Trader Joe’s

All time favorite place to shop for food. Great prices and very good selection of organic and natural items. Very good variety and unique items in the frozen food section.
If your making a special trip my top five items would have to be: speculous cookie butter, sunflower seed butter, frozen chicken burgers, mango tea and Ezekiel bread!
They also are known for the cheap bananas and «two Buck Chuck» wine so make sure to pick some up while your there!

While this is a very small store and normally has lots of traffic I do enjoy stopping in here. My sister loves their coffees and their half and half is amazing. I personally love being able to find things like buttermilk, hormone free milks and butters. We may not do a lot of shopping at Trader Joe’s but there are some things we only get here.
I wish they would label their GMO Free items like Mustard Seed does. At Mustard Seed they place GMO FREE tags next to the price and bar codes. It makes shopping way more easy for our family and often turns us onto new items as well!

1) Parking is a bitch. The location is terrible.
2) The place is tiny and cramped. There’s no selection. We left with nothing and had trouble getting around people.
3) Uppity staff. My husband and I didn’t want some sample of Scandinavian gummies. We were smuggly told that we were missing out.
4) Prices. Whole Foods is cheaper based on what we looked at.

The idea of posting a review about Trader Joe’s seems funny because its like posting a review of one’s parents. What happens when shopping at Trader Joes is that certain products begin to be hardwired into your life. For me, its their sprouted rye bread which is only $ 3.29 per loaf. Sprouted grain bread other places is like $ 5 or $ 6. I am sad about mornings like today when I woke up knowing there was no sprouted rye in my fridge. However, I can make it to Trader Joe’s today to get more! Our family has so many TJ snacking faves… The flaxseed veggie tortilla chips, triple gingersnap cookies, seaweed sheets, honey whole milk yogurt, fig snack crisps served with their goat cheese (they have the best price on goat cheese) and we also love the chicken sausage, whole wheat tortillas, classic hummus, their granola and so many more. We also stock up our freezer with tamales, waffles, pizzas and burritos for nights when cooking just isnt gonna happen. Thank you TJs for feeding us so well and being such a fun and delicious and affordable place to shop.

I’ve got very mixed feelings about Trader Joe’s. There are some things they are very good at – such as being trendy. They also have very inexpensive flowers, which means you can pick up a cheapie bouquet, if you’re not concerned how long it will last. On the other hand, the stuff they don’t carry is inexplicable. One time, I went in and asked for corn meal, and was told they didn’t have it because it is «seasonal.» Corn meal, seasonal? The staff is friendly, but the aisles are narrow enough to dismay a gerbil. The wine selection is excellent for a grocery, though. As I say… mixed feelings.

Amazing dry goods section, although our store in woodmere does not have a bulk bean/​oats area. But they are building a bigger one next to it! We love the jarred items and frozen goods and the cheese and wine can’t be beat!
We do most of our fresh produce shopping at Whole Foods, Mile’s or Heinen’s (they are all within a few blocks), but when they open up the larger Trader Joe’s, it might be a one stop shop!

I wish there were more trader Joe locations. The staff is always super friendly and if they see a line are prompt to open another register. I love their international selections and their prices are impressive. I would call it a cheaper whole foods. There’s always at least one or two items to sample. Also a great place to get greeting cards, each only 99 cents! Some of which are actually funny. Initially thought i would love this place because it’s the home of the two buck chuck, turns out I love this place for so many more reasons. Alcohol selection is enviable as well. Mix and match beers for a six pack to try new flavors

Why can’t I have a Trader Joe’s in my neighborhood? I finally stopped in after hearing so much hype about this chain of grocery stores. Well, the reason I haven’t stopped in is because the nearest one is 20 miles from home.
I’m going to write a letter and ask Trader Joe’s to open a store near me. Better yet, I’ll buy a house in a neighborhood that has a Trader Joe’s!
Anyway, the selection and quality of food is really good. The store is smaller than I expected, but every inch of the store is stocked with quality goods. The wine selection looked pretty good and I found myself wanting to taste some, but none was available and no one was around to open a bottle.
Until I move to a better neighborhood, I’ll be left wondering what life with Trader Joe’s would be like.
Can’t wait until that day!

Awesome staff and great prices on groceries. It’s difficult to make a grocery list and expect to cross off all your items, though. A lot of times they’re out of say… Lemons. Another problem is the parking; Eton plaza can get crazy.

Always great service at this location and an amazing selection. I can’t get enough of the bags of nuts and trail mixes!

I enjoy grocery shopping more than anyone should. I look forward to it every week. For me its relaxing and enjoyable and my favorite part is shopping at Trader Joe’s. I have SO much love for Trader Joe’s. Seriously, who doesn’t like great quality groceries at amazing prices? I shop here about once a week and can get 95% of my groceries here because they have everything. They have a great selection of organic produce, canned goods and specialty items. Also, their plantain chips? THE BOMB. My boyfriend and I usually open up a bag and snack while we shop, they’re addicting. They have a great beer and wine selection and you can usually sample some wines for ten cents! and the prices? So cheap! Everything is super reasonable and much cheaper then shopping at other stores.
I know some people can’t stand TJ’s because it gets really crowded, especially on the weekends. Sometimes its a madhouse. I try to go at night during the week, but if I go during the weekend I just prepare myself for the crowd and its usually not so bad. It really helps is you make a grocery list and stay organized, so you’re not wandering up and down aisles trying to find things.
The only negative thing I can say is that they do run out of things, which can be annoying. They’ve been out of coconut sugar, chia seeds, organic black beans and sweet potatoes… all pretty common grocery items. It’s not a big deal, but it sucks that I have to go pay more for those items elsewhere when I know I could have gotten them for cheaper if TJ’s had them in stock!
But really, that’s a miniscule complaint. TJ’s makes grocery shopping a great experience. They have awesome products at really reasonable prices and I love shopping there.

Absolutely love shopping at trader joes! They always have the friendliest staff and a fun treat and drink to sample! Extremely affordable to shop at, especially the 19 cent bananas! Be sure to bring a reusable bag in which you can then receive a token to enter in winning a prize (this location is pretty bad about automatically giving the token so remember to ask)!

Aside from being the only non-​bearded guy in the store, which felt awkward, I had a great time at this unique and quirky grocery outlet designed to look like a maritime trading outpost. I love the nautical theme and aisle after aisle of hard-​to-​find international fare and European wine. I bought things like Miso broth, which I use as a base or sauce for the pan-​seared Salmon I make at home. The baked goods and chocolate cake are awesome. There’s good eats here. Check it out.

Expect this place to be packed on a Saturday. It was so packed, it was a tad frustrating when trying to navigate the aisles. I don’t think I could solely shop at this store if there was one in my area but I do like that they have a lot of unique food items. Since I knew I wouldn’t be back to Trader Joe’s for a while, because it’s so far from where I live, I made sure to really look at everything they had to offer. My favorite part of the store was the frozen foods section. There were hundreds of frozen foods I’d never seen before. So, here’s what I bought: cookie butter, a trio of flavored olive oils, cinnamon coffee cake, frozen lobster ravlioli, frozen orange chicken, frozen orange juice (as recommended by a friend), creamy gorgonzola, frozen naan, frozen mac & cheese bites, a smoked ghost chili grinder, and a few clif bars in flavors I’ve never seen before. Total bill was $ 40. My favorite item so far is the cookie butter. I could literally eat it with a spoon. Actually, I did. Anyway, the lobster ravioli is delicious but you don’t get much in a package. Enough for 2 people. The coffee cake was tasty. The gorgonzola, well, I guess you have to like stinky, moldy cheese, I don’t. Not sure what I was thinking there but it was awful. Haven’t tried any of the other items yet. The lady who rang up my groceries (Tora) was very nice and talked to me a lot and seemed to really like her job. Overall, a pleasant experience, I just wish the store was a little less busy. Maybe I’ll go again on a week day.

Trader Joe’s is an insane asylum. The aisles make up the labyrinth that somehow still passes as a grocery store. The whole place is crooked. There are shopping cart crashes frequently. There are fruit fights every time I’m here.
If I get a little crazy and want to head this direction, I’ll come here, but since it’s not close, I don’t often get the opportunity, which is for the best. It’s always way too crowded (I know it’s been 4 years since Scott G. reviewed, but nothing has changed – the rude soccer moms are abundant) and sometimes the frying it does to my nerves is just not worth the great prices for weird stuff. There are some products, though, that keep me coming back. The selection of unique items is the fun of the this place, so I always make a huge list that I can work from and stock up on everything I need all at once. The foods here seem to be geared toward people that are into more healthful choices, organic foods, or simply better options than the cookie cutter Giant Eagle layout.

I was just about to give this place three stars for the fact that everyone is running around like cockroaches in the light in the crazy busy inside, but since a previous reviewer stated that they were moving down the street, I decided to give them the star I was deducting for location back.
Trader Joes is everything you could want in a grocery store. The staff is generally helpful and the samples are always to die for. Minus a star for the fact that at any given time there are at least six people crammed into every aisle and there are people traveling in the store in the wrong direction making your chances of bumping into someone extremely high.
Bananas are cheap cheap cheap here! The cheese is great, the granola is great, and if you’re in need of a new shampoo or conditioner, the Trader Joes brand Tea Tree Oil shampoo and condition is wonderful!
When you first come in, make sure you head down the produce aisle and pick up a jar of cookie butter before you do anything else. My personal favorite is the crunchy. Love Trader Joes!

I LOVE Trader Joes! This one in particular is wonderful! The staff is what I enjoy most about this location. They are always very helpful and so nice each time I am there. If you need something and they appear to be out… Ask! They will go look in the back for you or let you know if it will be back in.
My only complaint about this location is the location itself. The parking lot sucks because it is in the mall. It is super crowded and the cart situation is not great. I typically leave my cart by the store and quickly carry all of my bags to my car… Possibly breaking something on the way from the weight. This is the only reason I do not give this place 5 stars. But while in there today they said they are moving to a new location right down the street with their own parking lot! I look forward to that!
I have had experiences where they are out of what I need, but they always have it next time I am in. I know people think Trader Joes is expensive but I disagree. If you walk in there and buy all of there fancy dips and desserts then yes it is pricy, but for your everyday produce, meats, and other pantry staples they are very reasonable and I would say borderline cheap! This is my go to place once a week!

Quirky helpful staff, electric customers and good prices for good food, and grocery carts for the kids.
Favorite picks include green curry, olive oil, jar of pesto, flax seed tortilla chips, 1000 day crystallized gouda, cheesecakes, orange chicken, frozen edamame, various hummus dips and the fresh flowers.
Bring your own bags and some change to sample a little vino.

This was not my usual Trader Joe’s, so naturally I was a bit discombobulated, but it still never fails to fill me with joy. I loaded up on frozen meals because they are so damn good, and I simply refuse to bother with Lean Cuisine or some other equally inferior brand. I also went after work, and had no issues with long lines or parking.
Other than the food, I simply love their line of hand soaps. Sometimes you just need to treat yo self to some fresh smelling hand soap. Just do it.

This is Trader Joe’s. If you have been to one, you know what it is like. :)
I liked this layout because all the cold items were on the periphery of the store unlike the location at Crocker Park where I think people end up ganging up on each other between the produce, dairy, meat, prepared foods, etc.
This place was CRAZY BUSY at 3:30pm on a Friday afternoon… very reminiscent of my Chicago Trader Joe’s days. Honestly, I was a little uncomfortable with the amount of people in this tiny store. Also reminiscent of the Chicago TJ’s were the kids pushing little people carts & the parent’s completely unaware of where the kid was in the isle or who they were blocking.
Aside from all that, I found «mostly» what I needed and what I didn’t find a typically perky TJ’s employee told me with a nice smile. I think the wine section here seems better than the Crocker Park locale too.
As much as I don’t like the crowds at TJ’s I do generally like the people they hire and that they put so much emphasis as a company on helping to make the shopper’s experience good.
Will I stop here again? Probably. Will I get in & out quick to avoid the crowds? Yep. Will I try to go at odd times to avoid the stupid parking lot? Oh yeah. :)
TJ’s I love you, and I love to hate the people who shop you. (Crap, I’m one o them…)