No, it's not just in CA, the produce at the TJs 3.5 miles from my house, in Acton, is horrible. With a plethora of family farms, bakeries, and 2 outstanding gourmet farm markets that sell everything imaginable within 10 miles, I only go there for a few products I can't find elsewhere and a few occasional impulse buys/convenience foods.

Large dark chocolate bars that you can break into squares. We buy 5 at a time and eat 1-2 almost every night for dessert.
Machengo and Iberico cheese; it's the cheapest of any of the other local stores
Low fat provolone slices
lox
boxed soups: they have more flavors in low sodium than my local grocery store

Grocery stores in MA generally are not allowed to sell booze, although a few are grandfathered in to do so. The one I shop at is about a mile down the road from TJs and they sell beer and wine, although I buy my wine at a liquor store about half a mile from TJs.
The prices at TJs are definitely cheaper than other places; my son and his wife buy a lot of their food there.