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I loooove their version of a Chipwich (ice cream cookie sandwich). Pretty much any of their frozen selections are good (I usually get burritos, turkey meatballs and stir fry mixes). Also, their cookie selection is pretty awesome. Have fun!

I loooove their turkey meatballs, mr bird loves their hummas, the pita crackers are yummy, mr bird puts their cookie butter on graham crackers, corn flakes, reduced sugar strawberry jam, peaches in white grape juice, pasta sauce, reduced fat cheese puffs, and their ketchup is the best! Basically they make convenience/junk foods that I feel better about buying

Pretzel croissants. They are the best thing ever!

But really their frozen food section is what we like. And the prices. It always surprises me how inexpensive it is for what we get.

My mom said their organic produce is really well priced. We don't usually buy produce there because we don't have one by us, so we go when we visit my parents (4.5 hours away) and just store the frozen stuff in a cooler for the drive.

I don't buy anything fresh at TJs because it tends to go bad really fast where I am (I live in a city and I think it sits on the truck for a long time while they unload). BUT there are certain things I will only buy at TJs - either because the TJs brand is great or because it's much cheaper than anywhere else. My favorites: coffee, cereal and granola, oatmeal, lavender dryer sachets, sugar, chicken stock, spices, nuts, dried fruit, olive oil, coconut oil, rice crackers, rice cakes, frozen fruit, gyoza, ice cream, animal crackers, ginger snaps.

I get a lot of my groceries there, but not everything.

Stuff I always buy there:
organic whole wheat rotini pasta
Whole Wheat Bread
Whole Wheat Pita Bread
Whole Wheat Tortillas
Brown Rice
Multi-Color Quinoa
Whole Wheat CousCous
Greek feta salad dressing
pesto
eggs
Blue organic tortilla chips (the best I have ever had anywhere),
chicken sausage
deli meat (no nitrates)
Dairy - I get all of my dairy there because the entire store guarantees that there is no rbgh in any of their milk products so it makes it easier for me to shop. I would like to buy all organic dairy, but it isn't in the budget...so this is a nice compromise for us right now.
Reduced fat smoked gouda (or dutch) cheese
Sharp Vermont cheddar.
Full fat Greek yogurt (it just says plain (no percentage of fat), but you can tell from the nutrition info) to use in place of sour cream and as yogurt for little lion. I don't like the chalky taste of low fat plain, so this works better for us. It is creamy and really does taste just like sour cream to me.
Frozen Orange Mandarin Chicken - AMAZING!
Coconut oil spray (their jarred coconut oil is good too, but I buy mine at Sams now because it is even cheaper)

I'm sure there are other things. Not everything is a good deal, and I have been fooled before into buying something thinking it is healthier than it actually is.

@Anagram: did a good job of explaining it. It is MUCH smaller than I expected and gets crowded, which can be overwhelming.

A lot of the produce is portioned, trimmed, or prepped. This can be handy, but like @septca: said, it tends to go bad fast. Not sure if this is unique to my store, but they run out of produce fairly regularly. I can't always find everything on my grocery list. I've also found that their meat selection is limited, but what they do have is good quality.

Love their bread and cheese selection.

I like a lot of their packaged items, especially the frozen stuff. I really detest produce waste, so they have some really great frozen roasted red peppers and corn that I use regularly.

They also have a nice cheese selection and I am going to give their parbaked breads a try.

cookie butter, kettle corn popcorn (pink bag), their green juice, mochi ice cream, coconut oil, jalapeno hummus, ginger cat cookies for people, mac and cheese balls

The chocolate and vanilla macarons!

The W brand bacon is fantastic (it says 40% less fat but don't be fooled, it is not healthy bacon, it is delicious perfect bacon). I also love their creamy guac in the refrigerated salsa section (again, says less fat because it is made with greek yogurt, but it is DELICIOUS and does not taste diet-y at all, I prefer it to regular guac). They have really good prices on nuts so if you're a trail mix person, it's a good time to stock up. If you like cereal the TJ's berry-Os are delicious. Organic blue corn chips or the corn dippers are both super fantastic with the guac. Dark chocolate covered mini twists (above the frozen food coolers). The mini chicken tamalitos (frozen section). Oh! The refrigerated pizza dough (regular, not wheat or italian seasoning one) is amazing for either pizza or breadsticks. They have great prices on pasta and pasta sauce-- the arrabiata is my fav. The organic white cheddar mac and cheese (boxed in the dry goods section) is really good. The peanut butter is really good (I prefer the texture of the not organic kind). And if you're a tea person, definitely check out the hot tea section. We love the chai, the mango black tea, the vanilla cinnamon (may be gone now-- it is seasonal).

I love their chocolate covered banana slices (called "Gone Bananas"). A yummy frozen treat that I can just eat one or two and actually control myself!

They have great frozen orange chicken, and I got a roasted veggi quinoa last time I was there... it was so good!
I don't buy their produce or breads because they go bad WAY too fast!
Also they have a great cheese section- and coffee!

@Greentea: I never go to the one in union square, usually the one on 23rd, Brooklyn or one out on the Island when we're visiting the in laws. You really have to divide and conquer when you go to TJ in the city. My friend and I also do the stay on line grab what we need and switch.

@cmomma17: It's basically generic Biscoff spread, which is a spiced cookie. The cookie butter is like a cookie, in a peanut butter consistency. It's AMAZING!

I love their frozen indian entrees, frozen orange chicken, coconut oil (bought it from there exclusively until Costco started selling it for cheaper), peanut butter filled pretzels, white cheddar popcorn (next to the white/pink striped kettle corn), and brussels sprouts on a stalk during the holidays. Oh, and the cheese selection. And the herb pizza dough (will be making pizza tonight!).

For LO, I get the apple sauce crushers (the only flavor she didn't like was apple carrot), A ___(fruit) Walks into a Bar fruit cereal bars (strawberry, blueberry, and fig are our favorites. They are like Nutrigrain bars, but cheaper, organic, and better tasting), frozen turkey meatballs, frozen silver dollar pancakes, string cheese, frozen tofu edamame nuggets (like vegetarian chicken nuggets), and frozen fish sticks.

I LOVE their Gone Bananas -- chocolate covered frozen bananas. They are amazing. In the frozen dessert section.

Cheddar Rockets - their answer to goldfish -- son loves them.
Frozen mini pizzas (Bambino Pizza Formaggio) - perfect for my son
Eggplant Wrap - in the produce section. Comes with spicy sauce, and it is amazing.
Apple Sauce Crushers - strawberry applesauce -- like the fruit pouches. LO loves.

So many good things there!

@HabesBabe: mmmm. I need that in my life!