People can’t seem to get enough of inexpensive fancy cheese and frozen Mandarin orange chicken, and now more people will have it all nearby. Trader Joe’s is opening new locations of its cult favorite grocery stores soon, and one of them may be near you. Here are the details so you can get your hands on a tub of chocolate peanut butter cups soon.
Why Is Trader Joe’s Opening New Locations?
Customers absolutely love Trader Joe’s. It’s not the cheapest grocery store out there, but it offers a wide range of specialty, organic, and special diet products at prices typically lower than those of other stores.
Employees are notoriously friendly (many will even give you flowers or a treat at the checkout if you’re having a bad day — or celebrating something), and you can even return items you don’t like for a refund. Try that at your local Kroger.
Overall, it’s just a pleasant shopping experience, and we keep some of TJ’s products stocked in our pantry all the time.
How Many Stores Are Opening?
Trader Joe’s regularly updates its list of “coming soon” locations on its store locator. In the latest batch of announcements, there are seven new locations, according to USA Today. Other new locations in that list have already been announced previously.
Unfortunately, we don’t have exact dates for when these locations will be opening, but you can always search for local news stories about Trader Joe’s new stores for more information if one is near you.
New Trader Joe’s Locations Opening Soon
Here are the seven new Trader Joe’s stores opening soon, in seven different states.
California
- 2170 Harbor Blvd. Ste 100, Costa Mesa
Connecticut
- 46 Skiff St., Hamden
Florida
- 21 Town Center Ave. Ste 101, Melbourne
New York
- 5017 Transit Rd., Williamsville
South Carolina
- 275 Harbison Blvd., Columbia
Texas
- 600 Kingwood Dr., Kingwood
Washington
- 691 Sleater Kinney Rd. SE, Lacey
The Best Things to Buy at Trader Joe’s
If you’ve never shopped at a Trader Joe’s but you’re getting one nearby soon, you’re in for a treat. Frozen Mandarin Orange Chicken is one of the most popular products in the store, and we like to serve it with rice and broccoli. Other frozen items with cult followings are the hash brown patties, high-quality ice cream, and microwavable Indian meals.
Don’t sleep on the expansive dip selection, the entire wall of snack foods, or the cheese case, which is full of fan favorites for cheap.
More Trader Joe’s Stories from Cheapism
- 6 Trader Joe’s Product Changes That Fans Actually Like — Sometimes change can be a good thing. When Trader Joe’s reformulates its products, the changes are almost sure to be met with outrage, but some updates have been welcomed.
- The Best Trader Joe’s Cheeses, According to a Professional Cheesemonger — Find out which cheeses at Trader Joe’s are worth trying, according to a pro.
- Gross Trader Joe’s Products You Should Never Buy, According to Superfans — Taste can be subjective, but here are the products that got the most hate to help your decision-making next time you’re weighing whether to try something new at TJ’s or not.
