Trader Joe’s

My absolute favorite supermarket! I love everything about this place. Very different items and awesome prices. Great selection of organic items. And the staff is beyond amazing and so helpful! I wish there was a Trader Joe’s closer to Ronkonkoma because I would go more often! The BBQ Siracha sauce is the best BBQ sauce I’ve ever had!

I’m a HUGE fan of Trader Joe’s!
Having said that, I’ve usually gone to Trader Joe’s in the city when I lived there and haven’t always had the best experience. For example, long lines that wrap around the store and trying to manage all those shopping bags on the subway.
However, now that I am a suburbanite, I love coming to this specific Trader Joe’s location. The store is always clean, rarely are there long lines (weekends are a hit or miss), everything is stocked, and as every other Trader Joe’s the staff is extremely friendly and helpful. I haven’t had an issue not finding parking in the parking lot.
I came here recently for my Snowmagedden 2016 food shopping and besides being out of bananas (like every other supermarket) they were pretty stocked up on everything. What I really like about TJ’s is the fact that they are a great alternative (and much cheaper) than Whole Foods for organic and healthy food items.
They’ve also come out with a line of Siracha products (i.e. hummus and chips), which is the way to my heart! Also, you can make your own 6-​pack with their selection of beers (another way to my heart).
Who wouldn’t want to come here for their food shopping?

Great original items and the majority of the items are very good for your health but that can confuse some people who like to compare it to a whole foods or other health food store where it is more expensive because the items are a bit healthier. This is still my go to store.

Love Trader Joe’s! Less expensive than whole foods or wild by nature. Gr8 coffee! Try the sumatra.
Bit on the small side

There are so many great stuff that you can’t find else where. Especially, the price is not high.
I love the dumplings, which is delicious but not as greasy as those in other stores. Carrot juice is wonderful. Natural shampoo is great. Soy milk tastes so good. They have fresh edamame which you never find in other stores.
The lines are always short. People are very helpful:

I LOVE Trader Joe’s! :-)
It’s my go-​to place for dried banana chips and peanut butter drizzled granola bars. Great selection of nuts and trail mixes. The fruit snacks are full of flavor, and the ghost pepper potato chips are delicious. Not as hot as you imagine they will be, but a constant light to medium tingling. You will want to eat the entire bag.
Tons of great organic finds here. Nice selection of jarred spreads such as peanut butter, almond butter, sun butter, apple butter, cookie butter, and more. Lots of jams and stuff too. You’ll literally go crackers!
You will usually find samples being made in the far back corner of the store. Fresh fruits and vegetables always look decent. Tons of frozen foods to check out too. I would definitely go home with bags full if I had a chest freezer to put it all in.
Oh… The cookie butter ice cream??? Grab the shovel and dig the hole, because it is to DIE for!!! So good!!! :-)

I like Trader Joe’s, I mean, what’s not to like?
The people who work there are all pretty friendly.
There’s fresh produce and if you’re on the go, you can grab a wrap or sushi platter.
If you want to experiment with a recipe, you can get your ingredients here without breaking your budget! Nice selection of coffee, beautiful breads, tasty treats.
If you forgot to get flowers, guess what? They have flowers! The BJ’s by me has flowers, but they look half dead. You can’t give that as a gift! These flowers are fresh!
Forgot a card? Well, they’ve got a card selection that’s just 99 cents each! And these aren’t those cheesy, embarrassingly cheap cards from Dollar Tree or CVS! People will actually appreciate these cards.
Well, if you want to know more, you need to go there and see for yourself!
One star less because sometimes things are out of stock, like tomatoes or certain veggies, and that’s tough if you went there just for that, but for the most part, they’re a great place for making kitchen time a fun adventure!

Great store this is one of my favorite locations and great employees make it even better.

Hard to believe that I’ve never been to Trader Joe’s! Ok… not that hard to believe… I’m not what most would consider «good» at cooking. I admit it– I’m downright clueless when it comes to the kitchen. That being said, TJ’s had some great options for someone with no skills such as myself. Plenty of great pre-​made salads and an awesome selection of good frozen foods. I stocked up on salad, grilled chicken, frozen veggies and fruits all at a very reasonable price of course. Some chocolate covered potato chips MAY or may not have snuck their way into my cart ;)
Plenty of cashiers– so lines were short, even on a Sunday. Layout of the store made it easy to find everything, and parking was no issue here. I’ll definitely be making this one of my regular food shopping destinations.

Friendly staff & clean store
The store was very well organized and the staff were helpful. I asked a worker where the famed «cookie butter» is located, and she stopped what she was doing and brought me over to where I could find it. She even handed it right to me! Then, another staff member named Martin, encouraged me to taste test the product before buying, and was kind enough to bring me a sample from the back. In addition to the helpful staff and well– organized layout of the store, I also appreciated the freshness and wide variety of flowers and plants– the hydrangeas were beautiful! I used to get my groceries delivered to save the hassle of this mundane task, but my shopping experience today at TJ was actually pleasant and enjoyable. I will definitely be coming back

I have nothing negative to say about this business. I’ve been buying my groceries from Trader Joe’s for years! I also like that THIS LOCATION has a large parking lot, however it drives me absolutely insane that I’ve seen shopping carts piling up in the parking lot and taking up spaces. I understand that majority of the time it’s the customers who don’t return their cart (LAZY!!!), but I think this Trader Joe’s location needs to have more staff to try and collect them throughout the day. Or maybe have signs outside reminding customers to return them in the parking lot, or build a small section in the middle of the parking lot for customers to put them. There have been more than 5 occasions where I’ve come back to my car with my groceries and found deep scratches all along my car because some person couldn’t take the time to walk back to the front of the store to return their cart.

I do love my trader joes – so for my sanity I have to try and be there early in the morning on a weekday because god forbid I show up there on a Saturday afternoon. Slow people ogling item after item super slowly. A mass of people congregating in the free sample and coffee taste test area. Long long check out lines. It is not Traders Joes fault they are so awesome that people crowd into the place like salmon swimming upstream.
What IS Traders Joes fault is the tiny little negative or two I have noticed– for some crazy reason the lady (s) who do the samples are usually very snippy. I have no idea why. I have to inch over to get a sample snatch it and run. There are no smiles and offers just sneers because I have made them one bite closer to having to restock and life is difficult. The only other little thing is that some of the most awesome items sometimes disappear or run out and it drives me nuts. Like the Poutine — and the Chimichurri rice in the frozen area. I literally go there searching those out and only get them half the time.
Otherwise, I love the place. The staff overall are super helpful, cheerful, hardworking and very eager to please always. Its such a great little place and the prices are so reasonable. I feel like Im doing the right thing when I shop there (I know corny but TRUE)!
My husband is obsessed with the pre marinated «carne asada» which I go stock up on to use as a bribe at home to get him to do stuff (lol). One of the things I really like is that they make frozen international style dishes (like the poutine I mentioned earlier) which is a spot on frozen version of the Canadian dish which is french fries, cheese curds with beef gravy on top. I also favor the whitefish «santa cruz» —all kinds of worldly noms noms to provide me with a little high end even if my butt is staying glued to a couch on Sunday (especially when walking dead is on) —
I should have a dukedom as much as I am in this place but really I just forget to check in every time because it is a relaxing experience and I get in my zone. as long as it is the right time and day to be there. Try the Chimichurri rice it is FABULOUS.

Really nothing comes close to TJ’s for selection and price of wholesome, delicious foods. The TJ’s brand has an awesome variety of frozen foods, coffee, cereals, dairy products, et et et. This place is not for folks with a hang up on «their» brand. Nope. They don’t have Cheerios or Oreos. They have their own BETTER versions of these items. At LOWER prices! It’s for real the holy triad of cheaper, healthier and yummier.

Love this TJs! It’s a little bit on the smaller side, but it’s definitely (and obviously) bigger than the one in Union Square and that’s all that matters. Sometimes it gets a little crazy in here, but if you avoid that by coming in during the later hours, some products may no longer be in stock. But the staff will always look if you ask.
It’s clean, the lines move quickly, and it’s Trader Joe’s. That’s it.

Oh Trader Joe’s…I would like to say this is my favorite market, but unfortunately it is not. This location offers a wide variety of specialty food, organic fruits & vegetables as well as a large nut selection. However I DREAD shopping here! The parking lot is insane… ALL THE TIME. And the store is a smaller location, so the crowd is inevitable. I literally felt as if I were playing bumper cars down the aisles last Sunday. Too much for me. I have to write out my list, enter the store & execute with precision for the sake of time management. On the other hand, the employees are great! So helpful & patient! I definitely will be returning do to the fact that most of my staple products/​foods are purchased here. I just have to suck it up! Happy Unilocaling!

My first trader joe’s and it’s in this place. I think it’s small. It has some interesting food with trader joe’s labels. You get some essentials and lower priced than Whole Foods that it just across this store.

I loveeeee this Trader Joe’s! Coming from California I was very sad to see the lack of traders locations close to the city. They are practically on every corner back home. So one day I was driving and discovered this location. Now I usually come to this TJs location on my way home from work.
It is always clean and well stocked. I have never had a problem waiting in long lines or pushing past crowds of people to grab something off the shelf. Their employees are super friendly and helpful as well.
Great place with great prices to grocery shop!

Wow– no lines at this location! Maybe it was the time we came here on a Sunday to pick up a few things for dinner, but early evening this place was a ghost town. There were maybe 20 people in the whole store and all the registers were wide open. I am used to the madness that is Trader Joe’s in Manhattan. It’s almost like battling Black Friday crowds every day in the city locations. This was a blissful shopping excursion!
Smaller store though but not too bad of a layout as compared to the city locations. Clean, bright, organized. I love their snack mixes and assorted nut mixes. Good frozen foods section, produce, and breads. Were I live on the UES/​Yorkville we have a Fairway and a Whole Foods is being built right now, but I would also love to see a Trader Joe’s up by us to complete the trifecta of food porn!
I am sure this place becomes packed on the weekends, but for now I will enjoy shopping here during off hours when visiting family in the area. No way will I move out to the scary suburbs just for a Trader Joe’s!

Update: I have the Speculoos Cookie Butter. Oh my goodness! No wonder why people love it so much!
The end! Til next time TJs!

Here is my first review for 2013. An «Homage» if you will to my favorite store.
When the power went out from the storm, we had to throw out a lot of food. Then, having no power took away daily creature comforts that I take for granted. All of these items come from Trader Joes. I started to make a list of the items I use from TD on a «daily» basis:
Veggies: TD sells a Brussel Sprout tree that is so convenient. When we make dinner, we have this tree close by
Margarita Mix/​Bloody Mary Mix: Forget the frozen food aisle, corn syrup yuckky mess. They have a mix here, all you need is good Tequila and the trick? To buy a really good Triple Sec. Heaven. For Bloody Marys? Use Absolut Pepar Vodka.
Coffee– I love Trader Joes coffee! I grind my own beans and the Joe blend is the best
Meats — Once a week, we’ll have their marinated meat selection. My favorite is the Adobo flavored flank steak
Breads– They always have fresh breads and such great choices. I love their Cibatta breads, we always have their breads in the house
Nuts– Great selections, we always grab a different blend to try. This weekend we grabbed sesame covered almonds
Cookies — I can’t live without Dunkers! They are my all time favorite cookie
Chocolate Soy — I always grab this container before check out
Tortilla chips — Another must have staple in the BillySalts house. Take a big bowl and add chips. add lotsa mexican cheese and put in the microwave for 1 minute. Add salsa (Don’t get the jarred stuff here, it sux) Get the fresh salsa in the veggie case. Enjoy!
Loose Beer — My favorite! I love grabbing a different beer to try. For about a buck a bottle
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