Trader Joe’s

LOVE Trader Joes! Can’t beat the price and the quality. Everything is usually stocked and the store is clean! Love the new selections seasonally as well. Plus, this is one of the only places you can get my fancy cheese for less than $ 16 a pound :) The cashiers are always super friendly and helpful which is a nice change!

On January 11^th, 2016 a little after 5pm I was shamed and embarrassed for breastfeeding my 3 week old son at this Trader Joe’s location.
My husband, 4 year old, 18 month old, and 3 week old were all picking up groceries for dinner that night. We had been running around Tacoma and Puyallup for my newborn son’s appointments that day, and I was pretty exhausted. So naturally when my newborn woke up to eat in the store, I fed him. (Attached is a photo of how I was walking through the store.) Once we were finished shopping we went up to employee Madison’s line.
My husband took care of paying, while I helped my 4 year old get her coat on. By the time I was done with my daughter, my husband had finished paying. We shop at this Trader Joe’s every month, and she knows they have stickers for kids. She politely asked for some, and he completely ignored her. I figured he might not have heard her, so I asked him if my daughter could have some stickers. He responded to me by saying «Maybe next time!» I gave him a confused look, and he continued to say in a very loud, condescending tone, and in front of a busy store… «I’m having a really hard time looking at your right now, and you are making me really uncomfortable.» All while looking down and refusing to make eye contact with me. I was completely shocked, and embarrassed. I then walked up to management to let them know about this humiliating exchange. Max (a manger) was very apologetic and told me that it was not okay. He assured me that he would talk to Madison about the unacceptable behavior. I definitely appreciate how management handled the situation.
This is for YOU Madison…
I hope you get a chance to read this. You use to be one of my favorite employees at this Trader Joes. I thought your customer service skills were always on point, and you were always so helpful. Even my husband thought highly of you! I picked your line that night because you were my favorite employee in that store. So imagine my surprise when you publicly shamed and embarrassed me for nurturing my son. You made me feel little. That what I was doing was so insulting to you, that you refused to give my daughter some stickers. Who were you trying to punish by refusing to give stickers to a child? Me or her? Because you were punishing her. Thankfully the sweet employee at the register behind you helped my beautiful daughter.
I don’t care if you don’t agree with public breastfeeding. That doesn’t give you a right to treat a nursing mother the way you did. You probably made this a big deal thinking people would agree with you. But no one did! Everyone looked at you with shock and disbelief on the way you treated me. Even your mangers were shocked when I told them about your crude behavior. If you can not handle looking or serving business to a breastfeeding mother, please leave the customer service industry. Many mother WILL breastfeed their hungry kids in public. I WILL continue to shop at this Trader Joes. I WILL continue to breastfeed my son in this store. And I WILL NOT hide from you! You will not make me feel bad for doing what’s best for my son. Be thankful my very aware 4 year old was with me. I would have really given you a piece of my mind, and made more people aware of the asshole that you were already being to me. Instead, I just walked away. But be wary, next time you say anything like that to me or another breastfeeding mom… We may not walk away and you might not be able to handle what will be said back to you. You fully lost my respect today, and I will no longer boast about «That guy Madison, the awesome Trader Joes employee.» But I will treat you with the same respect that you couldn’t show me that night.

I’d give this place five adoring stars (because it’s just that cool), except that now that everyone and their grandma has put a trendy new store in this old (used to be) rundown shopping center, traffic, the parking situation and simply getting out to where you’re rolling again is almost impossible. I sat for fifteen minutes during non-​rush hour just to get from my stall to the street. I don’t particularly like the Federal Way store but it’s worth the drive just to lower the aggravation factor.

Very nice clean store and is located in a convenient location being that we live in Maple Valley. The employees are very friendly there and willing to help which is nice. They have a nice selection of gluten-​free products which is very important to me and obviously the price point on their products are incredible

Love this Trader Joe’s — employees are outstanding!
They have the best brioche, which is really hard to find and, of course, a great cheese selection, and, and, and.

It’s trader joes so you should know what to expect. This one has a huge parking lot and is usually pretty easy to get in and out.

I love this store. The employees are always so nice and helpful they have a large selection of all kinds of things. I could spend hours in here shopping

I love Trader Joe’s and this doesn’t mean which Trader Joe’s. Its my number one junk food stop. Yup I get my snacks from there. I stock up like mad. Plus the thing is that the one in Bellingham always run out of things but not this one. Love coming here or to any Trader Joe’s.

I love grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s!!! Every time I come here, the staff is beyond friendly and chill. My go-​to shopping list includes the cookie butter, orange chicken, sour cream and onion puffs, brownie oat bars, donut holes, mac and cheese, mochi ice cream, etc. (I recommend you try them all and moreee) TJ is definitely not your typical grocery store because they also never have specials or sales on their products, all the items are kept at a consistently low price all year long. It’s so easy to be adventurous in trying new goodies here lol. + They have a no questions asked return policy if you end up not liking something you bought :)

Oh how I love thee Trader Joe’s. I appreciate all they give to us. The cookie butter, the frozen edamame, the habanero hot sauce, the fresh flowers, the Greek yogurts… just I love you TJ.
This particular tj’s is spacious and new. It opened last fall… in the height of all things pumpkin. Oh yes!!! Which reminds me we are coming up on fall soon again and you not go anywhere else for your pumpkin necessities. Pies! Breads! Ice creams! Cheeses! Cookies! Yogurts! They probably even have dog treats and vodka with pumpkin in them. So yes… they have a ton of pumpkin stuff.
But at tj’s you can get your pretty much anything. They even have a good size selection of vitamins/​whey powder/detox’s. Also On the same aisle is your tea tree soaps (love) etc.
Oh and don’t forget your wine, beer, or spirits! If I was anybody else I would only go here for any of those three. Seriously amazing selection with prices that’ll kill any mini mart! So go grab a cool rare bottle of moscato, then grab a box of salted caramels, and maybe a little cactus plant and give as a gift. Perfect!
My go to store for all things. It is actually like a fun little outing when I head here. I grab a coffee of course, sit it in the baby seat of the shopping cart, and stroll right on thru, feasting my eyes among all the new and different products they seem to come out of nowhere with. And also snatching up our fav go to items.
When you shop here for your groceries, and unpack them at your home, every little item feels special. Like you really feel the love coming from the goods of hands that care. It really is something of a treat for all who have a Trader Joes nearby. :)

This is my regular grocery store and I come here for just about everything.
Let’s get this out of the way: I hate the produce section and dislike bakery. The produce is mostly pre-​bagged and a lot of it is pre-​cut. The packaging is a complete waste of our resources and it gives me, the consumer, less of a choice. Like with all other pre-​cut things you either use all of it right away or it dries out quickly. The «regular» produce area really isn’t any better and far, far too many times have I found «over ripe» fruits & veggies. The bakery, for the most part, is below what even Safeway can do. Sometimes you’ll find some gems, but most of what I find is hard and undesirable.
That said, I’m totally into everything else about TJs. They have all sorts of unique items that you just can’t find anywhere else!

I think everything is great with the exception of produce and bakery. I have been there a few times and had bad bread (Hard), and mushy fruit .
The people are friendly and always helpful.

Typical TJ. Good cheese and affordable wine.

Really such a great place to shop. Here you can get your normal Trader Joe’s items, which include fruits, vegetables and other kinds of organic goodies. It is almost like a Whole Foods but for less money. Of course the variety is more limited and you may need to double shop at other places.
All in all, it is a clean store and every employee will help you with a smile.

Every Trader Joe’s is pretty much the same. They’ve got a variety of «natural» and organic foods and they’re not terribly pricey. The designs even match one another for the most part.
Unfortunately as with many locations they’re stocked up on meat and pretty short on soy alternatives. Half their customers must be vegetarian so they need to rebalance.
I’ve noticed a number of items with poor nutritional content, too. There’s a problem with any entrée that’s got half your daily value of anything — and they’ve got plenty.
And lastly, they lack my favorite reduced guilt pita chips. What an omission!

Probably the cleanest and newest of the ones I go to, love their selection, floral bunches are always a steal

Our new to go grocery store. So glad we don’t have to commute all the way to Federal Way just to shop at one. Everything is inexpensive. I’m hooked on their macaroons and lava cake. My baby is a picky eater, but she will eat squash risotto, ravioli, and their meatballs. So glad for their delish frozen food. It’s just hard to cook something good at times with a baby. Their service is also superb!

This Trader Joe’s opened up a few months ago about 15 minutes away from my house, and I couldn’t be any happier. It is a lovely grocery store. It’s always clean, the staff is so upbeat and friendly, and the food choices are through the roof. New products are always being introduced too. My only complaint? You always end up buying more than you intended to!!!

Kent has it’s own Trader Joe’s.
When I lived here, a trip to Burien, Bellvue, or Federal Way was the way to get to one of their stores. Not the case now! As already shared by other Unilocalers, products and store layout similar to other TJ’s. However, I would like to point out how spacious this store happens to be. I think their shopping carts can travel down an aisle four abreast wide. Yes, their aisle s are soo wide!
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Located in Lake Meridian Marketplace, just east of 24 Hour Fitness. Friendly, helpful staff. Plenty of free, well-​lit parking.

It’s a TJ’s literally 2 minutes from my house.
I don’t know what else to say.
It’s clean, it’s fresh, it’s two minutes from my house.
I try to only come here when the Seahawks are playing and in the evening. So far, parking hasn’t been too bad, and neither have the lines. I may try going in the morning when they open.
Did I mention how excited I am that it’s 2 minutes away?