The TJs I frequent is close by a lot of student apartments. However, the shopping mix does not appear to be predominantly students. At my old University I see that a TJs opened in the neighborhood. Very needed.
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The frozen food aisle at my store (Masonic, SF) is extra-wide, so gridlock is less of a problem than it might be. The worst aisle seems to be the pasta/sauces/condiments/etc. aisle.
(And I always go right at opening time, but so do lots of other people, alas. It’s better than it would be later, but it’s not great.)
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Just saw this video from the Holderness Family - “How Trader Joe’s Was Made.” I mean, they’re not wrong… 
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!!! I remember them from The Amazing Race. And they’re not wrong.
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That’s great! The TJ’s by me is at a busy intersection with a tiny parking lot (that they share with a church), so I never go.
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I’ve been watching them for years, since their Christmas Jammies video. They live in Raleigh, I think - somewhere in the Triangle for sure. Keep an eye out for them!
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I just went down a deep rabbit hole watching a bunch of their videos! Talk about some light entertainment on a rainy day 
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You should shop at my local Costco. You’d experience a special kind of madness.
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Yes, definitely Raleigh. We’re big Amazing Race fans, so when we saw that they were local we were cheering them on.
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First four are within a 10-minute drive of our home; next six are within 20-minutes (though with LA traffic that could be extended to 30+). A few have surprisingly large parking lots, though most don’t.
I know I will never, ever be this lucky again!
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#2 on your list has the worst TJ’s parking lot that I have seen. I know plenty of people who have had fender benders there.
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The five TJ’s in my area don’t have the parking lot issues, though they range in size and busyness. It helps that the closest one to me is the site of a former grocery store with a decent-sized lot, and two others are in large shopping centers.
Naturally, the Holderness family has some input.
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Yep, it is horrid. But, as it is the original TJ’s location, at least your friends have an anecdote, about the parking lot that started it all?
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As do I. My family has been shopping at TJ’s for as long as I can remember. I still shop there but not as much as I once did. I suspect I might soon stop shopping there all together if what I have been reading in recent news stories is true. I need to read a bit more before I fully boycott.
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I just wrote to Trader Joes telling them that I will no longer be shopping there.
Trader Joe’s says Musk, SpaceX right about NLRB | Fortune
ETA:
They quickly responded with this :
Thanks for reaching out with your concern. Trader Joe’s is not a party to Space-X’s lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of the NLRB’ s administrative law judge system. To be clear, Trader Joe’s has not filed or joined any such lawsuit. We are disappointed with the news stories that are creating this misunderstanding, and are requesting that they be clarified.
Regards,
I hope they do clarify because it sounds to me like their lawyer made the same argument in a different case.
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Rather than wait for someone like Fortune to respond/clarify, I’d think they’d need to put out their own statement if they’ve been lumped in with Musk and the statements made are not valid about TJs. Should be prominent on their own site as well.
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The more I know about TJ’s hostility toward labor, organized and otherwise, the less likely I am to shop there. And just because they didn’t join in the lawsuit doesn’t mean they don’t agree with it.
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I have a friend who used to work there. He liked it but that was a long time ago, The employees seem happy but yes at least their lawyer agrees with the premise the suit. Or at least he found the argument convenient for the case he was arguing. Either that or fortune and/or Bloomberg is lying about the facts. I hope they come out with a statement about it. I don’t shop there as much as I used to but I like shopping there when I don’t feel like going to a large store. I can get in and out pretty fast and unlike supermarkets, I usually don’t find their music annoying.
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Yes precisely this. If TJ’s actually makes this argument in court or before the NLRB, I’m done with them.
