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Trader Joe's - America's Favorite Grocery Store

Moonchilde — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:57:27 GMT

I couldn't resist posting this - kinda surprised no one else has. I know that every TJs thread brings out the "Why I Don't Like TJs", "Why I'm Not Impressed with TJs", etc. But this is a survey of 70,000 people across the country. Hee! Go, TJ's!

By WCVB

BOSTON —
Americans have a new favorite grocery store.

The annual ratings come from the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which interviews about 70,000 consumers every year. Results for each store are measured on a scale of 0-100, with the highest levels of satisfaction at the top of the scale.

Overall, satisfaction with supermarkets was 78 percent. That's up nearly 7 percent from the year before.

Trader Joe's sits atop the 2016 supermarket results, with a rating of 86 percent. That chain had grown from 300 stores in 2013 to 460 by the end of last year.

Only one store on the list declined from its high rating. Wegmans, which had a rating of 86 percent a year ago, dipped 3 percentage points -- enough to move the chain down into to a three-way tie for third place.

Top 18 grocery stores for customer satisfaction:

Trader Joe's - 86%
Publix - 84%
ALDI - 83%
H-E-B - 83%
Wegmans - 83%
Whole Foods - 81%
Other - 79%
Hy-Vee - 79%
Kroger - 79%
ShopRite - 79%
Meijer - 78%
Target - 78%
Southeastern Grocers - 77%
Ahold Delhaize (Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Hannaford) - 76%
SUPERVALU - 76%
Albertsons Companies - 75%
Giant Eagle - 74%
Walmart - 67%

Re: Trader Joe's - America's Favorite Grocery Store

Irshgrl31201 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:03:20 GMT

I do like Trader Joes a lot but the one near us has such a small parking area it is literally impossible to find a place to park no matter what time you go. It is always so packed, you can't stop to look at products for more than a second otherwise no one else can. While I love it, this has been enough to make me stop shopping there with the frequency I once did. I love Wegmans and miss it desperately, for me that place is the best and they are opening one here this year and I cannot wait.

They did open up a Sprouts near us. I had never heard of this one before. Does anyone here shop there and is there anything you can tell me about what would be best to get there?

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scatcat — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:03:21 GMT

I like Trader Joe's and shop there often. But calling it a grocery store is a stretch. I could never do all my shopping there. But I can do all my shopping to host bookgroup there.

Re: Trader Joe's - America's Favorite Grocery Store

Irshgrl31201 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:05:09 GMT

@scatcat wrote:
I like Trader Joe's and shop there often. But calling it a grocery store is a stretch. I could never do all my shopping there. But I can do all my shopping to host bookgroup there.

I agree.

Re: Trader Joe's - America's Favorite Grocery Store

jpie — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:05:15 GMT

@Moonchilde

This is interesting! I have always enjoyed shopping at TJ's, but it is a bit out of my regular path of travel, so I don't go there often.

Aldi's has been my main go-to for most items that I don't buy at Costco or Sam's.

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Carmie — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:12:19 GMT

Most if the grocery stores on that list including Traders Joes is not in the area where I live. I have never even heard of them.

i don't know where that poll was taken, but it certainly wasn't in Pennsylvania.

Re: Trader Joe's - America's Favorite Grocery Store

Noel7 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:19:12 GMT

Great news! We go to TJs at least once a week and love it. Of course it's a grocery store. You may not be able to get huge packs of Brawny there, but you get wonderful foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.

I also love it that there's always something new and fun there. The staff is consistently friendly and helpful.

70,000 people can't be wrong 😁

Re: Trader Joe's - America's Favorite Grocery Store

Bri36 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:19:36 GMT

Not in my world...

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151949 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:22:22 GMT

They surveyed people across the country but some of these stores are not all across the country. Publix & Wegmans are both stores that are inb only small areas of the country - publix in the SE & wegmans in the NE.I did not even recognize the name of some of the stores mentioned. Anyway , IMO, it is not an accurate survey since Trader Joes is much more familiar across the country than the other stores.

Also Trader Joes is not a full out grocery store like the others. You couldn't make your grocery list for a weeks shopping and go there and find everything on the list.But I can do that at Publix or Wegmanns.

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cherry — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:22:49 GMT

We are having their spatchcock chicken tonight. I got the lemon rosemary one. They also have one with a coffee rub ,that didn't appeal to me at all

I love shopping there

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QVCkitty1 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:23:02 GMT

We don't have a TJ's anywhere near here, but it sounds interesting. My vote will have to go to Wegmans , if I had one in town , I would weigh 600 lbs. from eating their wonderful bread and bagels.

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Trinity11 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:23:45 GMT

We haven't got them close by. The few times I went out of my way to shop there I wasn't impressed with their meat or produce. They have delicious looking desserts in their bakery, though ...all the more reason for me to avoid them ... LOL

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Yahooey — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:24:29 GMT

I go there about once a week but it is usually for the same stuff - bagged spinach, brussel sprouts, mushrooms. A lot cheaper than my local market.

Other items that I buy and leave in my freezer is the pot stickers, mandarin chicken and I don't buy prepared frozen meals from the supermarket, go figure.

Their chocolate is inexpensive and from Belgium, can't beat that.

I'm not crazy about my local supermarkets but I don't think of TJ as a grocery store as much as fast eats. I do like their produce.

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Noel7 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:24:35 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
Most if the grocery stores on that list including Traders Joes is not in the area where I live. I have never even heard of them.

i don't know where that poll was taken, but it certainly wasn't in Pennsylvania.

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@Carmie

There are three in Penn: Englishtown, State College and Jenkintown? I may not have that last one correct.

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dex — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:29:19 GMT

@Irshgrl31201@My son has sprouts and it is one of his favourite stores I went once.We have Trader Joe's and I remember telling my son that I wished we had Sprouts.I think they had great produce and health products but little meat choices.

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ValuSkr — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:29:40 GMT

@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
I do like Trader Joes a lot but the one near us has such a small parking area it is literally impossible to find a place to park no matter what time you go.

Same here. There are two TJ's near me and both parking lots are much too small. I wonder if that's intentional - surely, when TJ's plans a store, it can accurately forecast parking requirements - or just poor planning. In either case, I lump it, with other examples, under "poor customer service."

Re: Trader Joe's - America's Favorite Grocery Store

Noel7 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:31:29 GMT

@151949 wrote:
They surveyed people across the country but some of these stores are not all across the country. Publix & Wegmans are both stores that are inb only small areas of the country - publix in the SE & wegmans in the NE.I did not even recognize the name of some of the stores mentioned. Anyway , IMO, it is not an accurate survey since Trader Joes is much more familiar across the country than the other stores.
Also Trader Joes is not a full out grocery store like the others. You couldn't make your grocery list for a weeks shopping and go there and find everything on the list.But I can do that at Publix or Wegmanns.

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Of course you can make a week's list from TJs. I do it often. Fresh salads last week, fennel bulbs to roast, green beans, all fresh. Grass fed hamburger, salmon, teriyaki chicken, cod, tamales for DH, my cereal, my almond milk, Greek yogurt, pretzel bread, on and on.

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gidgetgh — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:36:19 GMT

My vote goes to #2 on the list, Publix. I love that store. We have several close to us, but the closest is a training store. It's large and it's just excellent.

I've been to Trader Joe's twice. It took me two trips to spend a gift card. It was nice enough, but I don't like making multiple stops to get my grocery shopping done. And I was unfamiliar with the products. I'm not a very adventurous eater so I wasn't sure what to get there.

I do remember buying a few mini angel food cakes. My husband liked them, but not enough to make a special trip to get them.

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:39:09 GMT

I vote for "Other", I prefer to shop regional chains.

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Moonchilde — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:40:10 GMT

@jpie, you know Aldi's and Trader Joe's are owned by the same company.

Aldi's was just starting to move into my area when I moved hundreds of miles, so I missed out. One day, there may be one within an hour's drive from me and I can check it out. I really want to!