According toThe Daily Meal, 80% of products are sold from the store’s own low-cost private label.
Here’s what you should avoid buying at TJ’s, according to shoppers.
“Meats, [in my opinion], I buy those elsewhere,” one shopperwrote.
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Others chimed in, saying, “first thought was meat!”
and “For what it is, [the meat] is generally overpriced.”
Let’s break down some examples.
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According toone shopper on Reddit, it costs $2 more than at Target.
I can get it at my supermarket for $1.50 less."
Shrimp
It’s not just the carnivores out here complaining about overpriced products at TJ’s.
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It’s the pescetarians too.
“Their shrimps low key piss me off lol,” one shopperwroteon Reddit.
“I usually buy the ‘large’ shrimp for $10 a pack.
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The shrimp are honestly pretty damn small and barely have anything in the pack.”
The same user, however, found large shrimp for $8 a pack at Walmart.
It might not actually be the case.
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Redditors complain about both the price and quality.
“Their produce is absolutely terrible quality AND overpriced,” one user wrote on the social media platform.
The price difference isn’t always drastic between stores, but it exists for sure.
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Sugar snap peas at Trader Joe’s are $2.99 while Walmart is selling them for $2.54.
Oh, and a 6-ounce pack of portobello mushrooms?
“Most fresh fruits and vegetables I find for 1/2 the price at aldi,” another Reddit useradvised.
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Bread
One thing remained consistent across the Reddit forum: users’dissatisfaction with the bakery section.
“[The] bread pretty much molds on the drive home.
Such a waste,” one TJ’s fanwrote.
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The proof is in the pricing too.
Beef
Like the chicken, beef is also looking pricey as of late at Trader Joe’s.
Case in point: a Reddit user spent $20 on a 4-ounce cut of teriyaki beef recently.
Another said that corned beef was cheaper at Schnucks too.
“They recently had ground beef for $2.99 a pound on sale and they ground it that morning.
I’m absolutely not getting deals like that at TJs lol.”
