Trader Joe’s

Love TJ’s for many things. Friendly staff, great Customer Service (if something is bad they let you return it– especially helpful with wine that had gone sour). They carry some local beers. It’s our go-​to grocery spot– HOWEVER– do not trust their ground beef. Half the time you open it and it has clearly begun decomposing as the smell is horrid. You can cook it well but it is likely to still make you sick and give you the runs from the toxins the bacteria leave behind. Just don’t buy it. They don’t do ground beef well and should really just stop selling it before they end up with a food poisoning outbreak. (hot dogs and other packaged meats have never given us trouble) So it’s a bummer but we make a separate stop at Market of Choice to get fresh and quality meat.

Love the grocery store and how one can find good food at great prices. However, some of the men who work here are extremely snobby. I start packing my own groceries while the cashier is ringing up all the groceries, then when it’s time to pay, you go swipe your card and the cashier helps you finish the packing! NOT the guys here! All the women who work here are very helpful but not some of the guys! Extremely rude and snobby.

Since we don’t have one in Hawaii, this place is always a must, esp the cookie butter!
Selection for trail mix and other healthy food are amazing! From chocolate, nuts, and dried fruit to chocolate covered edamame (soybeans).
Price is pretty good. For the quality and what you get is pretty hard to beat.
Customer service is great!

One thing I love about Trader Joe’s is the restrooms. It seems like I always have to pee when I’m in a grocery store. What is that phenomenon? These aren’t the stinky stuffy broken door no hook bathrooms of Fred Meyer or Walmart or Safeway. The TJs bathrooms have four hooks for purses, cameras, backpacks or diaper bags, a changing table for babies, wheelchair accessible rails, a lower sink for kids or those in wheelchairs and one of those super efficient hand dryers. Plus they feature their own products in there — French soaps and all-​natural air fresheners. They really do want you to relax and stay a while.

I don’t think much of this place since I eat on the go. However my mom travels from Albany to grocery shop here. I like that they accept EBT!!! I do like that thier products have gluten free and vegan milk. I wish more stores would label thier products so customers know what’s in their food. The only other store that dies this is market of choice.

super cheap healthy foods & snacks. I go there to get their cheap eggs, yogurts, juice, milk, orange chicken, ice cream, mochi ice cream, chips, candies, & eap their super cheap wines!!! staff are friendly & always have the healthy foods I want & crave for good cost

ALWAYS excellent customer service. Every clerk I’ve ever encountered has been pleasant and actually will carry on a conversation with you, and not about the weather.
The food selection is always well stocked. In the past, they’d often run low of items such as quick-​grab salads and sandwiches, but this seems to have been fixed.
Please consider staying open at least til 10 p.m. though. Often it will be around 8:50 p.m. before I am thinking about dinner and by that time it’s too late to get to TJ’s.

This place is great for getting party, snack and appetizer food! I do think the prices for staples are a little high, but they have fun stuff that I wouldn’t think to make from scratch. The location on 9^th is convenient.

They some chatty motherfuckers. Stop talking, work that cash register, and get me checked out!!! The slowest checkout lines in the world.

Great store, mostly. The best thing about TJs is that the employees are quite helpful and cheerful. The quality of their items is mostly superior. There have been a few things that were not so good, rib eye steaks for instance were not up to par in my opinion. I’ve also tried several of their coffee varieties and have yet to find a really good one.
We do like several TJs items that you can’t get anywhere else and we go there for those items almost exclusively.
I’m a fan, but only for certain things. I’ll still do the bulk of my shopping at the old reliables in town.

It’s a-​ok. It’s annoying that they don’t have many ingredients that similar-​sized grocery stores have, such as tahini. The produce is far from local, and bundled so you can’t choose how much or little of something you want. There’s no bulk foods. But they do have many pre-​packaged foods that are a bit better than Safeway, and it’s cheaper than Market of Choice. It’s definitely no First Alternative Co-​op.

What’s not to love about TJ’s???
2 buck chuck… ‘nuf said! (now $ 3)
I love this market because I feel like I don’t really ever need to read labels! I know pretty much nothing I buy there is going to have the nasty stuff like HFCS or really gross preservatives…
great place to stop for a quick lunch option… or some decent cheap wine… or roasted plantain chips… and did I mention the chocolate?
Oh, as per usual with all TJ locations they are usually very busy… but if you like to shop early Saturday mornings are almost always crowd free!
I’ve been such a happy girl since TJ’s came to town!

Ughh, this Trader Joes is so depressing. TJs is pretty much one of my all time favorite places to go and I was excited to see Corvallis have one. That was short lived though once I found out how over priced this place was. I heard it was because they were competing with the food co-​op? I have no idea. All the ones I went to in California were sooo cheap. They also don’t stock up on their produce and they have a poor selection of items.
The staff is nice and friendly thank goodness. Thats the only thing this location as in common with all the other Trader Joes though.

The Good: Need Peppermint flavored coffee? Check! Sparkling wine straight from Italy? Check! Two buck chuck? (Ok, more like 3 buck chuck now) Check! They have quite a variety of curious and tasty foods, plus organic and other diet-​specific stuff. They also give out free samples every day!
The Bad: Prices can be a little higher than your average supermarket, but no more so than say the Co-​op. They also never have wine tasting at the time listed, at least the several times I’ve been there.
The Ugly: The occasional college kid stumbling in at 8PM for sushi and an Odwalla in his pajamas.
The Rundown: If you want some «fancy» imported food or are looking for something diet-​specific, they just might have it! The staff is always friendly, and occasionally knowledgeable.

It’s great to have a TJ locally. If nothing else, the presence of Trader Joes will force other groceries (1^st Alternative, are you reading?) to dramatically improve their quality, selection, and prices, or die.
However, TJ is but a shadow of its 1980s self, and the quality of many items has taken a huge dive. Bakery goods are now simply awful (the tortillas and baguettes in particular, BLECH!!), and often nuts, chips, etc, have a rancid smell — probably having been shipped across the country in warmish trucks. Most TJ and no-​name brand beers and wines are horrible. This did not used to be the case, and it is sad to see the quality decline so badly.
On the up side: Trader Joes is the place to buy spices, dairy products, nut butters, oils, honey, and increasingly meat. They carry Draper Valley Farms chickens — and if you have not ever tried one, do yourself a favor. As Julia said: «They taste chickeny» and roast beautifully. And while the produce is pretty good, you have to wonder how it stays so fresh looking. I’ll opt for the farmer’s Market between April and October. Yes, the staff is wonderful.
On the down side, it’s cheap prices on these normally high markup items that pose a threat to local retailers, so weigh your purchasing ethics carefully in order to determine whether it is really important to practice what so many preach. Me, personally? I buy this stuff at Trader Joes when I’m in town.

You go to Trader Joe’s as much for the discoveries as the necessities. Once you become a regular, you’ll find yourself buying less at the supermarket and more at the TJ’s. Better quality, interesting, and just more fun.
Simple things I try to only buy there: Peanut butter, enchilada sauce, soup, chocolate, pasta… and on and on. Believe me, you’ll find your list.
Compared to the Eugene store, I find the layout of a little more confusing and more difficult to navigate. But it won’t stop me from EVER shopping there when I have the chance.
#corvsmb

Its small, but wow. I’m constantly surprised when I fill my cart with groceries for the week and come out spending much less than I do at other larger Grocery Stores. I love the wide selection of foods from around the world that I can finally make at home. Always great tasting and good for you.
The only weird thing is, why is so much of the produce wrapped in plastic? Oh, and I wish the food was a little more local.
But, even with those things, I love this place.
#corvsmb

Raves:
Cool culture inside this grocery store. The employees have fun and it shows.
Employees are vigilant and quick to help.
Great product selection– particularly wines and snack foods.
Rants:
The layout makes it feel crowded at the ends of isles, at the register, and at the exit.
Verdict: An awesome alternative to Safeway that was too long in getting here. I’ll still likely spend most of our grocery time at Winco and the Co-​Op
#CorvSMB

Trader Joes is OPEN OPEN OPEN! And now everyone from in between Salem and other southwardly places are going to swarm this place. I give them a good 4.5 stars since I feel like they’re smaller than the other TJ’s I’ve been to but they still pack a lot. Then again I did hear that they sold out a lot of things off their shelves and had to re-​stock it with other things. Damn.
Came here on the afternoon of opening day with my roommate and it was a sea of people. I can say that I’ve never seen a crowd like this outside of Reser and Peacock at a grocery store. Party at TJ’s!!! … maybe not. My sister requested that I get these Dutch waffle cookie things and that’s all i came for since I was leaving town for the weekend. Who knew there could be more than just one big ass line in Corvallis too! haha Hey, this will be good for the Corvallis economy.
NOTE: People do not know how to drive here… i suggest you park further away and enjoy a nice walk to/​from TJ’s and stay away from drivers who are stalking people who may seem like they’re walking to their cars. OR just walk or bus it!!!

It’s finally open and it’s as glorious as those who haven’t experienced Trader Joes could ever dream of!
No more driving to Eugene for all of their amazing TJ products like egg white salads, beefless strips, guiltless frozen entrees, and everything else amazing that they have. I’m still going to be hitting up the co-​op to make sure I support the local farmers, but TJs always has my heart.