Depends on whether you're flying or driving. How much room do you have? My in-laws never leave my house without a case or two of Two Buck Chuck, or maybe it's Three Buck Chuck now, with inflation... Charles Shaw Wine is their house brand and it's a pretty decent blend for a cheap price.

Susan

Susan, here in Michigan it's 3 bucks....

I just went there Sunday, bought a chunk of Dubliner cheese, their cheese is cheaper than anyone else's. San's beloved Mimolette is about $5 a pound there, $20 a pound across the street at Whole Foods.

I usually buy Pound Plus Chocolate, and I like their flax seed chips in place of corn tortilla chips. Their triple ginger gingersnaps are nicely spicy, love 'em. I got the orange muscat vinegar again and when I'm out of the local stuff I get their Grade B maple syrup.

Oh, and for immediate consumption, they have pretty good bread.

Annie

I don't get to TJs nearly as often as I would like because their store is in a HORRIFIC location with a HORRIFIC parking lot.

Their cheese prices are incredible, and the variety is stunning.

Some of their frozen foods are quite good.

I really like their sauces, as well.

I love their pretzel bread if you can find it. The last time I could only find Pretzel rolls which was fine by me!

Their 50 percent Less Salted, Roasted & Salted Whole Cashews are wonderful.

The last time I was there I bought white balsamic vinegar, and of course maple syrup! My sister likes to buy capers, and their lemon curd (if you don't make your own).

Nuts--they have the best prices on nuts. Also if you cook with saffron, check out the price.

Definitely nuts!! Pound Plus Bars as well.

I agree cheeses...make sure you check out the condiments aisle too.

I always buy the Almond Meal/Flour. Love to toss just 1/3 c into cookie batter to "meat" it up some. And is great as a breading on chicken or pork pounded thin!

My kids LOVE Joe Joe's...

1000 layer crackers. You have to try these!

We're driving. Actually, it is a little over an hour's drive away, I had no idea there was one so close. I've been wanting to try the Two Buck Chuck, I can see I'll be picking up some cheese, ummmm-chocolate. I'm making a list so keep'em coming! If it is everything I hear, I'll be making the trip fairly often. My son moved to Nashville, I think it is only a few minutes away from him.

Trader Joe's grated parmesan is good and less expensive than in a supermarket. I like its jams and jellies, and always keeps slivered or sliced roasted almonds on hand for salads and desserts. Bagged lettuce is good. My husband loves apple strudel and apple blossoms and keeps them in the freezer. He also likes a frozen bay scallop and pea dish in a white sauce that is good with plain white rice. I'm always happy when he wants that for dinner because he cooks it and I don't have to do anything but make rice. Trader Joe's bagged lettuce is also good.

I've had some foods like dips and sauces that have been really awful.

Trader Joe's has a very good selection of organic foods.

dcarch

We really like TJ's cornbread mix. It's on the sweet side, has corn kernels in it, and is never dry. Yummy. ... I'll second what the others said about TJ's selection and prices of cheeses!

Pine nuts, boxed broths (if you don't make your own), peanut butter with flax seeds, whole wheat english muffins, face Greek yoghurt, morello cherries in syrup and dried montmorency cherries (for those of us not in Michigan and craving cherry everything), cashew butter, Italian blood orange sparkling juice, basalmic vinegar (really good every day use version).

Only TJ's ini my area is not on "the way" of most of my shopping trips or errands. It's kinda small, but I always find something different to buy. One time they had solid tuna in olive oil in a JAR!?! Had seen it on some cooking show but never in the supermarket. First thought was BIG price, but probably size of 2 cans of the good imported tuna. I splurged and was ini HEAVEN over the stuff.

Prices on good sized bags of shelled walnuts always good. Their extra virgin olive oil is nice and reasonably priced. Bought a box of quinoa one time, just cuz I had not idea what it was.

Klseiverd,
They only carried that tuna for a short time. I keep asking. It was great tuna!

If you do a lot of Christmas-type baking, the dried fruits and nuts are a great bargain with excellent quality. I make Alton Brown's Free Range Fruitcake (the only kind I like at all) and I get all the dried fruits there. Can't even find most of them easily or they are at a horrid price elsewhere.

I buy their colossal frozen shrimp, great price!!

Definitely cheeses - mobier is my favorite. Frozen shrimp, scallops, artichokes. I also like the almond meal but all their nuts are great. LOVE their pita crackers - I think their called pita bits - little round crackers that are delicious, great with cheese or dips and not as fattening as other crackers.

I love their coarse grey sea salt -- I think it's around $4.50 for a good-sized bottle. They have the lowest price on Kerrygold butter. Their private label 'swiss' chocolate is excellent and inexpensive - rumors abound that it's actually Callebaut. I think one of my favorite products are their teeny tiny peanut butter cups. I mix them into homemade ice cream -- hello, Moose Tracks!

Oh yeah forgot about the Mini PB cups....I wish the package was DOUBLE the size!!

My kids will have one eaten before I can "add" them to anything..

Oh yeah and their Modena Balsamic...really good stuff...gets better with storage and is quite flavorful for the price!

Oh MY! I'm gonna have to check the limit on my credit card, my mouth is watering for things I hadn't even though about in a long time.

We,(including DH, who is very picky about coffee beans)love their Bay Area coffee. It comes in a big royal blue canister, like the Quaker Oats original oatmeal package.

My latest find (and current addiction..) is their Dried Baby Sweet Pineapple which comes in a 6 oz. foil package. Bought it for my little step-grand who loves pineapple, but keep eating it myself.

DH & I both keep a bag of the 50% Less Salt/Dry Roasted & Salted Mixed Nuts in our cars. It's a delicious mix of cashews, almonds, macadamias & pistachios. Having just one handful of them when I'm coming home from a long day has often kept me from unhealthy drive-thru & empty calorie foods.

We love their Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil (bottle has a tree on the label w. / robin's egg blue leaves). As the label says, it has a Fruity Flavor. Hints of Almond. Slightly Bitter, Sweet & Spicy. I never buy bottled salad dressing and like using this as a base for my homemade ones, as well as in cooking.

I confess, I'm a snob when it comes to store-bought cookies. But, based on recommendations found here, I bought a container of their chocolate covered "Oreo-type" cookies (I think they're called Jo-Jo's..) OMG! They are so good. The cookies themselves are chocolatey and flavorful, the creme tastes like real vanilla and isn't like the dry white paste in the "O" cookies, and the dark chocolate that they're covered with is sooo good. I have actually served them to company after a nice meal.

Those are a few of our favorites - most discovered here on CF. And don't forget the 1000 Layer Crackers!

Their frozen shrimp is good & an excellent price as Gemini mentioned. The frozen boned, skinned chicken breasts are great - I always have a package in the freezer. And if they have the ham steak in the fresh meat section- it is VERY good.