Trader Joe’s

You know, it really is a nice store, pretty much like every other Trader Joe’s. Cheap produce. Good layout. Pretty fast checkout, too.
That is, of course, until my bank card wouldn’t swipe last night. This isn’t a new problem. My card has a chip that’s broken, so the machine basically wouldn’t take it. But the cashier was … let’s just say slow, kind of looking at me dumbfounded about my card until someone else came over. That guy tried the old fold-​a-​receipt-​paper-​over-​the-​card trick, which didn’t work. «I’ve never seen that before!» the other cashier said.
Ultimately the guy blamed my card, which admittedly is worn with the numbers — too faded to read for a manual entering. But believe me, I know the thing works. I use it everywhere. «That card is just too worn out, man.» 5 minutes later at an ATM — ding! There’s my money. Guess the card wasn’t too worn out for USING IT LIKE I DO EVERYWHERE ELSE. Maybe it’s your machines, man. I went back and paid with cash.
Gah, I’ll probably give this store a nicer review later, and I know people have word vomit when a situation is awkward, but way to blame a customer.
Update, 3 weeks later: my «too worn out» card continues to work at literally every other business I go to.

My go to store ! Convenient to bus/​muni.
Everything is affordable here in my opinion! Just got a whole weeks worth (I hope) of food for less than $ 20.
To be specific I got mango chunks, bell
Peppers, a bag of oranges, tofu, eggs, pancakes and peas/​carrots for 15.73
The lines are pretty manageable and the cashiers seem to be productive unlike at other places.

YOU GUYS & GALS— Trader Joe’s sells something so epic and so game changing that you will be angry at all of your friends & family for not sharing this information with you sooner… Ready for it?
SOFT PRETZEL BREAD.
FOR ONLY 99 CENTS!
Like seriously, this slice of heaven is a freaking dollar. And it is a glorious party in your mouth. Throw some rock salt on it and slice it up with some tasty cheese like Brie or extra sharp and revel in your frugal foodie flair.
You’re welcome, World.

Is it a Trader Joe’s thing? The lines always remind me of this childhood movie called «The Neverending Story.» It makes no sense.
The food is fresh as always. I mean that’s why I go to Trader Joe’s. This location in particular felt a little cramped since people were just. ignoring me and butting in right in front of me while I’m trying to choose my steaks. That or they’re hovering directly over my shoulder. Parking was a little intense but didn’t take as long for us to find. Might’ve been some good luck for good intentions since we were visiting friends and wanted to pick up food closer to them instead of having it sit in the car.

it’s funny. When Trader Joe’s started to coming out, I hated it. I would complain the limited choices they have and the price was mostly higher than most. Just the recent years, I’ve been going there at least once of week. Yup, a lot of the stuff are still expensive to me, but they are unique. Many of the items they sell, you can only find it there. For example, the crunchy curls, only TJs. The Masala Naan, only TJs! The stores I’ve been to were all nice and clean. The cashiers are also very nice. Whoever created the management of the stores should get applause! Well done.

This trader joe is pretty darn busy almost all the time. The staff is super friendly and helpful though and usually have someone on every register during peak time.
I like this one because I feel the produce and food is generally fresher then other TJs because of the high turnover rate. Only downside is they run out of stuff. I’ve been there when they ran out of bananas, eggs, and other stuff like that.
I recommend going on weekdays generally on the later side after 8pm if you can to avoid the lines.

Honestly the space is kind of tight but they’re working with they have and they are doing a darn good job! This is SF people! They have a pretty good selection. I love the Vegan Ice Creams (only $ 3 for 1QT which is almost a gallon). All in all its a great place to get your shopping done and save a few bucks. Also ALL of the staff is awesome. They are really the friendliest cashiers/​stock people you’ll ever meet!

Hey college students! With Valentine’s Day coming around the corner, we’re all looking for some chocolate covered strawberries. Let’s be real, they’re really expensive at a candy store whether it’s Godiva, See’s Candies, or Edible Arrangements. What is it, like $ 7 for 5 strawberries or something?! That’s a lot for a college student!
Anyway, strawberries are $ 4.99 here at Trader Joe’s. Rinse and dry your strawberries, microwave some chocolate, spread them on, and you’re good to go for the holiday!

It’s convenient for me to come here to get all I need. They (usually) have everything I need. It’s laid out easy enough.
I especially like the hand basket only lines. Speeds things up a bit.
The parking is alright, even with SFSU right next door. I don’t know what else to say here.
Oh wait: Don’t go there on a Saturday afternoon at around 4:30. It was a mad house full of people, the staff was trying their hardest to restock the shelves quick as they can (great job guys and gals of Trader Joes!). The empty shelves and huge lines reminded me of a cold war Soviet bread line.
No matter, I shall return.

Making a pumpkin tart needing ginger snaps for the crust, I immediately think of the Triple Ginger Snaps from Trader Joes
So head over to find the place is super-​crowded as usual but the experience was awesome — lucked into great parking, scored some awesome new treats such as:
Pumpkin Os! Are you kidding me? These were amazing — it was like having pumpkin pie in a bowl.
Speculoos! These lovely caramelly crunchy cookies are the perfect dessert when looking for a not so sweet, light bit of dessert
Cookie butter cookies! These are my new favorite cookie — cookie butter schmeered between 2 butter cookies — these were heaven!
Of course they were all sold out of the jars of cookie butter so that delicacy remains elusive but considering my consistent scores every time I visit TJs, I’ll keep coming back & making new discoveries while the cookie butter continues to fly off the shelves

Who doesn’t like Trader Joe’s? TJ’s is my go-​to for prepackaged salads and snacks. oh and cheese AND wine AND frozen treats AND… well, yeah, everything HAH. This particular location is great since parking is typically not too hard to find. Also, being at Stonestown, you’re able to shop a bit elsewhere before doing your grocery shopping! Pretty convenient. Haven’t encountered any issues so far. Until next time! :D

Great place to get groceries, I feel like I get more here for less than I would spend at whole foods. And better quality than any Safeway kind of place. My only complaint is every time I come here for breads/​bagels/​etc whether it’s a Tuesday or Saturday, everything is close to expiring. It’ll be like the 28^th and the bread says «use by the 30^th». I cannot eat an entire loaf of bread or pack of bagels in 2 days! And I’ve been shopping here for 2+ months (this goes for all trader joes locations, not specific to the stones town one) and this is a regularly occurring problem. If they would fix this then I could stop having to go to other stores just for bread.
Also, can be hard to find veggies that aren’t already sliced up and «prepped». Like if you wanted whole Brussels sprouts, they usually only have shaved Brussels.
But they always have coffee for the customers and how could you not be super happy for free grocery shopping coffee?

Since we got few times rotten fruits and vegetables from Sunset Super down the street from us, than we find Trader Joe’s on this location not too far from us, it has the most healthy groceries you would need on a daily basis. There is a variety of fruit, vegetables, milk, yogurt, bread and meat. There’s a section for snacks such as peanuts and veggie chips. There’s a decent variety of frozen food as well with your typical frozen mac and cheese, pizza, ice cream, dark chocolate, etc.
Every time we get some bananas eggs, the prices are reasonable, produce are fresh, we are happy that we find this place.

This is the closest Trader Joe’s to my apartment so I come here often. I generally come here on the weekends to get some grocery shopping done. It’s always packed and parking can be kind of annoying just because there are so many cars around. I don’t normally have issues finding parking though.
Decent selection of produce and food. I love the cheese section and they have a lot of pretty flowers! The Trader Joe’s in Daly City (near the giant Safeway) has a very sparse selection of fresh flowers and potted plants and I like to keep fresh flowers around my apartment so I generally just get them from this TJs.
The biggest issue with this one is the lines. The lines can get pretty long and I mean like backed up into the aisles. Most likely due to its proximity to UCSF. But they recently started a new system where a few of the lanes on the far right are reserved only for handicapped and people with baskets only, which I think speeds up the process a bit. Especially for those that are only grabbing a few items. Staff is generally very friendly and helpful. And they also have escalators that carry your shopping cart upstairs for you.

I’m new to the City and Trader Joes has been a shopping staple of my life for the past 10 years. I get the same thing every time, prices are decent and staff is always super relaxed and nice. Thought I’d check out the closest one next to my new place. Came here on a Wednesday night after work.
Parking: a whole lot of spaces. Be prepared to play frogger and dodge bad drivers. I swear we give each other eye contact to acknowledge «I’m gonna walk ok? Promise you won’t hit me!» but they suddenly change their mind and try to run you down. Happened twice this week so maybe it’s just bad luck since pedestrians don’t have the right of way in this part of town.
Store: Security guard out front… not sure if that’s for thefts or to keep the people with clipboards soliciting signatures away. It was cool to take an escalator downstairs. Everything I wanted was there: banana, eggs, crunchy cookie butter, chicken apple sausage, orange chicken, brown jasmine rice, Italian squash and diet Hansen black cherry. Store was neat and clean. Seemed like a lot of students which made me feel extra old even though I look 18.
Staff: Super nice as always. The cashier and I were talking about how we both wear fitbits and challenges we’ve accomplished. I genuinely enjoy having conversations with the people who work here since they seem to enjoy their job which means that Trader Joes takes care of them. That’s a win for everyone. I’ll be back in a few days to buy more food.

Ok I love trader joes just a little bit more after I brought my daughter and nephews here today. I finally remembered (a friend of mine told me) today they have this find the gator game (where they hide a stuffed toy gator around the store) to keep kids occupied while their parents shopped. My kids were so engaged, found the gator and won a prize after.
My daughter now loves this store and said «this is the best store EVER!»

I found you Alligator!
I know it’s supposed to be for kids to find and then claim a prize, but hey, I’m a big kid at heart.
Call me Peter Pan.
But not the scary Michael Jackson sort of Peter Pan.
I tend to shop at Trader Joe’s when I’m looking for the basics like juice, dip, chips, and easy to cook frozen foods.
I happened to be shopping for my favorite Wheatabix cereal when I spotted this Alligator and claimed him for the stickers at Customer Service.
Yeah, I’m not too proud to admit it.
I like scavenger hunts.
The best part was hiding it so that a real kid could find it.
Like the adult I am, I shoved this guy 3 rows back in the vegetable aisle.
What kid is going to look under packs of veggies?
Mwah-​ha-​ha.
That’s my evil laugh!!!

This location is kind of cool because it’s located on a lower level (i.e. the basement). You can take the stairs, escalator, or elevator down to the shopping area where carts and baskets will be waiting for you.
+ Getting into the parking lot can be a pain but it’s usually not much of an issue. Alternatively, you can ride the M Line to Stonestown if you don’t mind carrying your groceries home.
+ Great service! Like all locations, Trader Joe’s does a fantastic job providing really attentive service and offering a friendly shopping experience.
+ Clean environment: Grocery stores in general can get a little messy during the day but this location has always been well kept.
+ FREE COFFEE! I love enjoying a small cup of coffee to get the juices going while I shop.
I don’t set the bar very high for grocery stores but this one exceeds them by all accounts.

This location of Trader Joes closes latest in the area. I think they close at 10pm instead of 8pm. Close to school great for grabbing food to study ヾ(*´｀*)ﾉ their place has also become more organized over the years. But seriously I’d love it if they request from government a pedestrian crossing right outside their store where everyone always Jay-​walk to get in/​out of TJ’s it’s quite dangerous. I see people with children and sometimes old people almost getting hit by cars there. Pretty chaotic

Conveniently located next to mall so better parking situation than most TJs.
Great selection of items.
So much more affordable than Whole Food.
It’s great to be able to go to the Apple Store, Nordstroms, Uniqlo, and TJs in one trip!