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Trader Joe's Master Thread
« on: October 24, 2019, 07:58:08 PM »
Went to the new store in brick today. Very pleasant shopping experience. Prices reasonable. Plenty of kosher certified options (many of them dairy though). If anyone could post reviews on kosher products they have found, that  would be a help to all.

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2019, 08:00:01 PM »
They are famous for having the best Pareve Ice cream.

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2019, 08:03:38 PM »
Bought the classic hummus. it was ok. Tasted like sonny & joes.
Bought the cherry choc chip ice cream. Delicious
The vanilla is decent

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2019, 08:11:04 PM »
The pas yisroel sour dough bread is reletively cheap and is a good sour dough bread.

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2019, 08:32:47 PM »
Bought the classic hummus. it was ok. Tasted like sonny & joes.
Bought the cherry choc chip ice cream. Delicious
The vanilla is decent
When did you go? I went before shabbos and they didn't have ice cream in stock

Oh never mind, I just reread your first post
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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2019, 08:36:20 PM »
I generally get the following items from Trader Joe's:
Soy Creamy (both flavors)
Mango Sorbet (it has an australian hechsher that the star-k said is good)
honey roasted peanuts
white whole wheat flour (100% whole wheat- different strain of wheat which isn't as basebally) (much cheaper than King Arthur)
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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2019, 08:40:51 PM »
Also you can always find PY; babka, black and white cookies, soft peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, and specific bagels in most locations.
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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2019, 09:41:26 PM »
When did you go? I went before shabbos and they didn't have ice cream in stock

Oh never mind, I just reread your first post
After having taken mine I did see a woman taking the approximately ten remaining cherry choc chip. We will have to institute the sterns bread after pesach rule :P

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2019, 11:23:30 PM »
the trader joes in hewlett is ridiculously small. I went on sunday (to buy pareve ice cream of course..) and the whole store was just lines of people waiting to pay! it was crazy.
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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2019, 11:44:59 PM »
Noodles
Marinara Sauce
Everything but the Bagel Spice
Wine
Latkes
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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2019, 12:13:18 AM »
The chocolate chip babka is parve and really good.

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2019, 08:57:53 AM »
After having taken mine I did see a woman taking the approximately ten remaining cherry choc chip. We will have to institute the sterns bread after pesach rule :P
it was oos for a while and they just brought it back to stores...

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2019, 08:58:26 AM »
Also you can always find PY; babka, black and white cookies, soft peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, and specific bagels in most locations.
now they are orange and black during this season >:(

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2019, 10:04:06 AM »
Cinnamon Rugelach from the freezer section (bake at home) :)

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2019, 10:07:32 AM »
Cinnamon Rugelach from the freezer section (bake at home) :)
Is that new? I've never seen that before
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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2019, 10:09:43 AM »

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2019, 10:38:57 AM »
Generally in my area (Westchester. NY / Southern CT) they tend to have the best prices on eggs and sometimes on milk.

Things I buy a lot of:
Butter
Joe-Joes cookies - the basic vanilla/chocolate are pareve, but please check - some of the seasonal flavors are Dairy
Anything but the Bagel/Chili Lime spices
English Muffins - a lot cheaper than Thomas'
Square Pizza Crusts - these are great, i use them for both Dairy and Meat pizzas
Their Pizza Dough is very good too - stopeed using it b/c DW/Kids prefer the square crusts
Chocolate Babka
All kinds of Breads and Wraps (My kids like the Habanero Lime wraps)
Pastrami Style Lox
Fruits and Veggies there are usually good, but prices are a mixed bag - some better than the local stores, others worse.
Kefir yogurt (not CY)

For the kosher consumers - please realize that while they have a lot of products that have commonly known hashgachas - OU, OK, Star-K, Chof-K, etc. There are plenty of products with funky hashgachot, that you will probably need to check out.

There was a point that they also carried 'Pastures of Eden' kosher feta from Israel - I believe that this is Cholov Yisroel and has a Chug Chasam Sofer stamp on it. It was the target of BDS, but they kept carrying it until around pesach time - I asked and they said they'd be replacing it with a TJ branded version from Israel - they told me it would be in stores in Novemeber - I am looking forward to reporting on it.

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2019, 10:42:13 AM »
I've also seen this lately, but haven't tried it, because I can't imagine it's any good: https://www.traderjoes.com/recipes/breakfast/shakshuka

I was appalled last night, when I met a sefardic friend on line and she had this in her cart. I looked at her and said "Seriously?" - she told me that a lot of people in shul had been raving about it, and she wanted to give it a shot.

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2019, 11:01:18 AM »
Cinnamon Rugelach from the freezer section (bake at home) :)
Just tried one fresh out the oven. Pretty good

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Re: Trader Joe's Master Thread
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2019, 11:06:56 AM »
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There are plenty of products with funky hashgachot, that you will probably need to check out.
 
Care to explain what would make a hashgocha funky? ;)