Brooklyn Delhi through another small Indian food company, Diaspora Co., which sells the best spices you'll likely ever come across.

Just mentioning because Diaspora makes great gifts for any person who loves to cook. Brooklyn Delhi sells great sauces (coconut curry, korma, masala) when you want to give the cook in the family a night off but don't want to go out/order delivery.

[TwiceHorn 31495]

They need to get confidentiality agreements before entering discussions.  TJ probably won't sign them, but they won't get any good recipes, either.

[shadow_operative2.0 16002]

That Calabrian Chili pasta sauce is pretty damn good. 

[Superhero 8830]

I had their hatch chili and cheese tamale for lunch and it was delicious. 

[Chopper 17236]

Amazon hired an exec. from TJ's a few years ago. Didn't tell her exactly why she was hired but when she began the job, it was made clear: they expected her to help them create an Amazon private label similar to TJs by replicating the top 200 products TJ's sold, and demanded that she provide them with all documentation about TJs sales and products she could get her hands on, etc. Things didn't go well. WSJ article free through msn.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/inside-amazon-s-push-to-crack-trader-joe-s-and-dominate-everything/ar-BB1lxLz7