There are certain foods that are synonymous with their place names. Parmigianno Reggiano. Kalamata Olives. And the focus of this episode, Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. A world-renowned product with a long and fascinating history, Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is produced exclusively in the Modena region of Italy. In this episode we sit down (and do a bunch of walking!) with one of Modena?s largest and most respected producers of this vigorous vinegar ? they?ve been supplying Trader Joe?s for decades ? where we learn some history and get a behind-the-scenes look at how it?s made. Listen in for a sneak peak at a new TJ?s product coming soon to your neighborhood Trader Joe?s.

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We get a lot of questions at Trader Joe?s. And we see things in the news that make us ask questions, too. Recently, we?ve seen a bunch of stories about so-called ?Retail Media.? So what the heck is Retail Media, and does Trader Joe?s do it? In a nutshell, Retail Media is all about using screens and media and technology in retail stores, ostensibly to replace humans. That doesn?t make sense to us ? instead of investing in technology and media resources to tell our stories, in our stores, we invest in our people and our products, so every experience you have with Trader Joe?s is a great one. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get our take on Retail Media.

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It?s nearly spring. And at Trader Joe?s, that means new products popping up like flower buds after an early thaw. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re getting up close and personal with a baker?s dozen of our favorite new (and returning) things for spring. Looking for Easter candy and treats? You?ll find them here, and you?ll be impressed not only with how they look, but how they taste. A new Mini Sheet Cake that happens to be gluten free? Oh. Yes. Potato chips made with Irish potatoes and butter? Aye. A new blend of greens to elevate your salad game and a pasta sauce that?s simple, elegant, and extraordinarily delicious? Well? yes. Would you believe a wine made with oranges? You should believe, and you should try it. One last thing? no bunnies were harmed in the making of this episode.

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Welcome to another episode of the Trader Joe?s Wine Club, brought to you by Inside Trader Joe?s. In this sip-sized segment, we?re going grass-roots ? or at the very least, grass-noted ? with a conversation about New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. More specifically, we?re highlighting Raorao Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlborough region, an area on the South Island renowned for this varietal (among others). This wine is an excellent expression of Marlborough Sauv Blanc ? a quick listen here will reveal what makes this wine so special, some delicious pairing ideas, and what a tremendous value it is at Trader Joe?s.

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We often talk about traveling the world to find the most delicious products we can offer, so we can bring them to our customers at a great value. Decades ago, when we began our search for truly excellent frozen pizza, it occurred to us that maybe the best place to go was the birthplace of the stuff? Italy. Turns out we were right, and our frozen pizzas became the stuff of lore ? they?re just that good. Our frozen pizza selection has evolved since those early days, yet some of our favorites still come from Italy. And perhaps even more striking, some of our favorites still come from the same supplier we serendipitously stumbled upon all those years ago. In this episode, we take you on a journey of pizza-rific proportions, visting this same Italian pizza producer and getting the inside scoop on how it all started, how they manage to make such delicious pies, and what the future may hold. Spoiler alert: the future is round, cheesy, and well-sauced.

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The votes are in, and the time has come to reveal the winners of the 16th Annual Trader Joe?s Customer Choice Awards! Sixteen years of celebrating our customers? favorite products, as voted by you, our customers. It?s just as exciting to us this year as it was in year one.

This year, we?ve added a New category. That?s right, a New category ? Favorite New Product! There are so many possibilities? can you guess what it might be? We?re also welcoming another product to our Hall of Fame, that rarefied space populated by products you?ve named as favorites a total of five times. With awards season well-underway, we?re happy to present awards that eschew glitz and glamour to bring you the only awards where the winners are (almost) all edible!

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As listeners of this podcast know, the Trader Joe?s mothership is located in Monrovia, CA. Monrovia is really close to one of the wildfires that?s devastated Southern California recently. We have a lot of Crew Members and customers who?ve been impacted by these fires, and we wanted to take a minute to send our best wishes to them and everyone who?s dealing with the aftermath of these events. We recorded this episode not too long ago in our other mothership, in Boston. It?s a little silly, and, we hope, fun. We could all use a little fun and silly right about now. 

Winter is jam-packed with snacking opportunities, and if updating your snack routine is on your 2025 agenda, listening to this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s should be atop your to-do list. Whether it?s a big game or a fashion-forward awards show, when people pop by, you need snacks! We sat down with some Crew Members in our other mothership in Boston to discuss their favorite ?snacktivities? using Trader Joe?s products. They shared spicy hacks and savory hacks, simple hacks and slightly more involved hacks. What every snack hack has in common? Great taste and a near-100% guarantee of good times. Have a listen, then pay us a visit to pick up what you need to enjoy some snacktivities of your own.

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We?re back with another episode of the Trader Joe?s Wine Club, brought to you by Inside Trader Joe?s. In this seasonally inspired sip-sized segment, we?re focusing on those most festive wines, the sparklers. Focusing in even further, we?re celebrating Champagne, perhaps the greatest gift France has ever given the wider world (we love you, Baguettes and Brie, but Champagne? it?s so festive and delightful it even comes with its own bubbles!). As New Year?s Eve approaches, join us as we learn a bit about what makes this wine special, some unexpected pairing ideas, and our recommendation for a high-quality, value-priced Champagne you?ll find on our wine shelves right now.

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Every year, just as most of our holiday decorations are packed away and the world is focused on winter?s snowscapes and the coming thaw of spring, the product development teams at Trader Joe?s are laser-focused on the holidays, nearly a full year in the future. Consider this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s a bit of back-to-the-future, or at least back-to-the-present, where we take you inside the Holiday Tasting Panel. This is a multi-day sensory extravaganza, where our panelists focus all their attention taste, value, and all the attributes that make a product just right for the holiday season lineup at Trader Joe?s. Best of all, each of these gems is now available at your neighborhood Trader Joe?s, just for the ho-ho-holiday season.

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The Holiday Season is truly the most festive time of year at your neighborhood Trader Joe?s, with hundreds of celebration-worthy products making appearances on our shelves for a limited time. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re making a list, checking it twice (thrice, even!), and delivering it right to you. English Toffee Ice Cream AND a British Shortbread Collection? Right-o! Lemon Peel Stuffed Olives and an Elevated Cracker Assortment to take your holiday hors d?ouevres to a higher level? Step right up! A cute cousin for a TJ?s holiday classic and even an option for your pup? Yes, at Trader Joe?s, the Jingle Jangles for us all. Tune in, make your own list, and head on over to your neighborhood Trader Joe?s for some holiday cheer!

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Welcome to the premiere episode of the Trader Joe?s Wine Club, brought to you by Inside Trader Joe?s. There?s no membership fee and no shipping charges ? and that?s because this isn?t an actual Wine Club. In these occasional, sippable episodes of Inside Trader Joe?s (there we go being all figurative again ? you can?t really sip this episode), we?ll uncork some information about some of our favorite wines of the moment ? like tasting notes, origin stories, and pairing suggestions. In this inaugural pour, we?re focusing on two wines we think will be right at home on any Thanksgiving dinner table.

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Trader Joe?s has been a destination for winning wine finds since our earliest days, and more than 57 years into our journey, our stores remain a source of tremendous values on wines from the world?s best growing regions. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we sit down with four folks from our wine team who are doing the work, day after day, to find those wines and get them to our shelves. Grenache? Great. Champagne? ?Course! Cabernet? Rosé? Okay, okay! Have a listen, then take a trip to your neighborhood Trader Joe?s wine section, where a Crew Member can help you find just the right bottle for any occasion.

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We all know that every neighborhood is unique. And because Trader Joe?s is a national chain of neighborhood grocery stores, every Trader Joe?s is as unique as the neighborhood of which it is a part. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re taking you inside two distinctive neighborhood Trader Joe?s stores, that just so happen to be in the same neighborhood. (Right? It?s amazing what a few blocks can do!) Starting with our original Back Bay store in Boston ? the smallest Trader Joe?s in the known universe ? and traveling almost five blocks away to Boston?s newest TJ?s (also in the Back Bay), it?s plain to see that every store is a reflection of its surroundings ? the customers, the Crew, and the physical space it inhabits. And a super-exciting bonus ? we?re learning about stand pipes and rack rooms! Yes!

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We get a lot of questions at Trader Joe?s. One of those we hear the most is, ?Hey, when are you opening a store in my neighborhood?? And ?How do you decide where to put a Trader Joe?s?? ? that comes up a lot, too. As you can imagine, like Trader Joe?s stores themselves, choosing store locations isnot a one-size-fits-all approach. Truth is, we?d like to be in thousands of neighborhoods all across the country ? and it?s going to take some time. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

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In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re taking you inside our customers? shopping carts to find out what keeps them coming back to Trader Joe?s again and again. For this inaugural iteration of our Customer Cart Conversations, we go to Trader Joe?s number 122 in Studio City, California, where our store Captain Jay Jay gets up close and personal with the contents of customers? carts, with questions about favorites. Along the way, we get some insights into how Trader Joe?s brings a little joy and deliciousness into their busy lives. We?ll get answer to pressing questions like: Savory or sweet? Snack or dessert? And even, Regular Fries or Sweet Potato Fries? What?s in YOUR cart?

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It?s September at Trader Joe?s. That, of course, means the Pumpkin-palooza is underway. You?ll find more than 70 pumpkin-forward products on our shelves this season ? including new entries like Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate and the much-anticipated Pumpkin Mini Sheet Cake. And despite the plethora of pumpkin, this season is also about so much more. Like Apple (Shortbread Cookies), Maple (Brown Sugar Butter), Vanilla Cardamom (Cold Brew Coffee), and Butternut Squash (Mac & Cheese). There are returning faves and new finds filled with fabulous flavors in every corner of your neighborhood Trader Joe?s. Listen in to this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s to get the scoop on a few of our favorites. Check out traderjoes.com and @traderjoes on Instagram for more on what?s new and what?s back (finally!) in your Trader Joe?s.

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When we think about back-to-school, we immediately think of chocolate and mustard. (Doesn?t everyone?) Specifically, we think of Belgian chocolate and Dijon Mustard. Just in time for back-to-school shopping ? as well as classes like History, Geography, Chemistry, and Culinary Arts ? this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s takes you to the source of these longtime favorites. Travel along with us as we go inside a chocolate factory ? outside Brussels ? talking to the folks who make some of our favorite chocolate (we?re looking at you, Pound Plus Bars!); and to the very (aromatic) room where the mustard magic happens, getting the inside scoop on how Dijon, France came to be home of the world?s most iconic mustard. 

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Do you ever feel like you?re hearing things when you?re shopping at Trader Joe?s? You?re not alone. The bells are ringing at Trader Joe?s ? nearly all the time. They act as a kind of intercom system, and they keep us attuned to what?s happening in the store. Ever wonder what they mean? Come on, ring those bells, and tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

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When you ask folks why they shop at Trader Joe?s, they?ll usually mention the ?Three Ps? ? Products, Prices, and People.  In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re diving deep into the third P ? People. As we continue to open more stores around the country, ensuring we have the right people in those stores is a top priority. And it doesn?t happen by accident. We?re always on the lookout for great people, and we?re constantly at work developing tools to help those folks cultivate their skills and strengths. More Trader Joe?s stores means more than just new buildings; it means more opportunities for more people to grow right along with us.

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Fact number one: nothing generates excitement like a contest.

Fact number two: when we announced our Store Recipe Contest, we could not have predicted the level of excitement it would generate. 

Fact number three: the Crew Members in our stores are culinary creative in countless ways, and the recipes they submitted for this contest were exciting, interesting, and most of all, delicious.  

In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we get a behind the scenes look into how the winning recipe was chosen, and we have a chat with the curious and creative Crew Members behind the winning recipe. And speaking of recipes? fact number four: you?ll find the contest champ at traderjoes.com.

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Looking for something interesting ? and easy to prepare ? for dinner? An appetizer to wow a crowd? A cocktail or mocktail to satisfy even the most critical companion? Or even a creative way to use up the very last bits of peanut butter or jam? We turn to our resident recipe developer for help, and share some tips to help you find recipes that are sure to make you love your favorite TJ?s products even more. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, for all the delicious details.

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Trader Joe?s is ready for summer! Our shelves, freezers, refrigerators, and bakery racks are brimming with new and returning favorites to make the season really shine. Bet you didn?t know you needed Eggs & Bacon Gummies? but you do. And your dog needs Surf?s Pup Dog Biscuits just as much. Two new ready-to-pop-on-the-grill burgers will have all your friends on the lookout for your next cookout. A new Boba kit, Coffee Mochi Ice Cream, and Organic Freezer Pops? listen in for all the delicious details, and then swing by your neighborhood Trader Joe?s and fill a cart with your faves. Three, two, one? summer!

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At Trader Joe?s, we more or less obsess over value, that magical place where top quality and excellent prices meet. From Olive Oil to Almonds, and a few thousand other products in between, we do the work to ensure we?re offering the best products at the best prices, every day. So, how do we do set our prices? Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

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The air fryer. Depending on who you listen to, it?s either the best thing to hit kitchens since the microwave, or it?s a silly waste of space. Once you listen to this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we think you?ll be happy to walk into the light of the humble air fryer. We asked some Crew Members in our office to share their favorite Trader Joe?s products, air fryer style. We head to the kitchen and enjoy some appetizers, entrees, breakfast treats, and even a vegetable! #babybroccoli

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Mini Tote Bags? Those are a thing? Apparently, yes. And we knew we loved them ? that?s why we decided to sell them. We absolutely did not predict how much our customers would love them. So what?s up with these adorable little tote-lets? Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

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Ah, spring. Birds singing, trees blooming, and products arriving, at your neighborhood Trader Joe?s. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re getting up close and personal with some of our favorite new and returning products for spring. Chocolate Donut Holes? OMD yes. Orange Wine? We spend some time with our resident wine expert to talk about wine of many colors. We?ll take a peek at ? and a taste of ? Piquant Popcorn. Can we talk about the Cinnamon Twist Danish Pastry? Yes we can, and yes we do, with our Bakery Category Manager. There?s always something new, delicious, and exciting at your neighborhood Trader Joe?s ? this episode is loaded with all of these. Have a listen, then make your own springtime list and pay a visit to your neighborhood store...

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There are things that tie every Trader Joe?s together ? delicious products, terrific everyday prices, and phenomenal Crew Members to name a few. Yet every store is also different. How can they all be different? That?s easy ? we?re a neighborhood grocery store, and every store is in a unique neighborhood. The Crew reflects the neighborhood, the layout of the store reflects the neighborhood, and there are often signs and murals that reflect the neighborhood. Our store in Providence, Rhode Island is a great neighborhood store, with lots of only-in-Providence features to celebrate ? let?s go, Parcel six!

In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re going both inside and outside our store in Providence, Rhode Island, to get up close and personal with this quintessential neighborhood store.  

If you're in Providence, check out the store and their one-of-a-kind mural in person. And if you're not in Providence, you can check out images of their gorgeous mural in the images below, courtesy of The Avenue Concept. And click here for more information about the mural and its incorporation of Providence's history. Good stuff, indeed! 

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The votes are in, and the time has come to reveal the winners of the 15th Annual Trader Joe?s Customer Choice Awards! (Can we stop for a moment to consider that this is the 15th Annual Customer Choice Awards? Seriously, we never saw this coming?)

We?ve changed things up a bit this year, adding a couple of new categories for consideration ? and that?s resulted in some new products in the winners? circle. Excellent! Get ready for a (not-so) surprising upset in the Bath, Body & Home category and a delicious discussion of your favorite Breakfast & Brunch options. We even have some sneak peeks at a few new products, coming soon, that could just find their way on to the Awards stage next year?

Click here for the complete list of winners.

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Year?s end is a wonderful time for remembrances and reflections? it?s also an excellent time (some may say the best time) for toasting to what?s to come, for raising a glass to a hopeful future. We?ll drink to that! And we can?t think of a better drink for that toast than La Burgondie Crémant de Bourgogne, a crisp and easy-drinking sparkling wine from the Burgundy region of France. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we take you inside the winery where this stellar sparkler is styled, and we get the inside story of how this classic Crémant is crafted, directly from the winemaker. We hope you?ll join us on this idyllic journey to a most magical place, just in time to ring in the New Year.

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When the holliest and jolliest of holiday seasons is on the agenda, Trader Joe?s should absolutely be on your list of must-visits. In this episode, we celebrate some of the best we have to offer this holiday season. Danish cookies and delightfully decorated pretzels; candles redolent of chocolate croissants and 12 Days of Beauty to make your skin and spirit shine; cinnamon bun inspired coffee accoutrements and baking mixes? and SO. MUCH. MORE. To make your season merry and bright, have a listen, then, with a Jingle and a Jangle, pay a visit to your neighborhood Trader Joe?s.

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In this mini episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we spend just a few minutes with our Chairman and CEO, Bryan Palbaum, and our Vice CEO and President, Jon Basalone, to talk about the things we?re thankful for this year. Friends, family, customers, Crew Members, favorite products being in-stock? And thanks to you, as always, for listening.

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Before most of the world has even packed away its holiday decorations, Trader Joe?s is busy developing new products for the following year?s holiday season. How do we decide which products you?ll see in stores during the holidays? Our Tasting Panel is at the heart of it, and in this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re taking you inside the Holiday Tasting Panel, a days-long event where our product developers put forth their best ideas for future holiday fare, and The Panel tastes and questions and ponders? and ultimately comes to consensus on which products will fill our shelves in the holiday season ahead. As an added bonus, we revisit the origins of one of our most beloved holiday sweet treats ? Jingle Jangle ? and chat with suppliers making a couple of this year?s new creations.

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You can see what?s in a product just by looking at the ingredient listing on the package. What you might not know is that Trader Joe?s has a long list of ingredients we don?t use in our products. There are reasons we use certain things, and reasons we don?t use other things. What?s what, and more importantly, why? Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

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Are you ready to fall in love? With fabulous faves like Fall Harvest Salsa and Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese? Or maybe new, destined-to-be-faves like Mini Maple Marshmallows or Maple Fudge? (Of course, we?d be remiss if we didn?t mention some returning Maple marvels as well.) This fall-forward episode of Inside Trader Joe?s is a harbinger of the season, and a surefire way to whet your appetite for all things cozy and comforting. Honeycrisp Apple Granola? Wicked Good Mini Chocolate Bars? (Yes!) Have a listen, and have a pencil ready? you?re going to want to make a list of your own!

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Did you know that every product on the shelves at your neighborhood Trader Joe?s goes through a rigorous tasting process before we decide to sell it? Rigorous tasting? What the heck does that even mean, Trader Joe?s? In a nutshell, it means we don?t just offer something for sale because we can; we only offer those things that taste great and represent a great value. To make those decisions, we taste everything ? and tasting is, perhaps surprisingly, not the same as eating. It?s careful, it?s considered, it?s? rigorous. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get a taste for yourself.

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Every Trader Joe?s has a few things in common ? delicious products, excellent everyday prices, and really terrific people. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re talking to some of those people. We had the opportunity to chat with a group of Trader Joe?s Crew Members in Chicago, and then we sat down with our CEO and President/Vice-CEO so they could answer some of the insightful questions that came out of that conversation. As Trader Joe?s continues to grow, it?s the Crew working in your neighborhood store who make the magic happen, every day. Have a listen, then make your shopping list and come say ?Hi!? to the Crew at your Trader Joe?s.

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Private label? What on earth is that? A label you can?t see, a hidden tag, a marker wearing a mask? Perhaps unsurprisingly, ?Private Label? is none of these things. What it IS is enormously important to what makes Trader Joe?s, well, Trader Joe?s. Listen in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

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This episode of Inside Trader Joe?s is dedicated to sandwiches and salads in the sun, snacks in the shade, frozen treats in the sand (seaside or lakefront, of course), and all manner of food fabulousness in between. In other words, we are 100% ready for summer. How ready? Oh, we?re Lemon Pesto ready. We?re Strawberry Lemonade Ice Bar ready. We?re S?Mores Ice Cream ready. Listen in, then come on in and stock up on all the super summertime stuff your neighborhood TJ?s has to offer.

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Why doesn?t Trader Joe?s have online shopping? Why don?t you deliver? The answer is, we believe the store is our brand, that what happens within the four walls of your neighborhood Trader Joe?s is a huge part of what makes Trader Joe?s special. Our business is built on people ? the people who shop in our stores and the people who work in our stores ? and a constant flow of new and exciting products, offered at excellent, everyday prices. In other words, we?re a bricks and mortar store on purpose, and with purpose. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

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In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re back at the hacks, with delicious and often unexpected ways to use Trader Joe?s products throughout the store. Pizza Dough and Biscuits on hand but not in the mood for Pizza or Biscuits? We?re here for you. We?re considering all the possible ways of using Everything But The Bagel Seasoning? what?s your favorite? Meals out of mezze? Yes. Got an empty jar from a favorite TJ?s product? You could recycle, but you can also reuse! And just wait ?til you hear what we?re doing with pasta water?

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The vernal equinox is near, days are getting longer, and we have high hopes for higher temperatures day by day. All these things point to spring?s arrival as surely as this latest shopping list episode of Inside Trader Joe?s. There are so many fun new products to try ? from Bananas! Bananas! Chocolate (that?s one product, and it?s delish) and a Chromatic Celebration Cake (trust us here), to our most verdurous candle yet and a Mini Sheet Cake that delivers a punch of puckery pleasure? did we mention there?s So. Much. Good. Stuff? Have a listen, then make your list, for a trip to your neighborhood Trader Joe?s that?ll put a spring in your step.

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On this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we take you to a super-secret, underground, high school club ? the Trader Joe?s Club! What, your high school didn?t have one? Neither did ours? but we found out about some high schools that do, and, well, how could we resist? We really couldn?t, so we sat down with some cool kids (it?s hip to say, cool, right?) to cover all things Trader Joe?s. Listen in? it?s totally bussin?.

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We?ve tallied the votes (all 18,000+ of them!), and the winners of the 14th Annual Trader Joe?s Customer Choice Awards have been decided. When it comes to sweets and desserts, what takes the cake? What?s the favorite for folks feeling snacky? And what do you love most overall when you walk our aisles? On this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re announcing this year?s winners, and shining a light on some old favorites being honored in a whole new way.

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We get this question all the time, and it?s a good one. The truth is, once you start to think about ?loyalty programs,? you quickly realize there?s nothing in them to promote loyalty. They?re just ever-so-slightly-disguised ways to collect data about your purchases. We look at loyalty with a significantly different lens. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

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Phew! What a year! The end of one year, the start of another? there?s a reason folks get reflective at this time of year. Trader Joe?s is no different, as it turns out. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, we?re looking back at the year that was, and forward, to the year ahead. Stores have opened, Crew Members have been hired ? and promoted! ? and millions of meals have been shared with our neighbors? We?re excited about what?s to come, and we look forward to seeing you at your neighborhood TJ?s in 2023!

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Chestnuts (roasting on an open fire)? Check. Peppermint Hold the Cones? Check. Cedar Balsam Candles? Check. And check. This is a big, bold holiday season shopping list episode of Inside Trader Joe?s, filled with the fun and festive fare you count on us to deliver. Join us as we peruse the aisles and take a foray through the freezers, finding returning favorites and some exciting new discoveries along the way. What?s that? Carolers at the door? Check.

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Wine makes people nervous. We get it. But it doesn?t have to be that way. Like the rest of your TJ?s shopping experience, we think buying wine should be a fun and feel like an adventure. So, when you go to your neighborhood Trader Joe?s looking for a bottle of wine, and you don?t know exactly what you?re looking for? don?t panic! There are knowledgeable Crew Members there who can help. They taste the wines, they know which wines taste great with which foods, and they?re always happy to make suggestions. We had the opportunity to chat with a couple of those folks, who shared bunches of information about how we approach wine at Trader Joe?s. Have a listen, then head to your TJ?s and find the ideal bottle of vino for that party next weekend, a gift for a special someone, or dinner tonight!

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If there?s a question we get more than ?When are all the holiday products coming back?? it?s definitely ?What?s up with your parking lots?? We get it. They?re small. Which kind of makes sense when you think about it. Which we do. A lot. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to find out everything you ever wanted to know (and let?s be honest, probably a whole lot more) about Trader Joe?s parking lots.

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Aloha shirts as far as the eye can see, new products for everyone to taste, and So. Much. Energy! It?s the Trader Joe?s Annual Captains? Meeting, and you have a front row seat, so to speak. Have a listen to find out about our plans for the future, the return of Demo (yes!), your store Captain?s favorite product, and what the heck is a Golden Potsticker Award!

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Golden Potsticker Award Winners:

Store # Location 8 Fresno, CA 26 Hillcrest, San Diego, CA 46 Orange, CA 59 Santa Barbara, CA 82 Reno, NV 85 Glendale, AZ 100 San Francisco, CA 101 Fairfield, CA 135 Queen Anne Hill, WA 164 Spokane (North), WA 167 Albuquerque, NM 211 Templeton, CA 215 West Los Angeles, CA 249 San Juan Capistrano, CA 250 USC, CA 284 Summerlin (West), NV 404 Fort Worth, TX 460 Tulsa, OK 510 Boston (Back Bay), MA 519 Portland, ME 552 Oceanside, NY 559 Staten Island, NY 571 Bridgemarket, NY 637 Media, PA 654 Centreville, VA 657 Willamsburg, VA 663 Knoxville, TN 678 Ann Arbor, MI 685 La Grange, IL 692 Brentwood, MO 715 Woodbury, MN 735 Buckhead, GA 744 Charlotte (Midtown), NC 781 Coral Gables, FL

Ever walk into your neighborhood TJ?s to find your favorite product is no longer on the shelf? It happens to us, too! A big part of shopping at Trader Joe?s is finding new things to love, and because our stores are small, making room for those new favorites means some old standbys may have to make way. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get the scoop.

 

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