Trader Joe’s

If you are looking for an affordable grocery store that stocks lots of natural and additive-​free foods, this store is for you. I really like their brand of bread. It doesn’t have as much sugar or dough conditioners that the other, major commercial brands of bread contain. They stock a few of the brands you would find at other health food stores, but they are definitely big on their «Trader Joe’s» brand. I love their «Dunkers.» Some of their frozen dinners are pretty good too.

We love Trader Joes! This location is wonderful as it has easy parking and access to roads going all directions. This location also always has friendly staff!

Want to compliment the employees on a great job! Always happy to help me find something, Scotty ecspecially is always so kind and friendly and has given me excellent service (so rare these days) more than once. They also always insist on helping me to may car with my bags while I am pregnant and handling a 2 year old. THANKS A MILLION!!!

TJ’s needs to enforce the service animal rules or post a sign that reflects their practice of allowing animals in their market.
I AM A DOG PERSON. But I don’t allow my pets to eat off the dinner table. This store has open produce and meat. If they want to be a Pet’s Mart and allow animals, please sign your store with a warning for those of us who have no idea about the hygiene of these pets.

Your typical Trader Joe’s. We came here around 7pm and were in and out to get some food to heat up for dinner. All in all a good experience.

I needed to fill some holes in my spice rack and was referred to TJ from a friend. She assured me that Trader Joes had cheap spices and a good selection.
I’m not sure if all locations are the same, but the spice isle at this particular store was 2 feet wide and three shelves high. They probably had 10 – 12 different spices in all and many were basic and useless. Though the prices were rather low, I thought for a minute that I may have missed the ACTUAL spice isle and that this was perhaps a display shelf.
I traversed the entire market in search of some help to either aid me in locating the true spice isle or to assure me that their meager 10 jar shelf was the best they had to offer. No luck. I may have laid eyes on one or two employees but none were too concerned with making so much as eye contact w me let alone offer any help whatsoever.
Now I would be a whole lot more understanding if they store was super busy or it was the day before thanksgiving or something. But this was just a lazy Saturday morning… maybe 20 patrons in the entire place. Just nothing to purchase and no one to convince me otherwise.
So I dropped my basket on the floor and left. Went to Albertsons where their spice isle was 20 — 30 feet long with hundreds of options from which to choose.
I got every spice I was looking for in five minutes. Many were 2 for $ 3.
Not going to Trader Joes again any time soon… if ever.

I love Trader Joes. It is my favorite grocery store ever. They manage to combine great quality, service and selection with low prices. Some of my favorites here are the coffee, wines, and snacks. They have some of the best trail mixes you will find anywhere.

very friendly and helpful staff.
good prices
delicious food
what more can you ask for?

The staff at this particular Trader Joe’s make it the best in the city. Also the selection of vegan items is better here than others. The produce is good whether organic or not and this is our first stop on the grocery roundup each and every time we shop.

Okay, in general, Trader Joe and I are good buddies. There are things you can find cheaper here than at a larger chain supermarket, and I’ve yet to find something of their brand that isn’t decent.
This one in particular is small but mighty. There’s a respectable wine and beer section, quite the array of cheeses (which is a huge reason you go to a Trader Joe’s type grocery, let’s be honest)*, and solid offerings of both prepared or cut and whole produce.
Champagne grapes for cheap. So happy.
*If this is just me, I’m going to go ahead and say the rest of you are doing it wrong. Goat gouda. Come on.

What can I say, I lived in California and loved this chain. Food is great and affordable, and I rather eat snacks from TJs than from Walmart any day.
They also have coffee to give away, which is pretty nice, as well as free samples.
I can really recommend you the frozen tortellini, some of the best in town without a doubt.

We’ve been here a few times, and I am always pleased. It was not too long ago that I would mock the radio ads and label Trader Joe’s a trendy/​yuppie place to shop. I now publicly declare my original opinion was formed on my perception without exploring the facts.
This location is small, but very effective. I’d rate the customer service as ‘better than average’ to ‘very good’. Employee’s generally appear eager to help. More times than not, they’ll say hello and ask if you’re finding everything you need.
I’m a fan of the beer selection and the fact I can create my own ‘mix and match’ 6 pack.
As with all my reviews, only World Class customer service scores 5 stars.

Always friendly, clean, and can find new and interesting items to try!

I love Trader Joe’s. It’s a reliable place to stock up on treats and staples when we’re traveling. Today, after brunch at Bobo’s followed by a perfectly lovely visit w/​my dear Unilocal friend, Bleep, we headed to this Trader Joe’s to shop.
We bought bananas and oranges and unsalted almonds, chocolate covered almonds, candied ginger, beer for Alan and an Australian Shiraz for me. I love that we know their stock, have favorite things and everything looks familiar. I guess that’s why people shop in chain stores: familiarity and predictability. I didn’t buy flowers as I often do because I don’t think we have a vase. But now we have healthy and fairly healthy snacks to carry us through our 10 day trip w/​o a trip to a conventional grocery store. The staff, as usual, were friendly and capable.

«Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.» ~ Aristophanes
The folks at this local Trader Joe’s have had me saying clever things for quite some time now. Seriously though, the wines at Trader Joe’s are top notch for the price you pay. I always look for the staff picks and have not been disappointed. My current fave is David’s pick: Bogle Phantom. Soooooo, so good.
A little secret (OK, probably NOT so secret) is the Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve wines. They’re the black label wines and if you turn the bottle around and look at the vineyard it was bottled under, you will see some top rated, well-​known wineries — many from Napa. Great way to have some fabulous wines at a bargain price.
And who doesn’t love a good wine tasting?! Always a decent sampling of wines going on in the afternoons oftentimes with a bit of cheese. And the folks at TJs have a good knowledge of wine so I frequently ask for recommendations.

My first time at Trader Joe’s and YAY I approve! After years of hearing people talking about this store and the food that they have I finally got to try it. It reminded me of a smaller whole foods and focused a lot on independent brands of food. Maybe because of this particular location it was smaller than normal store. The items also seem to be very healthy whether I’m correct or not. Prices are alright and the service is nice. The only thing I bought from here was… wait for it… drum roll… COOKIE BUTTER! This infamous spread that everyone constantly posts pictures of on instagram and facebook, I got to try it! It was pretty good and mostly stood up to its reputation. I bet if I lived near a trader joe’s I’d be visiting it at least once a week.

This is my neighborhood TJ’s and I love it. Everyone is always friendly and helpful and I can always count on fresh produce, good quality meats, beautiful flowers and great deals on wine and all my other staples. I don’t mind venturing out to other stores but I love the selection of this one. My only gripe would be how you can fall in love with some items and they are only temporarily stocked :(But it keeps you trying new things.

I often forget about this Trader Joe’s. I tend to visit the Wilmot location as I drive by that one every single day on my way to and from work.
I hit up this one when I realize I have forgotten something and I am on my way to my gym, which shares this parking lot.
It’s smaller, things are organized slightly different and I honestly don’t believe they have the same offerings as the other store. Maybe that’s just my lack of familiarity with this location.
However, the quality of the products never disappoint. I find certain things at Trader Joe’s that I either can’t find or just won’t buy anywhere else. Their parmesan/​romano blend of cheese can always be found in my fridge and their snack sacks of cranberries, cashews and almonds don’t last long in my house.
Their prices are great and they do a really great job of labeling things that are gluten-​free. I personally think that gluten gets a bad rap. My wife, however, needs to limit her gluten intake, so it helps that TJ’s offers so many different gluten-​free products; at very reasonable prices, I might add.
Oh yes, don’t forget the wine. If you drink wine and leave Trader Joe’s without finding a decent bottle of wine at a very reasonable price… well you did something wrong.

Trader Joe’s has its ups and downs but with careful shopping many of the negatives can be eliminated. Here we go. Pluses: 1) Generally heatlhy food 2) Organics 3) Great prices, with some incredibly good buys 4) Friendly helpful fun employees 5) A fun shopping experience, inlcluding lots of snacks, colorful packaging, clever ads, etc
6) Free coffee & samples 7) Some very cool products
Minuses: 1) Major Gaps in availability of organic, vegan & gluten-​free items 2) Quality control issues, spoiled food, recalls, etc 3) Poor quality produce I hate throwing away food and I hate returning it — but I have and will continue to do so, if necessary. In the last few years, I’ve encountered Spoiled fresh salmon, a wooden stick in a bag of sweet potato chips, herbal tea that smells very icky, rotten fruit you have to toss. (I’m afraid to buy nut butter from them after the recall). Fortunately they are pretty good about returns.
I hope they will begin to improve their quality control. Until then I alternate trips to TJ with Sprouts and Whole Foods.

When I first met Trader Joe, I was impressed. High quality and hard-​to-​find items at a low price. I only walked in once or twice a month to get this or that. However, my interest developed into quite a crush. I realized that my staple items were not only much better quality at TJs but they were cheap as well. Be still my heart!
My crush has since developed into full blown love. When sampling wine one time at the sampling station, I told the guy giving out the wine that I wouldn’t move anywhere that didn’t have a Trader Joe’s. He laughed-​but I wasn’t kidding.
This is my go-​to TJs. I come here at least once a week. The samples are delicious and it never seems to be too crowded. I come here for a variety of things but I always get their brown eggs (with wonderfully orange yolk), their pasta (only 99 cents folks), hummus, soy-​riso (could have fooled me with this one), amazing olive oil, and of course, the famous two buck chuck. My favorite food blogger Heidi Swanson has a recipe that I use to sex-​up the cheap wine. You can download the Tinto de Verano recipe here:

Trader Joe’s is the perfect place for when I come down with a case of kitchen ennui.