OMG!!! Trader Joe's

Is awesome!   Scott and I wnet on a field trip this afternoon, and had a blast!  The store is mindboggeling!   The amount of meat, cheeses, fish varieties just blows the mind.  And the cost was very comparable to Kroger.  Now this may be because it was the opening day, but I will definetly go back if the prices stay where they are now.  We picked up some Salmon patties; chicken burgers; s/f chocolate covered almonds (OMG!!);  bagels; pumpkin butter (R.J. asked for this) and a butternut squash, $0.79/lb!  Kroger is $0.99/lb.  The staff are so friendly, it was wonderful.  I will definetly go back.  We met Melinda there, but left her there as we had to pick R.J. up from school.  Sooooo Melinda,   did you find anything good?   Scott said you had found some protein shake stuff.   Can't wait to here what you thought about it, 


Beth

OH MY GOD! I SPENT $126.21.  I took 4 bags home.  I bought all sorts of frozen foods such as eggplant parmesan, chicken skewers, crab cakes (teeny tiny ones, better for my portion control)... oh the list goes on and on.  I could not find the french onion soup in the freezer section, asked a guy.  He could not find it either. So at checkout, the guy gave me a free bag, asked me if I found everything I wanted, I told him no, not the french onion soup. They found them and gave one to me free.  I bought the other one cause they only had 2 in stock.  

 

OH MY I LOVE IT!  I remained patient cause there were so many wall to wall people, many would not get out of my way.  I about rammed one lady down (on accident of course) but wanted to scream MOVE IT OR LOSE IT! LOL. Tim said I didn't plan that through very well cause he had to clean out the freezer for all my new finds...  

The prices are comparable to regular grocery stores.  They are not overpriced in my opinion at all.  I found the rice crisp chips that Tim had last year from Sams and then they stopped selling.  He loves them and they are better calorie and carb wise...  

They had something for every member of the family.

I forgot to add, we will definitely start shopping there FOR SURE.  It is even worth the drive from our new house to this place...

Boy, What happened to your 50.00 budget!!!!  LOL    I have to go now when we get paid again.  It sounds like you really found a lot of good stuff.  Beth told me tonight that her and Scott really thought it was great also!!!

Shelia

My $50 budget was out the window as I reached the freezer foods! LOL

 

I told Tim that we are going to start doing our grocery shopping there every week... I cannot wait...  there were a lot of people there, so I did not get a chance to rEALLY look.

Trader Joe's had soy milk unsweetened and the stats looked great, for only 1.49!  I am going to try that next time. 

I'm headed there today. I wanted to do Lunch Bunch for the first time, but already had plans to meet some friends at the Nashville Zoo - also for the first time! Amazing how we live here and never do some of the great "tourist-y" things! After the Zoo, headed to Trader Joe's. Can't wait!

I work less that 2 miles from there!  I imagine I will be making a couple of trips a week!

Remember to share your finds with us!

 I wonder if it would be worth the trip from Ft Campbell? I have always wanted to go to that store just never had one close enough.

gidget

Definitly worth the trip!  They have a lot of high protein/low card , wls friendly items!  I picked up some Salmon patties, and some Chili Lime Chicken Burgers tht I can't wait to try!

I'll let you know how they taste!

Scott

Doug and I are planning to go this afternoon.  I can't wait.