Trader Joe's

I was so excited when Trader Joe’s came to Eagan. I live their unique products, friendly and clean atmosphere, and reasonable prices. My visits to Trader Joe’s is always a treat for me because I know I’ll come home with something special. I love their fresh flowers because they’re fresh and reasonably priced. I always stock up on Trader Joe’s Olive Oil, again because it’s so reasonably priced. Their selection of chocolate is irresistible. I started using their super amazing kitchen wash cloths which are a great item to stock up on. I never go wrong grabbing a box of bagged tea. And I never leave the store without grabbing at least two tins of their scented soy candles. I’m hooked

They have almond tortillas, amazing fresh salad dressings, and the best carrot cake cookies!
We visited yesterday, and they gave each of my three girls, and myself, a free bouquet for Valentine's Day!Thanks Trader Joe's!
Also, if you didn't know, they hide a stuffed animal named Pearl the Onion for kids to find. If your kids tell the cashier they found Pearl they will give them stickers and suckers! Super fun!

Trader Joe’s always has the nicest, kindest people working there. This visit, Lisa was my cashier. She asked the usual how my weekend was and I told her it was my last day of maternity leave tomorrow. On the way out she gave me a bouquet of fresh cut flowers and told me how she is a mother of 3 and knows how hard it can be to go back to work. I teared up immediately and gave her a hug. What she didn’t know is that I had also attended a funeral for a dear friend over the weekend who had just turned 36 and died of brain cancer, leaving behind her 3 young children. It just hit me hard and left more of an impact than Lisa will ever know. Be kind and show empathy. You never know how far it will go.

I really like Trader Joe's and I don't get there often enough. They have many interesting products and through the years I've developed some favorite ones like their basil plant, interesting exotic fruit, frozen items like orange chicken, and some of their baked goods. The service is always friendly and great. The employees seem to be glad to answer questions and it's a fun, pleasant shopping experience. Also, I really like there small but very good liquor store attached to the main grocery store. Today I bought their own version of Baileys Irish cream but the price is a lot lower, hopefully it's also as good. They also have good wine and beer selection and specials. We've learned don't buy their cheapest wine but get the wine that's just a little more expensive, like $2 more per bottle, that's really good wine for the price.

Love this store. Everyone who works here is like sunshine on a cloudy day, they have the best stuff, fresh flowers, good plants... I really love to get my fair trade- organic coffee here it's delicious ❤♥❤
One of the cashiers has given me a bouquet of flowers and chocolates just to make my day😍 when I make care packages for people I come here to get the things I need❤❤❤❤❤❤

Today was my first trip to the Eagan Trader Joe's location. The staff was VERY helpful and gave wonderful tips on items that I hadn't heard of before! HIGHLY recommend this location and a GREAT addition to a vacant corner of a large movie theater parking lot that hasn't been used in years (greatly due to the pandemic). Best fresh tamales, IMHO!

nice n neat n small place to shop, of course the price is higher than Walmart target cub n aldi, the reason i went to shop at trader Joe's was their ads said that they picked wraps with hot dog then batter, once i got there they only had pickle corn puff instead pickle corn dog as ads, i was kind disappointed, but i got some macadamia nut n pot of mint n some good fruits n little bit fish, i would say that it wasn't not bad shopping at all, wish they will have pickle corn dog as their ads, nice cashier too. Keep up good work n thanks.

Finally made it to Trader Joe's, I already have a few favorite things!

It's always fun to venture into Trader Joe's on the Sunday morning before Thanksgiving. As usual, it was very crowded, full of families, couples, older people, and young urbanites. It's always a fun mix of people at Trader Joe's.

The store was well stocked and staffed to the hilt, which I appreciated at the checkout area. I was especially intrigued by their GMO free fresh turkeys for sale. Interesting!

The store does feature all the usual Trader Joe's items. The parking lot was full, but you can spill over into the movie theater parking lot just next door. The store is clean and well maintained and one of the newer Trader Joe's in the twin cities.

Great product, staff and prices. Always stocked shelves and good products.

Very impressed with this Trader Joe's. I use a wheelchair and often need help getting items on higher shelves, and they're always happy to help retrieve items. They're attentive without hovering, which is always appreciated. I also appreciate that they respect my service dog by not petting her, talking to her, or doing other things that could distract her, and have commented on her good behavior (always nice to hear!). They always ask or volunteer to carry my grocery bags out to the car for me, which is most welcome since I can't do that myself. I'm not sure if that's in their job description, but I appreciate how they consistently go above and beyond to assist when necessary. Plus, everyone is always friendly and happy to help retrieve items for me, check for something in the back, chat while checking out, and so forth.

The store is always clean and organized when I go in, with everything in its place and pricing fairly easy to see. For certain items, like the frozen foods and items on the shelf above them, it can be a little confusing to match the item to the price tag, but I'm not sure how else they could set it up, and it only takes a moment or two to figure out the price of an item. I do wish certain items weren't seasonal (canned pumpkin is only available in the fall?) but given that they're a smaller grocery store it does make sense to rotate items seasonally. There are some other items that aren't always in stock, and I'm not sure if that's due to availability/supply chain issues, the season, etc (e.g. the frozen hamburgers in the box; the turkey burgers are always in stock and often the bison burgers too, but the beef hamburgers are rarely available). My only other "complaint"/wish is that they carried cashewmilk ice cream in addition to soy, coconut, and oat milk based ice creams, since I can't have the latter items due to food allergies.

On a related note, Trader Joe's has quite a few items with minimal ingredients in them (e.g. apple juice that's basically just apple juice and water - no additional sweeteners, juice from other fruits, or other additives), so it's a fairly allergy friendly store (at least for me). It's nice to be able to walk into the store and have a decent amount of items I can eat (at very good prices), so I'm not going from store to store to get just a couple items. Either way, they're basically the only store I buy cheese at because they have such a good selection that is reasonably priced. Their brand of chocolate is also one of my favorites, and never lasts long!

Accessibility wise, I'd rate them pretty highly. As noted, they're very helpful retrieving items, respecting service dogs, and helping carry stuff to my car. The parking situation at this location is great (way better than the store on Lexington!) and I never have trouble getting an accessible parking spot. The store aisles are wide enough for me to maneuver a manual wheelchair with a service dog next to me, without knocking into things. Bags for produce and meat are located lower down so they're easy to reach (vs up high like at a big box store). They have baskets as well as smaller carts, so it's easier to push a wheelchair while holding onto your groceries or pushing a cart. The checkout lanes could be a tad wider to accommodate a wheelchair and a service dog, plus someone else checking out at the next register, but it's workable especially if you go during their off hours. There's also a convenient small patch of grass/mulch by the accessible parking that works great for a service dog potty area!

Overall, this is by far one of the better Trader Joe's I've shopped at in the area, and I will be sticking with it as my primary grocery store because of what items it carries, plus the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff.

7/6/23 - Quick update to say that this remains by far my favorite grocery store. There seem to be some new employees (or just ones I haven't encountered before?) but they are consistently super helpful, polite, and friendly!

Went to the Joe's in eagan today. I don't usually go because we have other options closer to home... I don't like going anywhere honestly LOL. But this place is great! Great selection of everything but the staff is just so pleasant and happy! I'll be back.

Some of the best prices in the twin cities. I thought this was an expensive health food store until I went one day and was shocked to see items at up to HALF the price of other stores. Good quality produce, meat and other items. The employees are also friendly and always ask how your day is going. This is how things used to be before the age of self checkout. The only downside is that it's a smaller store and you won't have the range of items that you might find at a bigger store.

My favorite place to get groceries. People are always super friendly here and it honestly always makes my day after a long day of work. I hope the cashiers and workers know that their attitudes makes a difference in peoples lives.

IYKYK ( If you know you know!). Always a very pleasant experience here thanks to the employees! They have so many AMAZING vegan options!

To the cashier that handed me these flowers because clearly you could see that I was not having such a great day. I literally sat in my car and started crying because you don’t know how much I needed these. I deal with depression and these sure made my day. I can’t thank you enough. You are such an amazing person. Thank you 😭💙 05/22/2023 @10am

Love the experience every time. I am gluten-free free and they have a lot of choices as well as organic. Prices are amazing. Staff is very customer friendly.

New location, big parking lots, very nice staff! Everywhere clean and new! Good prices!

I have never ever had a bad trip here! Staff are great and always friendly! This is my favorite location and favorite store!

Amazing customer service! It was so nice to shop at a place where you feel welcomed. We drove out from Lakeville because my girls love the frozen fettuccine Alfredo. Unfortunately, they didn’t have any but a young man took the initiative to check in the back for me and when he came back he had given me info of the next shipment! Thanks for going the extra mile on that situation. I’ve been in sales and customer service my entire life and that small gesture was huge in my book. When it was time to check out, a lady and a man opened a line for us and offered my daughters stickers. They saw my hands were full so the man assisted me to car to load my groceries. Again, amazing customer service Trader Joe’s Eagan!! I’m so happy I found this place, I’m from Southern California so this store feels like home to me when I go in.