Traders Joe is an excellent place for good and unique food products.
My wife makes hummus and the only place she could fine tahini was at whole paycheck. Their price was high, and they kept eliminating competive products. When they got down to one brand, the price went up every month.
My wife knew some management people at our local TJ’s, and she explained the situation to them. In a few weeks, she was notified that our TJ’s was carrying a good tahini at about 60% less than the Whole Paycheck item. It is an excellent product.
TJ’s clerks are excellent sources of how to’s. Whenever, my wife gets assigned to bring an appetizer to a function, she will often ask the people in the coldmeat/cheese and produce section. Every time they have come up with excellent and easy suggestions.
I love TJ’s. That snack aisle alone makes them the best (cheaper than the name brands, taste better than the name brands, not as unhealthy as the name brands). My only real beef is they seem to retire everything I truly love. I still miss the tritip salad, though I have learned to replicate it (with tritip I buy there, so I think they’re coming out ahead on that one).
If you like TJ’s, you wil LOVE LIDL.