I love Trader Joe’s! Keep in mind though that they discontinue things on a regular basis. I have fallen in love and been jilted many times there.
Their cheese selection is very good and the prices are very reasonable. I always pick up some type of chevre, the cranberry goat cheese log is heaven! Prosciutto is a lot cheaper than regular grocery stores and fresh mozzarella balls. Love the prosciutto and mozz balls with some fresh basil on toasted baguette. Also in that area of the store are Pub Cheese spread, particularly the horseradish one and spicy Pico de Gallo.
The snack selection is incredible. Fig and Olive crackers or Raisin and Rosemary crackers are among my favorites. Also organic blue tortilla chips with any of their jarred salsas. Love the Hatch green chile.
In the frozen food aisle, the Tarte D’Alsace is an addiction of mine and cheese enchiladas. I could go on but I don’t want to bore anyone.
Oh yeah. Cheap prices on spices and jarred sauces from Marsala sauce to Soy Vey. Love me some TJ’s!
I think Aldi is sort of a ‘cousin’ to TJ’s, and they also don’t have some things consistently. But they have some very unusual items - and some things we can’t find anywhere else in our area.
I had to look up Tarte D’Alsace, and found this site about TJ’s:
https://www.clubtraderjoes.com/2013/04/trader-joes-maitre-pierre-tarte-dalace.html