Trader Joe’s

I am confused with the other reviews of ample parking, this lot is a nightmare, it’s shared with total wine and is generally full and busy. Selection seemed less at this location than others, could not find several items I was looking for. I come here mainly for the langistinos, have not found them anywhere else. Checkout time always seems to be long.

The selection was disappointing at this location. Only 3 variety of teas and veggies were picked over and it appealing.
I did like the staff, friendly and helpful.

When I go here I stick by this line, «one of each please!»
I absolutely love and adore this store for its pricing.
Great quality product and such low rates!
I love their frozen food from chicken cilantro mini wontons to hash browns to seafood! I can just go on and on and on!
I always find TJ a great place to buy flowers for home! They are relatively much cheaper than elsewhere.
I love their dark chocolate too and my little one does too!

I was so excited when they finally opened a Trader Joe’s here in Bloomington, I screamed when I saw it! I love walking In and looking at all the gorgeous flowers they have. The customer service is great, everyone is always so helpful and very friendly. They have a nice selection of organic food that’s decently priced. I think the only way I’d stop shopping here is if they ever stopped selling the smoked gorgonzola cheese crackers and gluten free granola.

Where do I start? I love TJ’s! Have been going for years when visiting my sister in Southern California. Great prices, on everything from olive oil to steak. Produce sometimes is iffy, but everything else is terrific. Everything in the frozen section for quick dinners or sweets is great. Try the Kona coffee truffles. You can thank me later!
Staff is super helpful and friendly as well. I’ll probably want to work here when I retire!

I’m really glad we have so many Trader Joe’s to choose from in the Cities now, but like anything that expands to multiple locations, there is some allure that is lost.
I shop at the Bloomington location the most, since it’s the closest to where I live and can easily say that the parking lot is a luxury in comparison to their St. Louis Park location.
Having said that, their prices are great and so are the majority of the items that they carry. I do call their sweet potatoes into question though (every location I’ve been to)…they must be purchasing them from somewhere that they’ve sat for a looooooooong time! Within a couple of days, the sweet potatoes start to mold & wrinkle up, if not sooner (I finally stopped buying them at TJ’s, and get them at the co-​ops).
While I do appreciate their price points, I do also call into question their sourcing and just how organic or pure they might be since they are so secretive about the bulk majority of where they’re getting the food they carry. Now that the public is more inquiring of where their food is coming from, I highly encourage Trader Joe’s to be more transparent since they are positioned to be one of the most influential grocery stores on the market.
Regardless of any downsides, it’s convenient to have TJ’s as another option to purchase food from. It’s always a cheerful, upbeat place to shop with fun music in the background and helpful employees ready to assist.
Another tip-​of-​the-​hat to them is how caring they are. My neighbor recently mentioned that when she told an employee at the Bloomington location about her mother battling the end stages of cancer, they grabbed a flower bouquet to give to her. My mom had also shared a similar story that happened at one of their other TJ locations. Reaching out like that is priceless.

Was good but way to many little kids literally running all over and no one telling them to stop running. (guess that is the parents issue not Pizza Ranch)
Was also way to noisy. This was our 1^st time to Pizza Ranch. It was like Old Country Buffet. Kids touching everything. Not sure about going back.

I love TJ’s and tend to frequent them when I travel — they’re a great place to pick up a healthy meal or snack, some supplies for a lunch and learn or just some cheap wine after a hard day. One thing that seems to be constant across the US is the super friendly staffers, and this location is no exception.
I just needed a few things, so I was happy to see that this location was well laid out with bigger aisles than I’ve seen elsewhere. When I was checking out, the super nice cashier asked if I needed any flatware or napkins which I thought was very kind.
Love ya TJ’s!

I usually frequent the Minnetonka location but was next door so I stopped in. This store layout is opposite Minnetonkas layout so hard to find items Right away. I like the fact they have 2 stalls in the bathroom. Minnetonka has single door bathrooms and you have to wait. Friendly cashier. My fave items are tj ketchup, japanese fried rice, applegate lunch meat, mango lemonade. My sister likes the Bay blend coffee. I dont know how their liquor store makes it with Total Wine next door.

The shop here is a little bit smaller than the trader joes I’ve been to but it’s standard, clean and well stocked. As always I love Joe’s. Amazing prices for high quality food, thank you for not burning my wallet.
Goes to show, eating well doesn’t always come with an high price tag.

I agree with what the other reviewers say about the store being clean and well-​organized with ample parking, but I disagree about the selection and the size of the store. It’s much smaller than other Trader Joe’s we’ve been to and stocks fewer items than we’re used to back home. I have never purchased wine at a Trader Joe’s before, but I was disappointed to find that, although there were a lot of choices, most were either their own label or a limited selection of other less expensive brands. This is not the place to go to find a wide selection of labels or much at all in the $ 20+ range.

This is by far the nicest trader joes I’ve been to in Minnesota. It’s bigger than most, or at least seems that way. So much so that if I go on a weekend it doesn’t feel totally cramped. The people that work here are friendly and knowledgable.
The prices here are the best IMO for the quality. I will definitely always pick driving an extra 5 min to go to this trader joes over any other store.

Most people I know think Trader Joe’s is expensive. They need to give this store a try!!! I believe you can actually save money shopping here.
The store is always clean and well stocked with prices clearly marked. I have never purchased anything here that I had a problem with. Try Trader Joe’s!!!

Love love love!!! Great people!!! Rainier cherries were so great. Excellent proximity to the Holiday Inn Express.

Very clean. The store was super bright and everything was well organize. The staff are super helpful.
I check my eggs before I put them in my cart somehow while I was shopping the eggs broke. While checking out the cashier checked the eggs and noticed they were broken and within 30 seconds another staff went and grabbed a new carton for me.

Though the Minnetonka store will always be my favorite TJ, this one’s pretty darn good. The store is always clean and well maintained, the parking lot doesn’t make me feel completely claustrophobic, and the wine/​alcohol section is decent. Be forewarned that if you look young for your age, every single older lady that works in the wine area will emphasize that you look about 12 years old and give you a «You’re so precious» look. Every single one of them.
My favorites here are the white bean hummus, organic polenta, and maple Blondies. Check out the Trader Joe’s app for some fun featured items to try! (Also, can’t go wrong with any of their various chocolate covered items. Or the chocolate sampler. And you can make your own six packs of beer from whatever’s on the shelves. And there are ALWAYS samples. Okay, I’m stopping myself now…)
Also, with all of the potholes on 78^th (seriously though, SO MANY), you get a fun little off-​roading experience in your way in and out of the parking lot. Weeeeeeeeee.

I just gave a grocery store a review on Unilocal.⁵⁄₅ stars too! Why am I doing this? Well mostly because your average grocery store is a pain in the butt, old and dingy, or full of so much other junk it is the size of a football field.
Trader Joe’s can get insanely busy. If you think Cub Foods is busy on a Saturday, step into the world of Trader Joe’s. The nice thing is that you can always find a friendly staff member. They will grab anything from the back that is missing, they will give you a ridiculously huge smile and funny joke as well. I have no idea why they are always so happy, but they are and I don’t mind it.
They have great house products. Things like frozen orange chicken or granola cereal that I can only find at Trader Joe’s and keep me coming back! The prices seem to be very competitive, but I have not compared receipt to receipt.
One of the nicest things is that they have a liquor store right inside the front entrance, so you can grab some famous «two-​buck chuck» wine for $ 2.99 or even blended scotch whiskeys for $ 9.99 that are drinkable in a mix.
Overall, I wish they were actually in my neighborhood instead of a 15 min drive, but it is worth it on occasions to grab the must have house products I love here!

This is my favorite Trade Joe’s in the Twin Cities (and, yes, I’ve been to all!). The parking lot is spacious and easy to get in and out of, unlike the SLP location. The staff members are extremely helpful and kind. Plus, my daughter likes helping me grocery shop at this one since it doesn’t get as packed or maybe it’s just more spacious.

Having grown up with Trader Joe’s in California, I waited for the day that it came to Minnesota. It did, and my next prayer was that one would open near where I live. Well, those prayers were answered with the opening of this location in Edina/​Bloomington! Close enough for me to walk, I’m much more excited about Trader Joe’s opening than Whole Foods.
Even with that, Byerly’s, Target, and Cub all within two miles of each other, I’ll be making Trader Joe’s one of ‘usual’ stops. Just as the other reviewers said, it’s a great addition to this area, and it doesn’t get better than this!

A new Trader Joe’s with all of the things to love about this store but with more parking than the other locations.
It doesn’t get much better than this.