Mashed.... I saw your video about Aldi's and how you made a point about Aldi's short-staff reputation. But every time I go to a Trader Joe's there are always lots of staff.I always go at peak times,though. I am guessing that there are many peak time part-timers,so that the stores do not have to provide health and vacation benefits to the majority of their staff. True or not ? BTW great new channel. Subbed.
+Ed Denoy I am a former TJ'S part-time crew member. For 6 years I worked 12-18 hours as a side job. I earned paid leave, employer paid retirement. I turned down the medical because I already had medical through mu full-time job.
Fourthgirl Amazing ! German owned TJ's provides health insurance to PT staff ! Most American companies would never do that. Germany was the first nation in the world to provide retirement pensions, universal health care, unemployment insurance and paid leave maybe as far back as the late 19th century.
On a note: one of the TJ's here in Santa Rosa, CA just burned out in the wildfires. Unlike other companies sharing the same fate, TJ's kept all employees and moved them to other close by stores. Of course those stores now get more business from the customers not able to shop at the destroyed location, I still thought it says something about TJ's that they care about their employees a bit more than other employers. TJ's will continue to get my business although now the closest location is considerably farther than it used to be.
Try Aldis! They're also really good and as said in the video, they own Trader Joes. On the outside of my local Aldi, they boast a realy good pay of $12.50 or $13.00 an hour (It's either of those two prices, I can't quite remember.) I've been shopping at my Aldi's for 10 years now, and many of the same employees I originally met are still working there. They also, not surprisingly, have many of the same products for cheaper. I guess an example would be their chocolate. I bought a container of TJ's Peanut butter cups and some of their chocolate peanuts, and found that they were the exact same product that Aldi carries but with a different label. If there isn't an Aldi in your areas, I would still recommend it if you ever come across one!
I live in Santa Rosa the store that was damaged was the store I go to. It's less than 5 minutes away from my house. But I still drive all the way across town to go to the other one even though there is a whole foods down the street from me.
I actually worked at the store that got messed up in the fire but transferred a few months before the fire. I transferred and still work at the currently operating store. I love it. Customers are always saying they are sympathetic to what we have to "deal with". Meaning the increased crowd. The crowd makes the day go by and we are honestly like a family at traders. We all love our job and I have so much support from my fellow crew members and I love the mates. I cannot be prouder to work for this company and with the people I work with. Btw. No we still have no idea when the store will reopen.
Trader Joe's is one of the 2 Aldi's aldi is aldi north and aldi south why you ask because 2 brothers and one said i sell cigarettes and alcohol and the other said i will not sell these things so they said you do your aldi and you take half of germany and i do mine and do the other half ...same is true for the rest of the world ..and now that boath brothers are dead ...they keep it that way sp trader joes is aldi north and aldi is aldi south ...they pay quite equel and they handle everything the same and they pay enough 4 the people to life unlike wallmarkt
tj employees are always beyond nice, catering even! we hv shopped many locations across the country as we relocate often, and hv never been disappointed. amazing price point. amazing food quality. amazing variety. tj is our weekly staple run...in between our monthly costco trips 🖤
when we had that bad dog food in 2007 , from the chinese grains, I was buying my dogs food at Trader Joe's and their was fine, and to double check, they had it tested and till the test came back they pulled their dog food
Love Trader Joe's, great store, cheerful staff that seems to reflect their job circumstances. Frequently have food samples, flowers and greeting cards are reasonably priced, their own brands are very good.
Rachel Garber I found a maggot in the beef sirloin I purchased!!! I immediately grilled it once I purchased it and cutting it into pieces after it was cooked I found maggots!!! and another time I bought a black bean burrito and there was an actual necklace bean in it and it hurt the hell out of tooth. all trader joes would do is refund me. also, never buy their dog vitamins. my dog immediately had allergic reactions so I researched the ingredients. I forget the ingredient names and I only looked up a few, but their vitamin source is actually crushed up sea shells!!! and the filler they use is proven to give dogs cancer.
I used to do pretty good there, since then another grocery store opened near by and I use them a lot, as TJ's gets swamped with people but I still go in and do some shopping
I know right. People have complained to me about their price and i dont think they have ever gone to trader joes haha im always shocked of how much i buy and how little the cost is.
Except to non white people. I always felt out of place there like I don't belong. I've applied there many times and not once did they call me for an interview and I've got long list of customer service experience.
@@sifugurusensei you should record the store and if its really true they only hire whites. Have others apply for jobs who are qualified and others who are white and not qualified if the white ones get calls back and none of the non-white ones get no calls back then you might have a case of a lawsuit I'll sue them if it was me
Earl Rogers my Trader Joe's is competitive; I have found items cheaper than the larger groceries and slightly more expensive (not only beer and wine). And they carry nice selection of organic, bulk, quality, and ethic foods...thier cut flowers are more reasonable $ too. I've been able to get no salt tortilla chips there, where at other groceries they cost an arm and a leg.
The first Trader Joe's was and still is in Pasadena on Arroyo Seco Parkway. The street is just a few blocks from the end of what we call "The Pasadena Freeway" or US Highway 110 headed north. My dad started us shopping at Trader Joe's when they opened a store in city of Alhambra, just south of Mission Road and across the tracks. The store they started there before that was a huge liquor store with a delicatessen. I remember the old days when about half of what the original stores were selling were inexpensive wines and beers from local micro-breweries, along with stuff, like California cheeses, especially white cheddar cheese. It was explained in their newsletter. "The Frequent Flyer," that cheddar cheese is naturally white and that orage colored food coloring is added to mek the cheese look yellowish orange.
I went to Trader Joe’s for the 1st time last Saturday (4/14/18). I’m a fairly new vegan and as most vegans know, trying to buy organic produce can be obscenely expensive! I was very impressed by their reasonable prices. I went to the store on E. 14th St. in NYC, so I wasn’t able to really stock up because I was taking public transportation and I live in one of the outer boroughs. I found the staff to be friendly, cheerful and helpful. Also, they have an unbelievable variety of goods and I can safely say that I will definitely become a regular!
6/13/19....TELL THE TRUTH! YOU ARE NOW ADDICTED! MUST be something in the air! Or maybe the great tropical shirts the "crew" wear! Or maybe their great/ unusual selection of items! TRY THEIR COOKIE BUTTER! TO DIE FOR! 😳 But you'll be HOOKED on it too!
Fun Fact: We even know Trader Joe's in Germany, since some of their branded items are also produced for some grocery stores over here. Especially those items that are very typical for American food.
Watch out for the Union Square location in NYC, its notorious... I went recently at 9:30pm, they had all 24 checkouts staffed and there were two separate checkout lines winding around the store each with a 15 minute wait. I hear people often go to the store in pairs, one gets in line as soon as they walk in and the other shops for the food.
My all-time-fav-store! Not to mention the staff is SUPER FRIENDLY & HELPFUL. ☺❤ They could teach the competition a thing or two about customer service with a smile. I've even gotten my husband on board. He loves TJ too!! TFS
Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi North (Aldi was founded by Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1913.The brothers split the company in 1960 when they could not agree whether to sell cigarettes. So now theere is Aldi North and Aldi South) I just shop at the normal Aldis because its the same quality of stuff, (like she was saying about TJ brand name not allowing certain things in there food) and its cheaper. I dont mind bagging my own food if it means saving money
6/13/19....Trader Joe's is fantastic. I love their nuts/spices/cereals/cheeses. My pets have always loved the holiday fog biscuits---esp pumpkin! Great candies....strange & new items every visit. I used to go 12 mi to my closest Trader Joe's to shop every week. Now I'm retired & 60 mi from my closest TJ....THAT SUCKS! 😅 Heading up there today b/c I watched this video & I'm having "homesick pains" with only remedy being a TJ shopping "adventure"!
My wife and I shop at Trader Joe's pretty frequently, and if you have one near you, you should check it out. Their fish, vegetables, and cheeses are delicious. The staff is great and they even carry some local beers. Prices are good too.
I love Trader Joe's, what I like about Trader Joe's is I can go in there and If I have a problem with the product, or I don't like it they will give me my money back, or let me exchange it ( if there were something wrong with the product ). They stand behind their products.
I worked there and it was so fun, we were like a family. We did things away from Tj’s. I loved all my Captains and I shop Tj’s. I love Tj’s ❤️💥❤️💥❤️💥❤️💥❤️
I don't shop there as much as I used to, but still like them, they have great prices on most meats , coffee , vegetables , cheese, nuts and breads and cereal . The I go to is under a mile from my house and I can do about as good there as WinCo. but not on toiletries . I seem now days to hit my local Grocery outlet and Safeway. The Tjs near me is swamped most of the time, and its in shopping center and has loads of parking but its very full near the store
Isaac Ali They used to be one store chain in Germany , owned by two brothers but got into a row about selling cigarettes and tobacco, one wanting to sell it, the other not. So they Split the Company in Aldi Süd and Aldi Nord (north and South). Recently they are moving more together again and rumours are going around that they might merge.
As an employee I can promise tjs doesn't start at $13 they start at $11 and that was just implemented a few months ago. Also two buck chuck is not that crap box wine. It's completely it's own wine. Tjs owns the wine vinyards.
Love Trader Joe's! My favorite item in the store? Their Orange Chicken of course! Lots of really delicious products there-love their TJ brands-free of all the chemical poisonings all the other foods have at the grocery stores!
All I know is the Trade Joe's near us has gotten REALLY popular. It's always jammed with people. Used to be we'd go in there on a Saturday and it'd be a few people. Now it's dozens of people shopping.
Trader Joe's is very cool, lots of good stuff there and it's reasonably.priced too! Beats Publix, and blows away Whole Foods Market! I just wish they had one that was closer to me, if they delivered there'd be no beating them!
Charles Shaw isn't rebranded Franzia. Franzia was purchased by Coke in 1973 from the Franzia family then sold to The Wine Group in '81. Bronco Wine Company was started by Fred Franzia in '73 who makes Charles Shaw. They are completely separate companies that happen to be started by the same family.
Would’ve been nice if I knew about the return policy when I bought a box of frosted mini wheats and got home and realized they have gelatin in them 🤦🏿♀️ I love Trader Joe’s tho! ❤️
6/13/19....I ALWAYS return items TO ANY STORE if I find something WRONG with them. Bought chicken wings yesterday & found they were RAW @ the bone when I started to eat them last night. I ALWAYS save the receipt---so I am taking these wings back for a full refund today. ALL grocery stores have return policies! I have NEVER needed to return an item to Trader Joe's! NEVER EVER in almost 20 yrs! 😜
The parking lots are annoying as shit on a shoe, though. When their stores are on a busy highway, people can't pull out right away but other vehicles start coming in. This creates a gridlock and prevents parked vehicles from being able to back up and provide space to new arrivals. If the average grocer provides 100 spaces too many, I would say Trader Joe's is typically 6-12 short. It's not a huge deficit, but enough to keep me away most times I'm passing by (on my way to the larger grocer down the street). Plus, if you live in a larger city/town, even large parking lots are very well utilized. When I think of parking lots that are bigger than they need to be, in my experience, they've been in more rural areas. But in some cases, those parking lots then double as space for community events. This is speculative, but I would presume it also then creates tension with neighboring small businesses that have their spots taken up during the prime shopping times.
Most supermarkets I've been to in Massachusetts are part of open-air Malls. This includes a Trader Joe's in Hingham Massachusetts these places the parking lot needs to be big.
LAST time I went to Trader Joe's I found one of the freezer sections had been defrosting for 4 hours. Everyone dismissed my concern, especially when I saw the Temp gauge at 40 degrees. You could push down the 'frozen' salmon. The manager (again) dismissed my concern until I told him I had planned to call the Health inspectors. Tarps were placed over that section, until I left. I returned in 15 minutes and they were again trying to sell the defrosted "frozen" foods. Never returned.
9aspengold5 I am seriously shocked. I work at a store on Cali and when our freezer went out we imediatly stoped selling frozen goods and shut down the store an hour early so everybody could cover the section in cardboard.
Two other things I notice about Trader Joe's. Number one they don't have fancy in-store lighting like many stores do. Number two I never seen a security camera inside the store
Tim Liao we don't like our customers to feel like they are not trusted so we have no security cameras unless regulated by law. We also do not lock up expensive items for this reason. You will notice the expensive alcohol and vitamins are all out with no case to protect from thieves.
Ref 1:25 - Hey, this TJ's is at Union Square, NYC (the first in NYC)! :) Shopped there for many years ... until they opened the 2nd one in Chelsea. More than enough times, shoppers had to line up outside (the one in Union Square) to be let in to shop (because the store was too full) ... sort of like a line to a hot night club, haha!
Smart company. No membership costs, no television or print advertising. Just good value for products customers want. They build and maintain loyalty. Where can you one buy bananas for .19 cents per banana.
Trader Joe's is a great place to shop. As far as parking goes, in Columbia, Md, parking is not the greatest. It's tight. In Annapolis, I can drive around a little more easy.
I am a TJ's cult follower lol. I LOVE Trader Joe's. super easy dinners that always taste so good and takes 10 mins to make?!? Sold!!! The majority of their food is so good except the wraps and to go food. That's hit or miss.
I like Trader Joe’s but I prefer Whole Foods for their much wider variety and products which are often locally sourced and not from wherever the generic Trader Joe brand is from.
This popular voiceover actress works on a lot of commercials. You can't miss her dark, throaty, Valley-girl voice. Her professional trademark is putting a downhill accent on the ends of her words. It calls attention to what she's saying.
Just fine? My life flashes before my eyes every time I enter and exit the Trader Joe's parking lot in Silverlake. I'm glad they're being efficient, but I can only go there an hour before closing in order to avoid having a panic attack.
I love Trader Joe’s! But where does the food come from? All packaging I’ve checked says “distributed and sold” by their headquarters but where is it made and manufactured? Anyone know? I’m just genuinely curious
They don't make products. They make bulk buys from existing manufacturers, sometimes they have the recipe altered to meet their preferences, but they don't manufacture. Existing producers run a production line with a different label. i.e. Kettle chips makes some of their chips, and puts them in a Trader Joe's bag. TJ's gets the product at a lower price because they don't pay for or receive benefits from the brands marketing efforts and label recognition. Their products are made all over the country and all over the world. Current labeling laws only require country of origin on imported items. Items without a "product of" label can only be from the USA and in those cases it is not required to list where in the US.
1:46 - "Need something to keep the kids busy while you do your shopping? Send them on a hunt for the hidden lobster." Somehow I don't think the person that wrote that in the script has kids. I don't have kids but even I know you should NEVER let your kids out of your sight in a public store. Not only can they get kidnapped but they are also bound to do something in the store that is going to get them in trouble.
I'm am glad that Trader Joe's is maintaining their brand and character by denying the cries of Bedell and the sheltered narcisitic Bay Area Bubble and cancel culture. If TJ's did not represent ethniciyties the Bay Area Bubble would be whining for more diversity. Bedell assumes that having various names on ethnic food "exotifies" and can be deemed racist. I am a minority that has food representing my culture and I find it amusing and am proud. These foods had been labeld as Trader Ming's and Trader Giottos for years and only now the safe space folk are finding micro aggresions. Maybe it's less about the outside world and more with inidivual confirmation biases and an individual's desire to find more divisions within our society. Give it a break Bedell and go travel and see the rest of the world outside of the Bay Area.
4 or 5 years ago I wish I would have known about their return policy. I bought their brand of a single-malt scotch and it was disgusting. I had my dad taste it, because in his bachelor days he was a scotch drinker, and he said that's how single-malt scotch is suppose to taste. How anyone likes bitter is beyond me. I don't drink a lot of scotch but since then I've stuck to blended scotch. As for that bottle of single-malt scotch, I couldn't give it away, my dad wouldn't even take it, eventually I tossed it. What a waste.
My husband has worked at a Trader Joe's in Nashville and a Trader Joe's in Jacksonville Beach. The difference between how the regional managers handle their stores is like night and day. I'd have the FL regional manager's butt in court for her job due to sexism if it wasn't for my husband not wanting to make a stink.
I love TJ no matter what. I'm a New Yorker from the city and I will do groceries at TJ over Whole Foods any fucking day. Fairways comes a close second. In the burbs and Upstate I'll go to Wegmans
Trader Joe's does co-branding they do not have their own brands, meaning they will deal with manufacturers to pack their stuff with Trader Joe's packing names and labels, according to their own requirements for quality and freshness.
I very seldom shop Trader Joe’s. I prefer Sprouts. I don’t like to shop at a place where produce (apples, bananas,...) are sold by the piece vs per pound. No hate though. Still love many of their products
Thanks for watching! What other "grocery stores" would you like us to feature?
Mashed.... I saw your video about Aldi's and how you made a point about Aldi's short-staff reputation. But every time I go to a Trader Joe's there are always lots of staff.I always go at peak times,though. I am guessing that there are many peak time part-timers,so that the stores do not have to provide health and vacation benefits to the majority of their staff. True or not ? BTW great new channel. Subbed.
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+Ed Denoy I am a former TJ'S part-time crew member. For 6 years I worked 12-18 hours as a side job. I earned paid leave, employer paid retirement. I turned down the medical because I already had medical through mu full-time job.
Fourthgirl Amazing ! German owned TJ's provides health insurance to PT staff ! Most American companies would never do that. Germany was the first nation in the world to provide retirement pensions,
universal health care, unemployment insurance and paid leave maybe as far back as the late 19th century.
+Ed Denoy This was the practice of TJ'S before the German ownership.
On a note: one of the TJ's here in Santa Rosa, CA just burned out in the wildfires. Unlike other companies sharing the same fate, TJ's kept all employees and moved them to other close by stores. Of course those stores now get more business from the customers not able to shop at the destroyed location, I still thought it says something about TJ's that they care about their employees a bit more than other employers. TJ's will continue to get my business although now the closest location is considerably farther than it used to be.
Try Aldis! They're also really good and as said in the video, they own Trader Joes. On the outside of my local Aldi, they boast a realy good pay of $12.50 or $13.00 an hour (It's either of those two prices, I can't quite remember.) I've been shopping at my Aldi's for 10 years now, and many of the same employees I originally met are still working there. They also, not surprisingly, have many of the same products for cheaper. I guess an example would be their chocolate. I bought a container of TJ's Peanut butter cups and some of their chocolate peanuts, and found that they were the exact same product that Aldi carries but with a different label. If there isn't an Aldi in your areas, I would still recommend it if you ever come across one!
I live in Santa Rosa the store that was damaged was the store I go to. It's less than 5 minutes away from my house. But I still drive all the way across town to go to the other one even though there is a whole foods down the street from me.
Uwe Schroeder Santa Rosa shout out
I actually worked at the store that got messed up in the fire but transferred a few months before the fire. I transferred and still work at the currently operating store. I love it. Customers are always saying they are sympathetic to what we have to "deal with". Meaning the increased crowd. The crowd makes the day go by and we are honestly like a family at traders. We all love our job and I have so much support from my fellow crew members and I love the mates. I cannot be prouder to work for this company and with the people I work with. Btw. No we still have no idea when the store will reopen.
Trader Joe's is one of the 2 Aldi's aldi is aldi north and aldi south why you ask because 2 brothers and one said i sell cigarettes and alcohol and the other said i will not sell these things so they said you do your aldi and you take half of germany and i do mine and do the other half ...same is true for the rest of the world ..and now that boath brothers are dead ...they keep it that way sp trader joes is aldi north and aldi is aldi south ...they pay quite equel and they handle everything the same and they pay enough 4 the people to life unlike wallmarkt
I really like Trader Joes. I spent like almost 40 bucks and got four full bags of groceries and it was so delicious. I like Trader Joe's
Just $40 for 4 full bags? Was that in 1999? 😁
tj employees are always beyond nice, catering even! we hv shopped many locations across the country as we relocate often, and hv never been disappointed. amazing price point. amazing food quality. amazing variety. tj is our weekly staple run...in between our monthly costco trips 🖤
when we had that bad dog food in 2007 , from the chinese grains, I was buying my dogs food at Trader Joe's and their was fine, and to double check, they had it tested and till the test came back they pulled their dog food
I've always wanted to get my dick out in a Trader Joe's.
Aw thank you!!!! - A TJ’s employee
Nf why did you leave us
Apparently it's frowned upon.
Love Trader Joe's, great store, cheerful staff that seems to reflect their job circumstances. Frequently have food samples, flowers and greeting cards are reasonably priced, their own brands are very good.
Rachel Garber
I found a maggot in the beef sirloin I purchased!!! I immediately grilled it once I purchased it and cutting it into pieces after it was cooked
I found maggots!!!
and another time I bought a black bean burrito and there was an actual necklace bean in it and it hurt the hell out of tooth. all trader joes would do is refund me.
also, never buy their dog vitamins. my dog immediately had allergic reactions so I researched the ingredients. I forget the ingredient names and I only looked up a few, but their vitamin source is actually crushed up sea shells!!! and the filler they use is proven to give dogs cancer.
TJ's is hands down the absolute best grocery store, has the most fair prices, and by far the highest quality ingredients
Rachel Garber is they use there staff and abuse them
+Arthur I AGREE. They are the Best!
it's not organic or non gmo
I experience reverse sticker shock every time I go to trader Joes. I really expect it to be more expensive, because of the organic quality.
I used to do pretty good there, since then another grocery store opened near by and I use them a lot, as TJ's gets swamped with people but I still go in and do some shopping
I know right. People have complained to me about their price and i dont think they have ever gone to trader joes haha im always shocked of how much i buy and how little the cost is.
I see you've been to Whole Paycheck, too.
The TJ employees are always super nice! 🌟
they are on drugs
Power and Luxury knows this because they're a dealer.
Except to non white people. I always felt out of place there like I don't belong. I've applied there many times and not once did they call me for an interview and I've got long list of customer service experience.
@@sifugurusensei you should record the store and if its really true they only hire whites. Have others apply for jobs who are qualified and others who are white and not qualified if the white ones get calls back and none of the non-white ones get no calls back then you might have a case of a lawsuit I'll sue them if it was me
honeybdream they happy and get good insurance
basically Trader Joe's is the best
Earl Rogers my Trader Joe's is competitive; I have found items cheaper than the larger groceries and slightly more expensive (not only beer and wine). And they carry nice selection of organic, bulk, quality, and ethic foods...thier cut flowers are more reasonable $ too. I've been able to get no salt tortilla chips there, where at other groceries they cost an arm and a leg.
The first Trader Joe's was and still is in Pasadena on Arroyo Seco Parkway. The street is just a few blocks from the end of what we call "The Pasadena Freeway" or US Highway 110 headed north. My dad started us shopping at Trader Joe's when they opened a store in city of Alhambra, just south of Mission Road and across the tracks. The store they started there before that was a huge liquor store with a delicatessen. I remember the old days when about half of what the original stores were selling were inexpensive wines and beers from local micro-breweries, along with stuff, like California cheeses, especially white cheddar cheese. It was explained in their newsletter. "The Frequent Flyer," that cheddar cheese is naturally white and that orage colored food coloring is added to mek the cheese look yellowish orange.
I went to Trader Joe’s for the 1st time last Saturday (4/14/18). I’m a fairly new vegan and as most vegans know, trying to buy organic produce can be obscenely expensive! I was very impressed by their reasonable prices. I went to the store on E. 14th St. in NYC, so I wasn’t able to really stock up because I was taking public transportation and I live in one of the outer boroughs. I found the staff to be friendly, cheerful and helpful. Also, they have an unbelievable variety of goods and I can safely say that I will definitely become a regular!
Nobody cares about vegans.Market is too small
6/13/19....TELL THE TRUTH! YOU ARE NOW ADDICTED!
MUST be something in the air! Or maybe the great tropical shirts the "crew" wear! Or maybe their great/
unusual selection of items!
TRY THEIR COOKIE BUTTER! TO DIE FOR! 😳 But you'll be HOOKED
on it too!
Fun Fact: We even know Trader Joe's in Germany, since some of their branded items are also produced for some grocery stores over here. Especially those items that are very typical for American food.
WOW! Who cares?
Watch out for the Union Square location in NYC, its notorious... I went recently at 9:30pm, they had all 24 checkouts staffed and there were two separate checkout lines winding around the store each with a 15 minute wait. I hear people often go to the store in pairs, one gets in line as soon as they walk in and the other shops for the food.
I lived in St. Pete, the parking lot is NEVER empty. Usually, it's an old lady trying to run me over when I walk to the door.
Erika Guzman - I live in St Pete as well and that Trader Joe’s is always crowded.
We don't have a parking lot in my Trader Joe's in NYC!
My all-time-fav-store!
Not to mention the staff is SUPER FRIENDLY & HELPFUL. ☺❤
They could teach the competition a thing or two about customer service with a smile.
I've even gotten my husband on board. He loves TJ too!! TFS
I love TJ since I live in LA I have access to many of their stores... my bill is 1/2 of other stores!
I love Trader Joe’s! My only complaint is they’re always so crowded! 😝
*I love Trader Joe's!* Publix, who?
haha, i used to love Publix, with Carol Jenkins Burnett stepping down its gotten messy.
Trader Joe's is terrible compared to Publix
Henry Perez It depends entirely on what you want.
D. Hall Can't beat the BOGOS
Publix chicken thats who
Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi North (Aldi was founded by Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1913.The brothers split the company in 1960 when they could not agree whether to sell cigarettes. So now theere is Aldi North and Aldi South) I just shop at the normal Aldis because its the same quality of stuff, (like she was saying about TJ brand name not allowing certain things in there food) and its cheaper. I dont mind bagging my own food if it means saving money
6/13/19....Trader Joe's is fantastic. I love their nuts/spices/cereals/cheeses. My pets have always loved the holiday fog biscuits---esp pumpkin!
Great candies....strange & new items every visit.
I used to go 12 mi to my closest Trader Joe's to shop every week.
Now I'm retired & 60 mi from my closest TJ....THAT SUCKS! 😅
Heading up there today b/c I watched this video & I'm having "homesick pains" with only remedy being a TJ shopping "adventure"!
My wife and I shop at Trader Joe's pretty frequently, and if you have one near you, you should check it out. Their fish, vegetables, and cheeses are delicious. The staff is great and they even carry some local beers. Prices are good too.
I love Trader Joe's, what I like about Trader Joe's is I can go in there and If I have a problem with the product, or I don't like it they will give me my money back, or let me exchange it ( if there were something wrong with the product ). They stand behind their products.
Favorite place to shop for unique finds and stuff that I wouldn’t really find anywhere else! Love Trader Joe’s
The employees r wonderful. . The lines move fast no matter how long. In Manhattan on 72nds street that is..
I worked there and it was so fun, we were like a family. We did things away from Tj’s. I loved all my Captains and I shop Tj’s. I love Tj’s ❤️💥❤️💥❤️💥❤️💥❤️
I don't shop there as much as I used to, but still like them, they have great prices on most meats , coffee , vegetables , cheese, nuts and breads and cereal . The I go to is under a mile from my house and I can do about as good there as WinCo. but not on toiletries . I seem now days to hit my local Grocery outlet and Safeway. The Tjs near me is swamped most of the time, and its in shopping center and has loads of parking but its very full near the store
I love Trader Joe's. 🙌
At my Trader Joe’s, the hidden mascot is Woody, the cowboy from Toy Story.
I love that store. I drive 25 minutes to go to the nearest one.
The parking lots and spots are too small, if you go at the wrong time you might not find a spot, when that happens I just go to Sprouts instead.
Aldi and Trader Joe's, while owned by the brothers, have separate and distinct ownership and operations.
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They used to be one store chain in Germany , owned by two brothers but got into a row about selling cigarettes and tobacco, one wanting to sell it, the other not. So they Split the Company in Aldi Süd and Aldi Nord (north and South). Recently they are moving more together again and rumours are going around that they might merge.
As an employee I can promise tjs doesn't start at $13 they start at $11 and that was just implemented a few months ago.
Also two buck chuck is not that crap box wine. It's completely it's own wine. Tjs owns the wine vinyards.
Love Trader Joe's! My favorite item in the store? Their Orange Chicken of course! Lots of really delicious products there-love their TJ brands-free of all the chemical poisonings all the other foods have at the grocery stores!
I work at Trader Joe’s, and I gotta say it is truly a blessing to have the job. This video is quite unknowledgeable though...
True..the parking lots are small compared its competitors. That's why I shop there first thing when they open so I can get a parking spake.
Love Trader Joe’s. I’m on my way there now.
Trader Joe's : Where middle aged women stand in the middle of the aisle and just stay there
Ha ha ha... that's really funny. Mom, you hear that? She also buzzes around the free coffee samples frequently. 😁
Hey, I'm one of those women lol.... We do it because we are amazed at the price and quality lol
6/13/19....THAT'S JUST WHAT MIDDLE AGED WOMEN DO!
IT'S A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN "THING"..
All I know is the Trade Joe's near us has gotten REALLY popular. It's always jammed with people. Used to be we'd go in there on a Saturday and it'd be a few people. Now it's dozens of people shopping.
Love love love Trader Joe's..........❤️
one thing you need to know is your own expectations as a customer because if you fit in their target market they should understand them.
I love TJ very inexpensive and great for my wallet!🙂
Trader Joe's is very cool, lots of good stuff there and it's reasonably.priced too! Beats Publix, and blows away Whole Foods Market! I just wish they had one that was closer to me, if they delivered there'd be no beating them!
Charles Shaw isn't rebranded Franzia. Franzia was purchased by Coke in 1973 from the Franzia family then sold to The Wine Group in '81. Bronco Wine Company was started by Fred Franzia in '73 who makes Charles Shaw. They are completely separate companies that happen to be started by the same family.
I like this francjise!
xios42 think that no one gives two shits, except for you
Would’ve been nice if I knew about the return policy when I bought a box of frosted mini wheats and got home and realized they have gelatin in them 🤦🏿♀️ I love Trader Joe’s tho! ❤️
gmgmakeitrain06 hay you can always mention it to an employee we often just take your word for it
6/13/19....I ALWAYS return items TO ANY STORE if I find something WRONG with them.
Bought chicken wings yesterday & found they were RAW @ the bone when I started to eat them last night.
I ALWAYS save the receipt---so I am taking these wings back for a full refund today.
ALL grocery stores have return policies!
I have NEVER needed to return an item to Trader Joe's! NEVER EVER in almost 20 yrs! 😜
The parking lots are annoying as shit on a shoe, though. When their stores are on a busy highway, people can't pull out right away but other vehicles start coming in. This creates a gridlock and prevents parked vehicles from being able to back up and provide space to new arrivals. If the average grocer provides 100 spaces too many, I would say Trader Joe's is typically 6-12 short. It's not a huge deficit, but enough to keep me away most times I'm passing by (on my way to the larger grocer down the street). Plus, if you live in a larger city/town, even large parking lots are very well utilized. When I think of parking lots that are bigger than they need to be, in my experience, they've been in more rural areas. But in some cases, those parking lots then double as space for community events.
This is speculative, but I would presume it also then creates tension with neighboring small businesses that have their spots taken up during the prime shopping times.
I love Trader Joe's. Made me happy that there was one close to me when I moved from California to Oregon
They are amazing. Idk how it’s still practically the same price here in NYC but thank god because a broke students got to eat more than $1 pizza
Most supermarkets I've been to in Massachusetts are part of open-air Malls. This includes a Trader Joe's in Hingham Massachusetts these places the parking lot needs to be big.
LAST time I went to Trader Joe's I found one of the freezer sections had been defrosting for 4 hours. Everyone dismissed my concern, especially when I saw the Temp gauge at 40 degrees. You could push down the 'frozen' salmon. The manager (again) dismissed my concern until I told him I had planned to call the Health inspectors. Tarps were placed over that section, until I left. I returned in 15 minutes and they were again trying to sell the defrosted "frozen" foods. Never returned.
9aspengold5 I am seriously shocked. I work at a store on Cali and when our freezer went out we imediatly stoped selling frozen goods and shut down the store an hour early so everybody could cover the section in cardboard.
Alot of times companies don't wanna loose the money of throwing everything away . so they will save the stuff even if it goes down to 40
Thank you for the information.... Jeff Bezos. 😁
Must be a crappy store. The one I work at would never do that
We have to find a hidden iguana in my store and we get a sucker lol
As a younger man I never had a problem finding a place to park at Trader Joe's store. Maybe it was because I rode my bike!
They just need to improve their parking situation here in Tampa. It's super popular, but they only have 10 parking spaces.
I love trader Joe's it's like my second home ❤❤❤
Two other things I notice about Trader Joe's. Number one they don't have fancy in-store lighting like many stores do. Number two I never seen a security camera inside the store
Tim Liao we don't like our customers to feel like they are not trusted so we have no security cameras unless regulated by law. We also do not lock up expensive items for this reason. You will notice the expensive alcohol and vitamins are all out with no case to protect from thieves.
Trader Joe's have best Frozen/Snacks and their beer/wine selection is fantastic.
I haven't been to trader Joe's yet
Will check it out one day
Ref 1:25 - Hey, this TJ's is at Union Square, NYC (the first in NYC)! :)
Shopped there for many years ... until they opened the 2nd one in Chelsea.
More than enough times, shoppers had to line up outside (the one in Union Square) to be let in to shop (because the store was too full) ... sort of like a line to a hot night club, haha!
Smart company. No membership costs, no television or print advertising. Just good value for products customers want. They build and maintain loyalty. Where can you one buy bananas for .19 cents per banana.
Love Trader Joes. They are the best
thank you i would never have shopped at trader joes without this information
Trader Joe's is a great place to shop. As far as parking goes, in Columbia, Md, parking is not the greatest. It's tight. In Annapolis, I can drive around a little more easy.
As a grocery store worker I beg you to not send your kids running through the store without you...that is a terrible "pro".
I am a TJ's cult follower lol. I LOVE Trader Joe's. super easy dinners that always taste so good and takes 10 mins to make?!? Sold!!! The majority of their food is so good except the wraps and to go food. That's hit or miss.
They also will open anything for you to try, produce. They will Salk around with the rest of the item for other people to try.
I like Trader Joe’s but I prefer Whole Foods for their much wider variety and products which are often locally sourced and not from wherever the generic Trader Joe brand is from.
VivalaFrida _ whole paycheck :/
This popular voiceover actress works on a lot of commercials. You can't miss her dark, throaty, Valley-girl voice. Her professional trademark is putting a downhill accent on the ends of her words. It calls attention to what she's saying.
It's called "vocal fry" and it's annoying when overdone.
I 💗 Trader Joe's.
Just fine? My life flashes before my eyes every time I enter and exit the Trader Joe's parking lot in Silverlake. I'm glad they're being efficient, but I can only go there an hour before closing in order to avoid having a panic attack.
I love Trader Joe’s for foods like their frozen foods and such, also their water is bomb asf
Love Trader Joe’s! Employees are fantastic! Don’t shop anywhere else...
I love Trader Joe’s! But where does the food come from? All packaging I’ve checked says “distributed and sold” by their headquarters but where is it made and manufactured? Anyone know? I’m just genuinely curious
They don't make products. They make bulk buys from existing manufacturers, sometimes they have the recipe altered to meet their preferences, but they don't manufacture. Existing producers run a production line with a different label. i.e. Kettle chips makes some of their chips, and puts them in a Trader Joe's bag. TJ's gets the product at a lower price because they don't pay for or receive benefits from the brands marketing efforts and label recognition. Their products are made all over the country and all over the world. Current labeling laws only require country of origin on imported items. Items without a "product of" label can only be from the USA and in those cases it is not required to list where in the US.
👍🏾👍🏾Trader Joe’s
They have good quality food and also have extremely nice and polite people working there!! So if this was an attempt at bashing them try again!!
1:46 - "Need something to keep the kids busy while you do your shopping? Send them on a hunt for the hidden lobster." Somehow I don't think the person that wrote that in the script has kids. I don't have kids but even I know you should NEVER let your kids out of your sight in a public store. Not only can they get kidnapped but they are also bound to do something in the store that is going to get them in trouble.
I'm am glad that Trader Joe's is maintaining their brand and character by denying the cries of Bedell and the sheltered narcisitic Bay Area Bubble and cancel culture. If TJ's did not represent ethniciyties the Bay Area Bubble would be whining for more diversity. Bedell assumes that having various names on ethnic food "exotifies" and can be deemed racist. I am a minority that has food representing my culture and I find it amusing and am proud. These foods had been labeld as Trader Ming's and Trader Giottos for years and only now the safe space folk are finding micro aggresions. Maybe it's less about the outside world and more with inidivual confirmation biases and an individual's desire to find more divisions within our society. Give it a break Bedell and go travel and see the rest of the world outside of the Bay Area.
I thought this was going to be some sort of expose but it was more like an advertisement
4 or 5 years ago I wish I would have known about their return policy. I bought their brand of a single-malt scotch and it was disgusting. I had my dad taste it, because in his bachelor days he was a scotch drinker, and he said that's how single-malt scotch is suppose to taste. How anyone likes bitter is beyond me. I don't drink a lot of scotch but since then I've stuck to blended scotch. As for that bottle of single-malt scotch, I couldn't give it away, my dad wouldn't even take it, eventually I tossed it. What a waste.
You can get a lot of the same food from Trader Joe's for cheaper at Aldis. Especially their chocolate, it's pretty much exactly the same.
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*Aldi. It's not plural, nor possessive. There wasn't a Mr. Aldi who started a store that belongs to him.
Thank you. I love them more now.
The Butter Chicken is so good.
I just wish there produce section wasnt so tiny or I'd shop there a lot more.
My husband has worked at a Trader Joe's in Nashville and a Trader Joe's in Jacksonville Beach. The difference between how the regional managers handle their stores is like night and day. I'd have the FL regional manager's butt in court for her job due to sexism if it wasn't for my husband not wanting to make a stink.
Still like Lidel and Aldi first the Treader Joe's. We at least have a Treaser Joe's in CO Springs Now we need an Aldi and a Lidel😉👍
I only shop at Trader Joe's & Sprouts for my food, Wal-Mart for cosmetics like lotion/ deodorant 😄✌
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Why would you put poison on your skin
Visitor cause your mom told me to🖕
I avoid Wal Mart and Target and Home Depot and Pepsico (and others) who pay extortion to Al Sharpton's 'National Action Network' (NAN) every year.
Capitalism at its finest
GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 🍪 here you go
I love traders Joe affordable health food.. I go every week..
I didn't know any of this. I'm going to be shopping there more.
Best job I ever had in terms of having fun in the workplace
Nic Tano currently working there. Love every minute of my day. Love every person I work with.
Trader Joe's is an example of how a company can pay their employees a decent wage and still be prosperous.
You forgot to mention the fearless flyer!
I love TJ no matter what. I'm a New Yorker from the city and I will do groceries at TJ over Whole Foods any fucking day. Fairways comes a close second. In the burbs and Upstate I'll go to Wegmans
Traders Joe's a store filled with 95% generics, but done right. I wish my local price chopper could compete, but they look dead comparatively.
The best food chain in the country. Their employees are top notch.
Trader Joe's does co-branding they do not have their own brands, meaning they will deal with manufacturers to pack their stuff with Trader Joe's packing names and labels, according to their own requirements for quality and freshness.
I love Trader Joe's
What they didn' t tell you is that the company is owned by Theo Albrecht of Aldi since 1979.
I really love and appreciate trader joes! Thanks for providing quality food and great service
i must be living under a rock since i had no idea what trader joe was before this video ended
I very seldom shop Trader Joe’s. I prefer Sprouts. I don’t like to shop at a place where produce (apples, bananas,...) are sold by the piece vs per pound. No hate though. Still love many of their products
My mom works at one :)
I swear I went to here a week ago (not a regular) and said "Why are these parking stalls so small?!" I guess it wasn't just me.
Never Heard Of Trader Joes Looks Promising For Food Products.
Are you joking?
No I Am Not.
The only thing you need to know before shopping at Trader Joe’s is where one is locate. Oh, and the store hours.