Parking was pretty easy, they have a parking lot on the same level that you enter through around the building. It's a easy quick short walk if you find a good spot!
I walked in and there was a lot of staff on site, I asked to see if they had those cute pastel bags for sale right now, but they were sold out, hopefully in early May they said they will get some in :) the store was very bright and clean, even though people were stalking shelves. They had their carts and boxes in a neat and orderly manner. I really appreciate that in a store! Being able to maneuver around when people are trying to get in and out quickly it's so important for shoppers.
I went in looking for some of the Trader Joe's, Sephora, dupes, apparently they make different products for different seasons, and I guess I was searching from from the summer stuff that they had made like the watermelon overnight mask. Anyhow, I ran across some fragrance, free body butter, so I'm gonna give that a try, and I was curious about their body firming Butter with glycolic acid . I have more than enough skin cream already at home so I'm gonna pass on some of the other stuff for now! I would've never known that if a staff member didn't answer that question so I'm glad they were very knowledgeable
I just found out that they had a raw cheese imported from Italy that is aged from a girlfriend a couple months ago! So I was happy that I was able to easily find this! I bought the biggest chunk possible ! Next time, if I find somebody around that area, I'm gonna ask them what other raw cheeses that they carry.
I tried to look for some pretty healthy snacks, I was a little disappointed that all of their dried fruit for the most part adds either sugar in it, or a seed oil like sunflower oil, or some of them add a preservative. I didn't end up buying any of them, but I did find some organic freeze dried berries! I grabbed a couple packs. I'm gonna give them a try. If anyone happens to know any super clean snacks at Trader Joe's please drop me a message!
I was looking for the baby cornichons -- they're the tiny, tart pickles, kind of like mini gherkins.. a.k.a. French style pickles.. I asked one of the staff that was stalking the shelves next to me, and he was nice enough to go check if they are out of stock or when they might be getting some in because he didn't know where they were and we were looking at all the pickle shelves . but turns out they were actually out of them and they will come back in stock closer to the end of this month.
I did have a random question. I was looking for some organic coconut cream and coconut milk that didn't have any gums in the ingredients .. I was actually able to find three different ones! I found one coconut cream that was organic with no gums! So I grabbed some of those
I also found some coconut milk and two versions. The first version said it was reduced fat and the other one was just original and both of them had no gums and the same ingredients
There was a guy stocking next to that shelf so I decided to ask him if he happen to know the random difference of why one would be reduced fat, if it's the same ingredients. He said he wasn't sure so I decided to check online because my suspicion was that they probably water one down and dilute it so it would be less fat content. And yep, I was right! So I ended up getting the normal one with more fat in it because I can add water myself if I want to, depending on the recipe . All in all, staff was really nice.
I didn't have time to grab more things this trip. Checkout was quick! Turns out I didn't need to get my parking ticket validated, they said that I can park in the parking lot for free up to one hour and then there's probably a charge. ;) read more