Trader Joe's

Selected Tips

• Go with your lover, one of you wait in the long line while the other person shops. If you don't have a lover, shop and then wait in line and cry quietly to yourself.

  Josh Morrissey

• If you can't handle the chaos of shopping at Trader Joe's at Union Square, you don't belong in New York City.

  Cindy T

• come on rainy days, it's like the rain washes the line away!

  BLDProject

• Make a meme while in line.

  Mike Fraietta

• The original Manhattan TJ's opened with lines around the block almost five years ago. Their newest location opens on Broadway and 72nd Street September 20!

  nymag

• The experienced shoppers know to select items while in either store-wrapped line.

  Anthony Galante

• Go with a friend. Upon entry one gets in the line, the other shops. Meet at end of line. Only way to fly

  David Rosenberg

• Go before 2pm or after 8:30pm Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday for best experience.

  Chris Griswold

• Trader Joe’s is no ordinary grocery chain. It stocks its shelves with a winning combination of low-cost staples and exotic, affordable luxuries that you simply can’t find anyplace else.

  Fortune Magazine

• Cut you some flax. Try adding flaxseed or its oil to your meals. Trader's has it golden roasted, milled, whole, in cereal, in oatmeal. The health benefits are plentiful and the taste is yummy.

  Crunch Gym

• Confirmed by an employee: Monday night is the busiest time to shop.

  Ally Mann

• Give people space. Don't continuously ram your cart into someone's heels. You're not going anywhere.

  Jesse Lin

• Go early in the morning to avoid the looong lines.

  Christine alemany

• Try to avoid this location on weekends - can be a total mad house and by Sunday, they're out of stock of a lot of things. Your best bet is coming as early as possible on Monday for prime selection.

  The Corcoran Group

• this place is the best place to go if you don't want to spend too much money on organic food

  Pizzi

• Shop here for food in packages (canned things, boxed things, cartoned things, bagged things) then head over to Atlantic Fruit & Veg (one block away) for a cheaper, friendlier produce experience.

  Erin Pettigrew

• Efficient chaos. It shouldn't work but it just does.

  Steve Malone

• Cheapest organic milk in the area.

  Michael Cosaboom

• Disregard the name of the store, they won't actually trade with you, they make you pay for everything. Very misleading.

  Nic G

• Def go to this trader joes not the one at union square- union square is a nightmare!!

  Rachel Silver

• Fage yogurt is cheapest here it seems

  Bernadette Aguirre Lilhanand

• Cut you some flax. Try adding flaxseed or its oil to your meals. Trader's has it golden roasted, milled, whole, in cereal, in oatmeal. The health benefits are plentiful and the taste is yummy.

  Crunch Gym

• Use the right line to grab extra stuff on your way to the registers

  Alex Fitzpatrick

• This place is crazy on weekends, but weekdays are cool. Lines look long, but they do a good job ok keepin it moving. Friendly staff!!!!

  Graham Forden

• Not as crazy as its Union Square brother (and there’s no wine) but you’ll forgive the lines when you get home and enjoy your delicious and inexpensive groceries.

  The Corcoran Group

• It's totally empty in the morning.

  Shanté Smalls

• The checkout line moves very quickly, thankfully.

  Kathryn Yu

• The lines are a nightmare in the later afternoons and evenings, but this is probably the best organized NYC store and a great lunch spot if you're close!

  Humberto Martinez

• The key to this store is to shop in pairs while standing in line

  Brian Michael

• When the double lines get long, always choose the one on the inside. Always.

  Trevor Filter