Trader Joe’s

When I asked if I can order a turkey today and pick up the turkey next Wednesday I was treated very rude by 2 employees at Trader Joe. One told me to get one today and today is 11÷17÷15 and I have no place for a big turkey in my small refrigerator.

I love the unique things you can get at TJ’s. However, I am a bit leery of their produce/​fruit selection. Nothing looks all that fresh and they sold me a rotten pineapple. I learned from that not to even bother with produce/​fruit. They have a great selection of frozen items which are easy to cook.

I love shopping at Trader Joe’s! It’s a bit far from my home but the drive there is always worth it. I love walking in and being greeted by the beautiful flowers and fruit arrangements — so Instagram worthy. The employees are friendly and eager to help. I always discover something new to try when I’m there. I love their veggie burgers, chips, pretzels, juices, french macarons, mango cream bars, chocolate… ah the list goes on and on. I’m a designer and I love their selection of greeting cards — their only $ 1 each! Everything is super affordable. Love.

I love Trader Joe’s, including this location. The frozen food is excellent: Indian food, Japanese rice, frozen mini pies, pear tartes, etc. The chocolate is also tasty, although they’ve been cutting down on the amount of milk (vs dark) chocolate, which is disappointing (I love milk chocolate). The produce is fresh too. One thing that irks me though is that sometimes you really have to dig through the shelves to find salads that don’t expire within the next day or so. Prices are reasonable too.

Who doesn, t just love Trader Joe’s … their method of hiring works for me no matter where I am. The people are so good and kind and really give me a lift when I feel down… The food is always delicious, the produce fresh and reasonable. The flowers are a bargain and I don’t need a man to buy me flowers although that would be nice. I treat myself every week. Actually the staff gave me a bouquet after my knee surgery. My favorite one is at Alewife and I love all the staff here. When visiting my daughter in California I shop in Alameda and just as in Cambridge the people are lovely. Lois from Belmont

LOVE trader Joes, esp this location.
Love their flowers, fresh fruits, healthy foods, and their attention to kids! They have kiddie sized carts and a lobster toy you can find in store in order to get stickers or a lollipop (or both!) It really brightens kids day!
Only downside is no wine/​liquor, please start selling your yummy wine here! I need it for cooking: D

So much better than the Arlington location. Bigger, better lay out. Big parking lot so finding a space wasn’t difficult even though it was a busy Saturday afternoon in the complex.

I’m a big far of Trader Joe’s, especially for their organic produce at cheap prices. The bag of organic rainbow peppers (when they have it) is a good deal.
I also tend to find a lot of reasonably-​priced Vegan Soy-​Free options here (mainly breads, cereals — sometimes chocolate).
Their nuts/​seeds/​dried fruit prices really cannot be beat either.
I must also mention their greeting cards… a dollar a piece and they look pretty great!
This store is on the smaller side, but doesn’t feel too crowded. Availability is decent, although I have had a couple times that I came in specifically for coconut oil or something and they were out.
The staff seems moderately friendly — the cashiers are nice. I never have really interacted with anyone on the floor.
Parking lot is not my favorite, but what can you do.

This has become our new Trader Joe’s location since moving to Burlington and we’ve been happy with it. Trader Joe’s is the only place we buy frozen meals from. We love their Indian and Asian frozen food selection. Our favorites items are; bimbibap, char siu bao (pork buns), channa masala (chickpea, Indian), chicken tikka masala, nova smoked salmon, sweet potato tortilla chips, pita chips, and mochi. Their mochi is something to note because it’s really good (probably the best around) and HMART sells it for almost double! 3.50 vs. 6 at HMART. They seem to have everything we found in the Alewife location and with much less of a crowd (sweet).
Sometimes they don’t seem to have enough cashiers on hand but they are good at identifying this and getting someone to open another register.

This Traders is one of my favorites! There is plenty of parking, the staff is friendly as always, and the selection is as good as it gets due to the size of the store. I’ve even forgotten my debit card in my car and the staff took my bag and placed it in the cooler for me!
One downfall is the location, if you come here on a weekend when not only BBB and the mall is busy, the main road is PACKED and hard to get to and from the store. During the holidays and Black Friday there is a police detail. The only con and its not against the store but the parents in it, for some reason the children think its ok to race the child size carts and Ive been nailed in the back of my knee twice while visiting this store. Don’t get me wrong I love kids, I worked for a pediatrics hospital for quite some time but watch your children.

Parking is a nightmare but everything else is perfect! Excellent selection of organic and gluten free products and so afforable.

Good Prices. Gluten Free foods marked.
Always fast service and helpful friendly workers.
The meats are a bit expensive and not top quality

It can be a little crazy getting into and out of the parking lot here, especially during weekends and busy hours. While the selection probably isn’t that much different than other Trader Joe’s, for some reason, I’ve always had better luck finding good produce at this particular one than others. It’s very spacious and well laid out.

I love that I can get good fresh and prepared food on a budget.
There are some amazing finds here, too many to list but I have about an 80% success rate with Trader Joe’s foods and I have rarely tried something and hated it.
Lately, I have been digging their boxed peaches, so delicious! It seems like most of the supermarket ones are mealy these days.

I visit this supermarket specifically to purchase Uncrystallized Candied Ginger as this type of ginger seems to be unavailable elsewhere. When TJs was out of stock with this product for awhile, the staff was very helpful in explaining the ginger shortage situation.
While here, I also sometimes purchase their cookies, pound chocolates, and other snacks. Their prices on frozen fish were also not higher than the other supermarkets, which surprised me.

Fresh strawberries, milk, baby spinach, a large box of cereal, whole wheat bread, two frozen Indian meals, two frozen chicken verde burritos, spinach tortellini, Very Green juice, butternut squash soup, and frozen Edamame for $ 30?
Yes, please.
Everything in the frozen food section looks insanely delicious. The produce is stupidly cheap. I didn’t have to fight to get a parking spot, I didn’t wait in line, and the cashier offered advice on how I could get the same juice as I was getting non-​refrigerated in a bigger bottle for a better price.
It’s definitely worth driving out of the way.

The worst Trader Joe’s I have ever been to and I will not be back.
Unfriendly staff with the customers, constant chit-​chat with each other which is RUDE to the customer.
My cashier acted like he would rather be getting a root canal than waiting on customers. Did not listen to me when I told him the stuff at the front of my basket needed to be run up separately. This made him have the manager void an item he rang up accidentally and this REALLY made him even MORE sulky. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR HIS BEHAVIOR!
When leaving, I told the cashier to have a good one and he completely ignored me. If I had the power to fire his lazy, pouting, stupid ass I would!

This is my favorite grocery store. For a long time Whole Foods was until it became an insane, elitist monstrosity! I just don’t believe only rich people should be able to access good food.
So for me, getting the best bang for my buck is so impressive. And it’s a quirky, helpful, friendly environment. Clean. The staff is always willing to help you find something — so their customer service model is quite good.
Top things I like are the pet food (believe it or not), good stash of vitamins to choose from, great dairy, fruits, meats, lunchmeats. And great quick meal ideas to choose from. Which is great if you’re a busy mom who wants their family to eat healthy.
Love this place.

is there ever really a bad trader joes? i say no. the sample was strawberry crumble pie and it was excellent. Malcolm was the guy giving samples and we chatted for a good 15 minutes about odds n ends. as always, the employees went above and beyond to make shopping an experience to have rather than just a thing to be done.
there is another TJs towards boston proper on the 1 and that one is cool too.

Secret squirrel Trader Joe’s, tucked up and away in Burlington, and then tucked away off the main drag there. hidden behind some fast food and auto parts shops. Good — keep it like a secret. Shhhhhhhhh…
Nice big parking lot, nice wide aisels, nice big store (unlike some of its local claustrophobia-​inducing brethren… I’m looking at you Arlington. and Brookline too!). Not as hectic or crowded or «Last Helicopter Out of Saigon”-y as its brethren either. In fact, never crowded at all, it seems. Good — keep it like a secret.
The trade off — no booze. Strike! The other disadvantage — the tractor beam pull of Market Basket right up the street. I know that we are dealing with apples and oranges here, but if I can fill half the car up at TJs for the same amount I can fill the whole car up at Market Basket, the latter is going to win.
On the OTHER hand — Market Basket doesn’t have those diabolical little ice cream sandwiches that Trader Joe’s has — the ones made with cookies, and have the chocolate sprinkles around the edges, and have just the right amount of ic… *drooooool*