Trader Joe’s

My favorite grocery store in Charlotte so far. Good produce, fast moving lines. Affordable prices. Sometimes its a little hard to find parking.

Love Trader Joes! The produce is always fresh, bread is great, the frozen foods are really delicious, and their alcohol selection is great! They’re always busy here, but the mall the store is in is really popular anyway.

On a recent rainy day the staff here were walking customers to the cars with umbrellas. I was blown away by their thoughtful customer service. Trader Joe’s are known for being friendly but this, to me, was extra special.
As we know, it’s a universal rule that Trader Joe’s must have limited or challenging parking. Though, this location has an easier to navigate lot than most. This store is small but I can still one-​stop shop here most of the time.
Samples are in the back right corner people.

always a fun place to grocery shop lots of fun things to get and eat. Great place for appetizers and finger foods for parties. The produce is very fresh and the beer and wine selection is great too. The real goodies are the chocolate covered pretzels or espresso beans or anything like that, that is scattered around the store. I dont’ tend to do daily food shopping here but we do stock up on a few staples weekly.

I alway come here for lunch when I’m nearby. They have great pre made salads at an agreeable price. The staff is helpful and always friendly. I enjoy browsing the neat and organized aisles for choice selections. I will always come back here when in the area!

Although the staff can be uncomfortably and annoyingly friendly, I love Trader Joe’s. I can find food here that I don’t find anywhere else. I purchase from their pre-​made meals often and have never had anything that I did not like (e.g. stuffed peppers, salads, wraps). There have been a couple of instances when I had issues with freshness of the foo. For instance, I once got home with tub of hummus only to discover it had mold in it and another occasions had muffins that molded a day later, despite the expiration date stating otherwise. In these instances the store has never given me a hard time about refunding or exchanging the item.
It can be quite busy here, but the manager (s) seems to be mindful and do not hesitate to pull staff from the sales floor to the registers to thin the lines out. There are times that I got to the register and thought it would be hell, based on the long lines, but ended up waiting hardly no time at all.
I will continue to frequent Trader Joe’s, I just wish the cashiers would calm down a bit…

I am only giving this place a one star because of the ridiculous comment by Michelle our cashier. Being New Years Eve obviously the place has a lot of traffic and we were there to grab a bottle of wine and some flowers. On our way out she says «Happy New year, be safe and don’t die».
Being a law enforcement professional from out of state and here on vacation this was ludicrous to hear. It’s not funny. Call me a serious prick but this really burned my evening.

It’s Trader Joe’s, I’m not sure what I can say about it. I will agree the parking kinda sucks though I’ve been to one in south FL that was way worse. I can’t get out of this store without usually picking up multiple things I may or may not have meant to. Today it was gf pumpkin pancake mix, more sriracha bbq sauce (I could mainline it), ghost pepper chips for a friend, and some coconut milk and processed pumpkin. You can get a lot of things you would get at a regular grocery for less, and there are some things that may cost more than you’re expecting because they are free trade or organic, but I’ve never faulted the quality of the products they’ve carried (even if it maybe wasn’t a hit with me). Whenever I ask the staff a question they don’t hesitate to help even if it’s leaving the area they were in, and recommend something (thanks to the cashier who recommended that sriracha bbq sauce, you’re my bff).

I loved Trader Joe’s for wine and cheese. I’ve gotten a couple other items here and there from Trader Joe’s that were pretty good. I would never do my full grocery shopping here — and probably couldn’t even I wanted to. In my opinion it’s more of a smaller specialty grocery store. Trader Joe’s is great if you’re throwing a party and want to get some beverages and appetizer type food. I know that some of the items Trader Joe’s carries has a cult following like the cookie butter but I haven’t found anything here that keeps me coming back regularly or that I couldn’t live without.

Yesterday, while shopping here, it started to downpour. Two employees put on raincoats and got oversized umbrellas out and walked each customer to their car. I’ve never seen this done anywhere else and I was so thankful and impressed! I’m a loyal TJ’s customer, but this was really the icing on the cake in terms of their already superior customer service.

Maybe I went the wrong time of week but things were really picked over and a lot of places on the shelves were empty with only a sign on the front denoting what should have been there. Nothing had been restocked.
For example, one of the items I was shopping for was cooking oils. Very random. On some types there were plenty of one item but on other, either one or none.
Will say the wine selection has been expanded and is now very good.
Will try again at a later date and then earlier in the day.

Love this location because the staff is TOPS! Extremely friendly, conversational, and in love with all of the TJ products. I know this because a few of them have told me so. I’ve gotten most of my recommendations from the in-​store staff.
I have to say the best times to visit this location are on Friday nights (I mean, who doesn’t want to spend their Friday evening browsing the aisles of Trader Joe’s?!), Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Much less parking lot and aisle congestion.
I don’t recommend the sushi or prepared meals here but I do encourage you to stock up on fresh flowers, the awesome snack aisle, and take home a bottle (or three) from their wine section. If you are wine clueless, they have people who will literally break it all down from grapes to region if you need help choosing a bottle.

The only thing negative about this place is that the parking situation sucks. The spaces are really close together. I felt like a sardine when I parked across the street.
I was on a mission today to buy one item… creamy peanut butter stuffed salted pretzels. I have a friend in Berkley, CA who rewards himself with these things as if they were dog treats. Now I can see why! The taste is «exactly» like Lance’s Nabs or what Southern Culture on the Skids used to refer to a snack crackers. I just call them GOOD! I bought four bags and I’m glad that I did, because the first bag lying beside me is disappearing quickly.
I also love Trader Joe’s Spanish olive oil (which is always top rated), their prepared salads, stuffed pork chops, cheese selection, Whoopie pies, and fresh flowers. I haven’t tried any of the «Two Buck Chuck,» and I have no plans to do so. This is a really convenient location for shopping in Concord or visiting the University area of Charlotte.

Great shopping experience! Nice, wide aisles, friendly staff, always well stocked. Contains all the classic Trader Joes products, as well as products unique to the area. Prices are average for a Trader Joe’s, but their deals on produce can be fantastic if you catch them at the right time.

Stopped by this Trader Joes looking for flowers because I found such an array at the Metropolitan. Unfortunately, this was during the rush of Mother’s Day and the selection was limited. I ended up leaving. I noticed that there were random workers throughout the store to help. How convenient in a specialty grocery store! Another positive about this TJ is that there isn’t the parking hassle that you’ll find at the other location.

The people working here are cut-​ups, or maybe I crack them up. Either way it is funny.
I didn’t want to use any bags (and I get a little ticket for doing so), and I didn’t have a traditional reusable bag. I had an old pair of jeans (clean of course) and I decided to tie off each of the legs and use the jeans as a bag.
They took a picture and thought my jean bag was hilarious. I think it worked well, put all my cold items in one leg and my dry goods in the other. I might use a belt or rope next time to act as a strap.
I like the horseradish humus and the cilantro salad dressing is a must. I really mean it — you MUST TRY IT. If you like cilantro this may change your life.

I make an effort to come here as early as possible to score one of the parking spaces right by the door. Even if I have to go in on my most dislike night to visit the grocery store (Friday, Saturday evening) I can be parked and inside pretty quickly if I grab the first spot I see anywhere in the lot.
This store is closer to home than the one in Uptown, so I’m here much more often. I rarely have a problem finding my staples plus a new food time to try out. The workers are friendly, cashiers quick and chatty.
Other than occasionally going over budget and getting carried away (personal problem) I never leave here aggravated unlike other grocery stores.
I only wish they had a few more bread selections, like the take and bake rolls I’ve seen up north but maybe not enough customers are interested.

If it wasn’t for the abysmal parking and how hard it is to get to the store it would be a 4.
I go here to get some staples of life: horseradish humus, fettuccine alfredo, cilantro dressing, and Wasabi flavored seaweed crisps.
I also enjoy getting some of the very reasonably priced beers and wines.
The service here is everything that the service at Walmart isn’t. The staff know where things are and seem happy to help you. I don’t know what that bell means yet.
I also bring my own bags because they are big on that here. They do have great paper bags if you want them.
Samples are always fresh and I like to freegan feed on it.

It was almost dinner time. I was almost home. Just needed a bottle of soda for my wife. Was headed to teeter for fanta, which isn’t my favorite but the wife’s. But Joe called me. Something told me I needed their colorful walls and bells to cheer me up.
I came home with a bag full of stuff. Reduced guilts, chocolaty things, the pink lemonade stuff, and yeah, 3 buck chuck. Spaghetti with meatballs, some wine, chocolate. Dinner was good.

I love Trader Joe’s. Maybe 5 stars is a little overkill but I have yet to be disappointed by their organic offerings. I didn’t give them much consideration in my university years considering I was usually quite broke and settled on a steady ramen diet. Lately TJ’s has been reintroduced to me through my interactions with folks that focus a lot more on food quality, organics and what’s better for the body. It’s great to see these off-​name brands which I’ve never heard about and don’t give the comfort of having been raised on them as a staple in my diet. And even better, these things taste good. They’re not all so different from what I’m used to.
Back through the late summer I was baking up pizza homemade style like crazy with the ridiculously cheap bags of raw dough they sell here. They’ve got wheat and white and occasionally the herb-​licious dough which is to die for. Frankly I could just bake and eat the dough all day long. And at no more than $ 1.50 per bag it’s well worth it. In the fall I was quite taken with their pumpkin items. The pumpkin in a can bakes up just as well as the Libby’s we all know so well. Or, if you’re just a stickler for your 2-​buck Chuck (now 3-​bucks) you know where to find it.
Trader Joe’s even factors the slow and simple life into their check out registers. When a cashier needs a bagger they ring a bell. No flashy light shows. And the atmosphere is really just totally chill.