Nathasja T.
Yelp
What is there not to love about Trader Joe's? I appreciate their fresh fruit and produce section with its abundance of organic options, at super affordable prices. I buy all of my nuts and seeds here, and some other staple pantry items like coconut milk and fire roasted green chiles.
You know what's also pretty great, here? Their flowers. When I moved tot the US from the Netherlands (the flower capital of the world), I nearly had a heart attack when I saw how expensive flowers are on this side of the world. Not at Trader Joe's. Normal prices for pretty flowers without breaking the bank.
I am also a huge fan of their greeting cards. If you see one that you particularly like you may want to stock up, they rarely get a second shipment of the same one.. they constantly bring in new designs. Most recently I discovered their hand soap (lavender/chamomile) and it is so fragrant and nice. Random, I know.
I think the prices here are on par with other stores, if not less expensive. Aside from their own brands, they do carry some name brand items such as Dubliner and Boursin cheeses, Spindrift seltzer water, RX/Epic/Clif bars etc.
While this shiny, new, standalone building is nice, I don't think there's a huge difference between this new location and it's older version a mile up the road. In my view there was nothing wrong with the old one, except for perhaps the parking situation and getting in & out of the plaza at the busy 8 mile/Haggerty intersection.
Spoiler alert, the parking part did not improve one bit.. probably because TJ's is in a plaza with 6 or 7 restaurants that draw crowds for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Favorites: coconut milk, speculaas filled chocolate bars, TJs raspberry-lime seltzer water, organic blueberries, spicy Italian chicken sausages, chicken chili-lime burgers and their large variety of nuts and nut butters.