Trader Joe's is awesome for the following reasons:
1) Australian grass-fed steaks - $4!
2) bagged salad greens for $1.99
3) middle eastern flatbread - like $1.89 for a huge bag
4) white bean and basil hummus - YUM
5) the magic that happens when you combine all of the above
6) really good, really cheap frozen vegetables
7) TJ's greek yogurt in fig - i never leave with fewer than 10 of these.
Things that are not so great:
1) I am a sucker for grape tomatoes, and theirs are rarely good. small, flavorless. somehow dry. for these, I have to go to Costco, which has consistently fab grape tomatoes.
2) the organic avocados tend to not be great, and they are wildly expensive. or maybe they just seem expensive because everything else is like $2. avocados are my other must-buy-at-Costco item.
Clearly, Trader Joe's is awesome. my only real complaint about this TJ's is that it's pretty small, but i've heard a rumor that they're expanding this one. Hopefully they'll expand the parking lot along with it. 5 stars!