Trader Joe’s

Love trader joes. This one usually has shorter lines than others in more residential areas. They have a great selection of affordable healthy foods, beer and wine, and beautiful plants and flowers. Tip– use a hand cart if possible so you can checkout in the shorter lines.

I don’t know if it’s a staffing issue or an inventory issue, but whenever I go half the shelves are empty and out of most of the things I need.

I love this TJ’S location! Free parking, friendly staff, and good selection of groceries. Even when the lines seem long, the cashiers get to you within minutes.

The staff here is always so friendly and they always see to have their items in stock. Store gets busy and crowded, but worth it for the amount of $$ you save over Whole Paycheck or Safeway. They have a very good wine and liquor selections well.

I literally have nothing bad to say about this location.
It’s always clean, well stocked, lines are short, parking is ample and easy (for the city anyway).

its your standard trader’s joes but this is next to a Nordy Racks, B3, peet’s and a chase bank. There is parking which is a perk but the little lot can get busy. Im not the biggest fan of trader joe’s as I think they don’t have as much produce as other stores and it’s pre packed. I prefer to be able to pick my produce. Flowers are cheap though.

I’m writing this review in hopes that a manager of sorts sees this.
First off I love trader joes. Its pretty much the only place a go grocery shopping. The service and food stuff is all awesome.
However… I feel like the employees at this particular place are kind of rude as sh*t.
On one or more occasions I have been rung up by someone who clearly was not happy ringing me up. I get the whole «not having a good day» situation but why bring that attitude to work?
I came in the other day to have this lathargic girl ring me up. I asked her how her day was going and you know what she did? She literally looked me straight in the eyes, turned around, and began a conversation with her coworker about a party he was going to. What the what?! She completely ignored me the entire transaction.
Another time I came here and a ringer upper told me to hurry up with bagging my own items because he had people waiting. Not joking. This happened. He didn’t even try to help me with bagging my items. Just told me to hurry up.
Rude.

I LOVE shopping at this Trader Joe’s location! The employees are super-​friendly and chatty, incredibly helpful, and they go out of their way to make your shopping experience pleasant… This is an experience I don’t have at any other supermarket chain!
We start by picking out reasonably-​priced flowers by the front door, go get a cup of free coffee and check out whatever item they’re sampling for the day (and usually love it and buy it!!), and then start working our way around the store finding the items on our list (yes, we’re list people!). There are so many friendly, familiar faces working there, and we always say hello, chit-​chat to catch up… What a difference a friendly environment makes!!!
Did I mention I LOVE to shop here???
The layout is pretty similar to other Trader Joe’s locations, except this one has a large, covered parking area where there aren’t long lines just to get a spot. This store is pretty busy, probably given the densely populated area, so I recommend going there at non-​peak hours if you want to avoid the lines.
One of the best aspects of this specific location that separates it from other Trader Joe’s locations is that it’s open until 10 pm nightly, a whole hour later than every other TJ’s in the area! I cannot tell you how much more convenient that makes shopping, because you don’t have to choose between eating dinner and going grocery shopping after work; You have time to do one and then the other!
This location is 100% WHEELCHAIR-​ACCESSIBLE, and while TJ’s doesn’t have super high shelves overall, if there’s something out of reach to someone in a wheelchair, employees are very quick to offer to reach the items for you! The only thing I would personally change to enhance accessibility would be to move/​eliminate the snack displays located between checkout lanes because sometimes they don’t leave enough space for wheelchairs/​scooters to squeeze through when checking out!
If you are someone who has food allergies, TJ’s is a great place to shop, because even their processed foods have less ingredients, less unnecessary soy/​gluten/​cassein/​etc., and the prices are very, very reasonable! Trader Joe’s is NOT the place you’re looking for if you like to shop in bulk, though, since they don’t carry bulk sizes. In fact, TJ’s seems better suited to the apartment dweller who doesn’t have a big pantry to store big items, and who doesn’t have a lot of kitchen space to cook in, but still likes to entertain. In fact, if you HATE to cook, Trader Joe’s is the perfect place to shop for throwing a party, since they have lots of delicious snack foods, very reasonably priced cheeses, and fantastic frozen hors d’oevres!
Basically, if I could have only one grocery store to shop in, Trader Joe’s would be my pick!!!

The best time to shop is a random weeknight. Otherwise, come at your own risk on weekend afternoons :) Like other TJ locations, the employees are always really nice and friendly. And their prices for dry pasta and chocolate can’t be beat :)

I’m actually an introvert and have been told more than once that I’m difficult to approach. But TJ employees have no trouble approaching anyone and asking me if I need any help or asking me how my day is. Every time I check out my items, I’m constantly having a nice conversation with their employees, unlike the disgruntled workers at Safeway who throw my groceries around. That’s what I love about TJ’s because there’s a personal touch to their service and even to the products they offer. There’s always some quirky names to their snacks or creativity to the products they offer.
I LOVE LOVE looking through their assorted snacks and frozen food items and HATE HATE telling myself that I have to be good and discipline myself to say NO. If only I could have it all…
With these prices, they outshine their competitors at Safeway and Whole Foods. Granted the produce section isn’t the best and neither are their meats, but it does the work if you’re not going all gourmet and pretentious. I think that’s it… TJ’s is the essence of unpretentious, esoteric, liberal, and a bit of quirkiness. You don’t feel dirty about shopping there and supporting their corporate motto. Correct me if I’m wrong but there’s something very left-​wing about TJ’s.

They have free ample parking here! Awesome service! Today, while waiting in the long lines, an employee walked around with complementary bottled water and chocolate wafer cookies! I know it’s not an everyday thing but it was a nice lil treat.

I love TJ’s, mostly for the nuts, dried fruits, dairy goods, cheese, and, most of all, the pound+ chocolate bars. The two buck Chuck comes in handy sometimes as well.
The prices are great, everything very wholesome.
If you can’t find something, employees there are always always willing to help you find it.

Why are the stores on the other side of the bay from me so much roomier? You’d think they’d be smaller, but they’re not. They are spacious with nice wide aisle for carts and customers to easily navigate the various departments.
As with any Trader Joe’s, there is a standard that each store is held to and I have yet to find one that doesn’t quite make the mark.
You expect fun, fresh, flavorful finds and they do deliver.
Easy FREE parking while you shop.

I opened my arugula, baby spinach, and mixed lettuce today, which i purchased yesterday only to find that the mixed lettuce had already gone really bad (dated best before 7−01−15) its disgusting and smells like shet… The arugula (best before 07−02−15) is also on its way, will def be bad tomorrow. Baby Spinach looks alright (its dated best before 07-​04-​2015).
v unappetizing bro; i like my produce fresh.
Definitely going to stick with the civic center farmers market (Wednesdays, Sundays), where people take pride in serving the community with produce that is actually fresh.

Tried an amazing variety of cheese here-​try the white Stilton –cheese with white mango and ginger. never seen cheese with mango bites. you don’t want to miss this one!

I’m here like, all the time, yo (mostly for snacks)!
Always clean, friendly staff, and I’ve pretty much memorized what’s down each aisle.
The flower selection is always fresh and beautiful.
Only thing is the produce goes bad pretty quickly, so if you’re going to buy it, eat it now.
Parking can be a B!

I love trader joes ! It’s the only place I can find westsoy non fat plain soy milk I always buy salt and pepper in the grinder such a deal for $ 1.99 ! I mainly buy lunch stuff like salads and simply roast chicken fruit here is pretty decent if you don’t have time to go the farmers market. If I want to buy flowers I buy them here great prices on tulips ! One of my faves is the gluten free cereal with cranberry very tasty. They always have new stuff so be sure to check out all the aisles lines can be long sometimes but they move pretty fast. I like their fruit bars as they seem to be the same as «that’s it «bars for a fraction of the price I usually buy bottled water here as it’s inexpensive great trail mix and nut selection I’m currently obsessed with the sweet Siracha bacon jerky ! Parking is available although you may have to wait for a spot

Yesterday bought 2 cobb salads, both had rotten leaves and slime in them. and it still had 3 days to go on the expiration! GROSS …
on the same day I returned a container of psyllium that was full of little bugs,
WOW, how many did I eat before I discovered it… what’s going on TJ’s?
I have shopped here for years, but am now a little leery.

I come here all the time, but a couple of days I encountered a problem with one of the cashiers. Miss attitude. she’s was with a customer in front of me taking a split payment. which she had issues processing it, abruptly she motion to customer service to have them ring me up which is fine BUT ADDED the comment saying I was «inpatient» seriously! Her choice of words was out of line. And clearly she was having problems; customer service training definitely needed here for this veteran cashier.
I will take my business elsewhere.

Yuck. I always come across mold at this trader joes! First time? Moldy strawberries. Second time? Moldy basil leaves!
That was actually pretty recent. I picked up a random box of basil leaves and there was mold growing. so I tried other boxes. Nope, mold mold and more mold. I notified the employee & asked if they had new ones in the back. He brought it out and it still had mold in it! I ended up grabbing a box without mold (or so I thought), but ended up finding mold in it when I got home.
Not sure if it’s a refrigeration problem, but seriously. Shouldn’t be selling that to customers!