Trader Joe's YEA/NAY/MEH, 2023 Edition

YAY to the iced gingerbread squares, in the frozen dessert compartment. Your link reminded to me to post. We 3 here all love them, and that’s unusual. Got to stockpile this limited/seasonal treat!

NAY to the frozen tiramisu, again frozen dessert, 2 servings per pack. One of us here is a tiramisu aficionado and one of us likes tiramisu for an occasional treat. Both of us do not like this version at all. The two servings are not covered with film or anything, so when you take them out of the box to defrost, all the loose chocolate powder flakes off and is exceptionally bitter (and I don’t like overly sweet tiramisu or anything). We won’t try again, let alone stockpile.

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YAY to the now-gone-for-the-season pumpkin waffle & pancake mix. My sister made waffles from the mix when we visited her & the family over Thanksgiving, and they weren’t too sweet or spice-heavy.

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Yes, a metal tube is inside the blue box

Yay! to the new (to us anyways) Roasted Red Peppers. Really enjoyed them on our flatbread.

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These are so useful!

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Yay to the new chicken shawarma bowl. Could use a little more chicken in there, but good flavor and would buy again.

Nay to the hardwood smoked pulled chicken. Texture was fine, but zero flavor and not worth the price.
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BOO! that my local TJs says they won’t be able to order the Kimbap again until February. :upside_down_face:

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They used to have a pulled pork that I liked, but I haven’t seen it in a while. Too bad about this one.

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There is actually a pulled pork version of this item, too. Based on the chicken, I’m hesitant to try it, but just so you know stores are carrying pulled pork right now.

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Thanks for the report.

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big yea — cultured, salted butter is back! $4.99

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Does anyone know what is up with the olive oil? Lately they only have one or two varieties (as opposed to the 5 or so they normally have), and my favorite is not one of the ones showing up.

I’m guessing it is because of the olive oil shortage in Europe. Drought conditions in Spain and some other countries this past year significantly reduced production. NYT had an article about the high prices of olive oil.

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Was just at the Novato CA store and they had Harry and David comice pears for $9.99 for 2+ lb. box. I should have bought one!

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I bought one; how do you know when to eat?

SSF had several.

I didn’t see any at my store, name? Where from? I’ve missed the one from Brittany but the salted New Zealand one (new) at Costco is great. (They have it in unsalted too)

at assembly square in somerville, ma. it’s the one from brittany, same as before,

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I just called to check, SF store on Masonic has it back, too!

Thank you for this, I had no idea.

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