Trader Joe’s

Traders Joe is my favorite store. Fresh food, friendly people, lots of organic products, not to mention prices. So happy to be Traders Joe neighbor.

I love this Trader Joe’s!!! I love trader Joe’s anyway but I feel so comfortable at this location in University Place, WA. I know most of the people and one time one of the workers gave my son and I huskies tickets!!! It was so fun and the only time we have ever been!

Trader Joe’s is an awesome supermarket. I like this one is bright and parking is relatively easy to find. The only disadvantage is that it is quite far from the freeway. Great if you are near University Place to begin with.

I come here every week and always have a good experience. The prices are fair, the staff seems happy, checkout lines go quickly in my experience. Sometimes at the end of the day they run out of certain products, so it’d be nice if they re-​stocked them faster. But other than that it’s a good grocery store.

I come to this store as a fan after I leave this store. I’ve been treated pretty well here. The prices are fair, and I get treated with respect by the employees. I have to give a shout out to Brian in the wine department.

Wonderful selection of foods and very friendly staff.

I absolutely love the Power To The Greens. I haven’t found a mix quite as good as this one anywhere else.

I have been doing most of my shopping here the past few years or so.

Awesome place to shop.
I haven’t ever really been inside a lot but I’m glad I live down the street from one.
I love their selection of flowers that I get my wife and I love the free samples and their meat selections.

LOVE Trader Joes! It is basically my one stop shop (doesn’t carry EVERYTHING I need)… But I definitely hit TJs up before going anywhere else. LOVE the people, LOVE the atmosphere, LOVE the food! Such an awesome company!!!

I have actually been here many times, just forget to post a review. This particular Trader Joe’s is very nice, neat and clean. It’s not a huge store, but what they have in here is always fresh. Some products can be pricey but overall, it’s a nice store to get odds and ends from.

I love this place.
I don’t shop here as often as I’d like… not because of cost but because of their frozen foods. OH. EM. GEE. Even when I try to stay on the outer aisles of store, my feet eventually make it down the middle row. Their spinach and artichoke dip is my favorite; so convenient for little parties.
I never did like the lines at Trader Joe’s but you can see everyone going as fast as they can while helping the customers, so that’s always pleasant to see, And the lines do go by faster than they appear. ;)

It all started when my girlfriend and I woke up famished. We just knew that Safeway and Wal-​Mart weren’t gonna cut it — we needed that extra something only Trader Joe’s could provide. So it was decided, we were to venture to Trader Joe’s that mid morning /​early afternoon.
I hopped in my red 1984 Volkswagen Jetta GLI w/​sunroof that I recently had the right axel and wheel bearing repaired at a local shop called Josh Strong’s Day ‘n Night Rebuild. My girlfriend waited eagerly outside the passenger side door which had a broken lock and messed up handle, so she couldn’t get in by herself. We turned the car on, then the radio, and waited to see what sort of songs were playing on this bright, sunny day. Nothing good. We plugged in my iPhone and turned on Spotify Radio, 00’s hits.
We took the wrong exit going south when we needed to go north. My girlfriend, Brittany, scoffed at me as I made the next U turn possible. As we approached the road on which Trader Joe’s is located, jamming out to that Milkshake song about bringing boys to the yard, I dropped my phone, which was showing us GPS directions to Trader Joe’s, and the music cut off.
We sat in awkward silence for about 15 seconds while Brittany dug around under her seat to find my phone, which she plugged back in, and we continued jamming out to the aforementioned song.
When we finally saw Trader Joe’s, across the street, there was a divider on the road and we couldn’t turn left immediately, so we had to keep going and make the next left and loop around. After we did that, Brittany turned off the GPS and I was instantly confused about which way to go. So I turned right, thinking I would end up coming out at Trader Joe’s. Nope. We ended up in the back of Safeway where trucks deliver goods. There was a big open space and I decided to speed, having the time of my life with the windows down and wind in my hair while the music was blasting something by R Kelly probably. Little did I know, a unsuspecting Jon S was about to hit the tiniest and most inconvenient speed bump in all of history. It wasn’t too bad but it still sucks to hit a speed bump going like 40mph. Brittany once again made sure to let me know how much of an idiot I was.
Lo and behold we finally come around at Trader Joe’s, located conveniently near to a Safeway and a Starbucks! But Trader Joe’s knows that it’s competitive prices are much more alluring than Safeway’s, so I’m sure they don’t worry about being right next to such an extensive grocery store chain as Safeway.
Upon turning into the parking lot, we ended up behind a truck waiting for someone to back out of their parking spot right in front of the store, and I was under the impression that the truck was going to park in this spot, but he just kept going! I saw my window of opportunity and immediately pulled into the parking spot in my red 1984 Volkwagen Jetta GLI w/​sunroof. I shut the car off and got out of the car and closed the car door and began walking up to Trader Joe’s, my eyes gleaming with excitement.
When we got to the entrance, which is fully equipped with automatic sliding doors, we were about to walk in when suddenly we realized that we just might need a shopping cart. I stepped towards the shopping carts, where a small boy who couldn’t have been older than 6 was pulling a shopping cart out. His father, maybe 2 feet into the store already, stepped back outside and told his son that he didn’t need the shopping cart. Then he offered the shopping cart that his son was pulling out to Brittany and I, who graciously retrieved the shopping cart from the young boy.
Once inside we bought various breakfast and lunch foods, and also some snacks. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would shop here again.

This store seems REALLY small by comparison to other Trader Joe’s stores I have been in.
While living in NC, I shopped at Trader Joe’s weekly.
So I was really excited to find out there is a Trader Joe’s this close to Ft Lewis! I went in for the first time last week.
When the girl walking around asking people if they needed help finding anything came by and asked if I needed help finding anything, we started talking a minute and I mentioned that this store seemed smaller that the ones I am used to in NC. She quickly told me that this store is one of the biggest ones and that there are not any bigger locations in NC !!! REALLY now??? Then I guess I am crazy because this one looks AND FEELS much smaller… and I do not see as much inventory on the shelves. If she is correct and this store is BIGGER than NC then they really need to rearrange the inside, because they are not using the space wisely.
When I shop in there I buy everything including meat, spices and produce, and the little things I can only get there that I typically make sure to buy when I go like:
Frozen roasted corn, (pub cheese, cheddar bacon ranch dip for husband), Olive oil popcorn they also have a lemonade in a glass bottle that is very good. They carry several cereals/​granola based that are really good and also oatmeal with flax. They also have several finger foods in the frozen section that I like to get when people are coming over. Honestly, I prefer to shop at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods exclusively with Trader Joe’s being the primary source.

I love the stuff you can only find at Trader Joe’s! So many treats, snacks, frozen goods and seasonal items… get them before they’re gone!
The staff here is super friendly, I found the selection and stock to be ample and abundant. The isles are super roomy, and the checkers are fast. I definitely recommend checking out the bargain wine section. Deals!

I don’t shop here as often as I would like, most likely due to the location but I can say that it never disapoints me and the family. I always find some type of goodie that I can actually feel good about and it always takes delicious too!
Prices are decent considering I am purchasing Whole Food type foods, hahaha. Customer Service is always friendly and helpful as well.
If Trader Joe’s was closer to home I would shop more frequently.

Not a very large selection of anything, but a nice variety of items. You can find free range chicken and beef here and frozen wild salmon if you eat paleo, but they do not have ghee or coconut aminos so you will have to go to Metropolitan Market for those. They do carry coconut oil which is a plus and have an awesome white balsamic vinegar!

I rarely shop at TJ but I recently just started shopping here two weeks ago, since I practically live two blocks away from it. I have to say I enjoy their huge range of salad selections. I recently have been going in every morning before I drive downtown to catch the bus to seattle and the only thing I purchase is their salad. I have to say I’m really addicted to their lemon chicken salad. I went to TJ for times this week to just buy the lemon chicken salad. I’ve tried their other salad selections but none of them beat the lemon chicken salad.
I gave a three star because the staffs there are not very consistent with their greetings. At the check out line the morning staff usually ask if I want a fork, but I went this afternoon today and I had to ask for a fork and the staff gave me weird look. Hmmmm! And the customers take too long trying to decide on what salad they want but I always end up standing their waiting when I already know which one I want.