Trader Joes

[Owlie]

I get some of their boxed Indian food. It's not bad for the price. They used to have amazing frozen naan. I also like the huge bags of nuts and things. Oh, and the junk food--the chocolate-covered espresso beans, the toffee, and some of the cookies. I haven't been to one in ages, though. Neither the one here nor the one in Cincinnati are in terribly convenient locations for me. (And the one in Cincy is nearly impossible to get out of.)

[carlotta]

In addition to the occasional junk food, I buy this stuff fairly often:

Olive oil (the Spanish extra virgin is good/cheap).
The generic balsamic is good enough for daily use.
Almond/flax seed butter.
Almond meal, great addition to breads/muffins.
Greek yogurt, the plain 16oz 2% variety is a good deal.
Nuts, although our local co-op has expanded their bulk section recently and I need to re-price per lb.
Either the dark chocolate lovers' bars (72%?) or the little three-pack of dark chocolate bars live in my desk at work for the occasional chocolate fix.
Lara bars and Kind bars (work snacks/emergency lunch) are cheaper there than elsewhere. I sometimes buy the trail mixes for airplane or other travel food too.
The smoked trout/sardines make good salad additions and are cheaper than grocery canned fish.
The veggie potstickers (Gyoza? clear bag with blue/black label) are fairly healthy and fill my 'I need dumplings' fix occasionally.
They have a chicken chili that's pretty tasty and good for occasional 'I don't feel like cooking' dinners.

And you can get a pretty bouquet for $4

I REALLY miss the reasonable/cheap wine and am tempted to make a drive to the NJ store that has wine one of these days....2 buck chuck isn't great, but there is a ton of decent ~$5-6 wine that is way better than what the state wine stores in PA sell for similar prices.