On 2006-02-11, Jude > wrote:

> What's your favorite item from TJ's that I shouldn't come home without?

Try the premade spinach and potato frittata or their New York cheese
cake or frozen cioppino-in-a-bag.

One thing to avoid is the no salt roasted almonds. They just changed
suppliers and while the previous supplier was great, the new one
sucks. The almonds are small and dry and not worth the now high
price, which they jumped up considerably just a few months back.

I'm starting to become disappointed with TJ's. The price edge they
used to provide is slowly disappearing. I've found several items
previously heavily discounted which have begun to creep up in price to
the point where I may as well go to a regular market. The stuff not
increasing in price is lowering in qaulity. I realize this is the
standard business model for all food and liquor marketing, but if TJ's
is going to be like everyone else, what's the point?

OBfood: I'm going to try the huge new 16oz cobb salad offered by
Safeway. It's only $.50 more than McD's cobb, which is not a bad
salad considering the amount of chicken in it.

nb