text: Trader Joe's is a little bit schizophrenic.  Some things about it warrant five stars, some warrant one star.  Hence the three-star review.\n\nFive star aspects: great house brand yogurts.  Good price on cage-free eggs.  Great prices on some decent cheeses.  Really good selection of reasonably priced wine (and beer).  In-store samples and wine tasting.\n\nOne star aspects:  sometimes the prices are low because the quality is as well.  This is most true in their nuts and dried fruit department.  I bought a bag of almonds and found that they were grade x (deformed, broken in the bag, etc.).  Similarly, we bought a container of mission figs and found that they were puny, runty little things.\n\nThe key here is to identify the things that work for you through trial and error.  You'll keep going back for the good stuff, but next time you'll know not to buy the \"Indian fare spinach lentil and garlic soup.\"  (what Trader Joe's food tester gave that muddy-tasting atrocity the thumbs up?)