I am here to let you know that the strawberry cake is so good! Actually, all the cakes are so good! I get one every couple days. It's a fun treat! I love this store. I appreciate how kind all the employees are. I frequent this location multiple times a week. I can't get enough of Trader Joe's. read more

Trader Joe's - Grocery Near Me - Meridian, Idaho

Great products and very helpful associates. They have a wide variety of items and it's always changing so if you like something and it's seasonal, buy a lot of it. read more

Our go to Trader Joe's store. Dozens of visits for this review. Easy parking. Anchor store is the golf store....always visit before grocery shopping. I'd like to see another area for carts in the parking lot but I understand the ratio for parking spaces....but you do have moms, elderly etc walking a distance. Looks like same managers for quite some time. You can tell they care about the employees and the shoppers. Clean store, very polite employees. I'm a long long time loyal customer of Trader Joe's back to the 90's. Raised my kids on their food and now they are carrying on the tradition. Well managed store. read more

The staff here is always so friendly and helpful to help customers to find what they're looking for or recommending new items. It's always clean and orderly in this Trader Joe's as well which I can appreciate. They are well stocked and usually have more than what I am needing (unfortunately for my wallet). read more

Love their products, hate shopping there. If you're the least bit claustrophobic, send someone else to do your shopping. Constantly dodging shoppers with small children while negotiating their narrow aisles. Definitely steer clear on weekends. read more

This review is solely about the experience I had with one of the workers at 5:30pm on Wednesday, 9/06/2023. I heard a loud snap-crack directly behind me, so I jumped and turned around to see Chris (short with dark hair & beard) chomping and smacking on gum with his mouth open. This shocking behavior startled me, and I asked him to please stop! He didn't respond and acted as if he didn't hear me, although we locked eyes. I left the area quickly, but I could continue to hear him wherever I was in the store. Are these actions really permitted? I have no issue with anyone chewing gum quietly with their mouth closed, but his actions were rude and unprofessional. read more

Great product, friendly staff, always consistent. Thankful for them coming to Idaho. Store is a little busy at times and feels crowded. Hard to stop and look at new items as you have to continually move. read more

One is either an enthusiastic shopper of Trader Joe's or someone who is 'not so much'. The latter is me. I share my bias right up front. (What? We all have them.) So while I am not a TJs acolyte, even I was happy to have one open in Meridian, closer to my home and with a decent parking lot no less. It makes my maybe two times per eighteen months visits to TJs more convenient than the parking mess at the Boise store. WOO-HOO FOR THE CREW!: Whenever I shop at any TJs I so enjoy the friendly staff, which I think are called Crew - in the way of Gilligan's Island three hour cruise kind of fun kitsch with their island shirts and so on - who are cheer filled and helpful. So it is at the Meridian store where the crew are particularly delightful. The people who work here make it more pleasant for shoppers. "MAMA EARTH" SHOPPER PROFILE BE ME: We all have consumer profiles. I am a close to the source kinda shopper who celebrates things local, organic when possible and providers using sustainable practices. Local farmers, ranchers husbanding humanely raised pastured and free range animal proteins, local bakers and harvesters of domestic sea proteins following healthy oceans standards. You'll find little of that at TJs. And good, fresh food stores should have a fresh aroma walking in, in particular in the produce aisle. TJs doesn't in any location. Maybe because much of the produce is pre-packaged or conventional production. Also I buy little in the way of package goods (as they're called in the industry) and when I do, say tomatoes in cans or dried die-cut pasta in bags or condiments in jars like preserved lemons or harissa, I have certain brands I'm married to. TJs doesn't carry any of them. Still, there are a handful'ish of things I like to buy at TJs. I won't lie. The items on my list include dark chocolate covered dried cherries, TJ's brand pineapple salsa in jars, the 'lite' version of TJ's brand of kettle corn (thanks to my friend Joy W who got my husband and I into that), their brand of salsa verde (very handy in a pinch when I'm too lazy to make my own) and their branding on a cheese named Unexpected that tastes like a premium aged cheddar with hints of Parmesan. From time to time we might pick up something else when we're in there (like today's organic avocados) but by and large we're in and out with a short list and a very long time in between visits. DIFFERENT STROKES: Trader Joes has earned a community of fans and even a sort of social culture. Back in the day - like 25 years ago - before I knew what I know now about food production and sources, I too was a "Frequent Flyer" TJS shopper when one was in my neighborhood. I reflected on that as a three women who recently relocated here from another state were chatting in the frozen foods section of TJs today, with their carts piled with goods, noting that in the city they came from in Utah TJs was 'the' sort of community social - networking place next to their church events. They said they were already finding the TJs in Meridian had that same sense and were so happy to find that so. Different strokes... LOCATION & PARKING: This location is where Rosauer's grocery used to be, so a big paved lot. ACCESSIBILITY: TJs does a good job of this at almost every location and so it is here for level in the door, all on one floor, ample floor space and so on. The parking lot has accessible (ADA) parking but not enough to meet ADA for total numbers and there are too few van accessible spaces. But that is an issue for the strip mall owner to fix. read more

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Solid 4 star experience at this location...I love coming to TJ's for nuts, snacks and the treasure hunt of finding the next thing I must have. The store is always very clean and well stocked. Plus the bathrooms here are always spic and spam clean which is very nice. I am always playing with the perfect recipe for snack mix and love the selection of different kind of things you can get here. I am usually a night shopper and during my visits the employees are usually busy stocking shelves but when asked for help they have been very helpful for the most part. At the check out employees are always super friendly and smiling. I think working here might be my retirement job and live the vibe and feel of the work environment. Greatly centrally located experience and only wish there was one closer to my house. read more

I love all the frozen pasta entrees - such a great selection. (Problem is, Trader Joe's is so popular, they run out of some of my favorites too often. read more

Being in Meridian the fifteen years, I've seen quite a change in the Boise MCA and still remember the day that Trader Joe's opened in Boise. Fast Forward to October this year and now we have a Trader Joe's in the Huckleberry section of the dearly departed Rosauer's grocery store. The Meridian TJ is larger than the Boise counterpart and wait ... The best part is that there's plenty of parking on Meridian. I love me downtown Boise and everything that goes with it but trying to get into the TJ / Chipotle / Panda Express / MOD Pizza parking lot is a Pain in the --- No such issue here in Meridian. The whole Rosauer's parking lot is available for TJ as well as the defunct Gold's gym parking lot. There's a lot to love about the Meridian TJ from the expanded flower section, the longer aisles, and dedicated vegetarian / vegan section but the entrance and exit doors are wonky to say the least. I get it that they were trying to incorporate the structure from Rosauer's but it's confusing and peculiar. The employees are super friendly and extremely knowledgeable. The trademark flower printed short sleeved shorts are in colorful abundance. Here's some of my fav things to find at TJ 1. Banana Bread - Its so good and Vegan 2. Everything Ciabatta Rolls 3. Pain aux Chocolat. - In the frozen section 4. Oak Milk - Fantastic dairy substitute 5. Cauliflower Bites - In the frozen section 6. Greeting Cards. - They are all 99 cents / $1.00 each 7. All and all flowers. If you're looking for Charles Shaw, you'll find him all the way to the right. He may not be two buck chuck but you may find three buck chuck. What I've noticed is that each Trader Joe's has its own unique flavor and spin. Meridian is no different. It's not as hipster as Boise but it feels like home right here in Meridian. read more

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I was having a rough day. My incredible dad went to TJ's because fall snacks and wine heal everything. Being a dad he had no idea what he was looking at, so he asked a sales lady for help. She not only helped him but sent him home with flowers on them. With what my family and I have been going through, this had us crying for a whole different reason. You now have grocery shoppers for life. Mahalo Nui read more

I am so glad to have a Trader Joe's located near my house with the spacious parking spots! I often drive to Boise downtown at least once a week or more to go to Trader Joe and Whole Foods, well not anymore! I love their flower arrangements, premade salads, frozen breakfast items and their cheese selections and don't forget their famously affordable, easy to drink wine! I can come here as much as I can now! Yay!!! read more

Trader Joe's aka TJ's aka best snacks store. They offer a wide variety of snack foods, seasonal treats, produce, great quality pre-made frozen meals, and very reasonably priced canned and dry goods. They mostly carry their own brands, they never offer sale or discounted prices, and they have a very positive employee track record. This particular store has donated items to a local non-profit auction and they have a particular employee who handles donations. Very personal, unlike some other chains where you have to go through corporate. I am a huge fan of TJ's and this location is no different. Especially their fall and winter specialty snack foods, I guarantee a good report if you bring anything of their amazing cheeses, cookies, or candies to a party. What are you waiting for?? read more

This grocery store has been a blessing to my family as I have discovered all of the horrible things that are in our food supply. I do not find many of those ingredients in the foods offered at this store. I love this little gem of a store in The Village, plus the location is great. Parking is not an issue. Thank you! read more

Trader Joe's in Meridian I love the new location, which opened a little over a week ago. Even though the downtown Boise store is closer to where I live, I will be frequenting this location on Eagle road because it offers lots of easy parking and the store is 3,600 sq. ft. bigger, which gives it a much more open and comfortable feel. In addition to all of the products you will find in Boise, you will find some new ones, some of which I photographed. read more

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So there's a joke going around that Trader Joe's are always located in areas where the parking is tiny etc. well this spot may be the exception bc it's located in a good spacious shopping center. This one feels less hectic and more calm and peaceful of a shopping experience overall. The employees were really friendly. Now onto some food reviews lol I got some onion chips. And they were surprisingly really good. But like the bag was small. I also tried the jerk plantains and I liked them but idk if it was the coriander that I didn't love idk. lol I bought the Takis chips. Love those always. I also bought the fig and olive crackers. Yummy. I got the Thai cashews. Which I wish they made that into a seasoning it's so good! I bought the umami and the new seasoning that was recommended. I tried some spicy miso cup of noodles and that was alright. It needed help. lol I added tapatío and some of the new seasonings I got and then it was good lol I also got the frozen fried rice that has the edamame and that's really good. And we also got the dunks cookies. Sour cream and onion chips. And a burrito. All good too! read more

There healthy Takis are great and the people are so nice. Love the place only thing is it is far from my home.

Exactly everything we have come to love about the chain! Great products at amazing prices always tended to by beautiful, happy souls! Seriously, are they even human? They are never grouchy or too busy to talk! Saints and Angels I say! *Have you even tried the Superberry preserves?! I'm not ashamed to say that I suspect it's a seasonal item so I bought 3 extras and have the tucked them away for those dull grey winter days when I need a touch of sunshine! One of my favorite tricks is the Pumpkin bread mix that should be hitting the shelves during pumpkin season. I can put it together, get it in the oven and have the dishes washed and put away in just under 10 minutes! It cooks for 50 minutes so by the time you go get ready you can be walking out the door with a loaf of warm pumpkin bread everyone thinks you labored over for hours! read more

Great staff, good selection. Parking is easier compared to Boise location. Glad to see that this 2nd location in Idaho is available!

So so so HAPPY that they brought a Trader Joe's closer by! My all time favorite store ever! Cookie butter is a must from them! We go through them fast in my household! Prices are amazingly affordable! A few things you should try if you're a newbie! Stir fry chow mien. Scallion pancakes. Cookie butter (mentioned that! ) Hazelnut cookies! Everything but bagel seasoning ! Everything but elote seasoning. Veggie burgers! Watermelon juice! Fresh pressed juices! I'll update on pictures! read more

Love Trader Joe's!!! When in Boise/Meridian we will stop by. Quite a variety of stuff. Prices are neutral. Some stuff, great prices. Others; so-so. Some of my favs are: mango slices, sunflower butter cups, dried fruit, and etc. Always busy here tho! Swarms of people. Most of the swarms of people are snobish and rude. But thats not the business's fault....The staff themselves tho are helpful and nice! read more

Always a great place to go. Great groceries and wonderful people that work there. Prices good as well!

I grew up in Southern California and have always loved Trader Joe's! The food quality is top notch, there are so many yummy options and the staff is so great! I especially love the staff at the Meridian location! I went in the other morning to buy some flowers and the cashier asked what the occasion was and I told him it was for my birthday dinner and he gave me the roses "on the house"...seriously so sweet! Thank you TJ's! read more

First I love TJ...been shopping at them for at least 30 years....Never ever had bad service....but only at this TJ have I encounterd a very rude "crew" member bagging my goods yeaterday. I brought 2 TJ bags with me...one was canvas, the other bag was INSULATED for my frozen / cold items....Well half way thru my order...the young girl bagging (Keena or some name like that) had put all my cans and dry goods in the insulated bag,...I said to her..."oh could you use this bag for my frozen and cold items, as I have other stops to make and its 92 degrees outside?" She look at me, rolled her eyes and shook her head....I said "I'm so sorry". She started taking stuff out of my insulated bag in an abrupt manner, with attitude and zero comment or response.....So I said again "Thank you so much" and zero response.......She just kept looking at the checker for a response for her being annoyed, but the checker seemed to ignore her......seems she needs better training or was just annoyed in general...... read more

Came here 30 min before closing this week... everyone was super friendly, helpful & energized! Can't beat Trader Joe specialty products on pricing & quality! Fav deals thus far will be the salad kits & French roast LOW Acid coffee I can buy here- not avail at Boise Co Op nor Natures Grocery... great addition to healthy grocers near Eagle! read more

Fresh new flowers. Their oat milk with brown sugar is really good. Very organized & welcoming

Love everything about TJs! And just like other reviewers, I noticed the parking to be wayyy better than the Boise location. I've been to the Boise location since this one opened, and while it's not as busy, the parking lot is still a mess (especially with the MOD Pizza place that opened in the same lot). So, this location is more ideal! read more

Seriously loving how there is another location nearby. I am one who loves Trader Joe's, so if I bring it up in every sentence just beware lol They have such neat food items and great prices. Everyone is super friendly in the two locations I've been here. The parking lot is much much better in the meridian location but I assume the Boise location doesn't have as much traffic, now that the meridian one opened so parking might not be too bad now. read more

Trader Joe's - Cinnamon bun spread. Comes out in the fall, can sell out quickly. - Grocery Near Me - Meridian, Idaho

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Used to shop here weekly! Love a lot of their products. Especially their peanut butter cups and veggie fried rice! But staff is extremely rude (minus a select few) and just got worse once covid got here. Won't be returning anytime soon. read more

Love what this store is doing to protect their customers during Covid!!!! I now shop here frequently where before I'd only go for specialty items. This store is clean and all their employees super nice! read more

So happy that we now have a Trader Joe's in our neighborhood! As traditionally presented, Trader Joe's has all the unique international food that is free from preservatives, dyes and "fake" stuff. The costs are amazing and the staff is not only professional but a blast to be around. You can tell they love their job and the company they all work for! My family was raised in Idaho and I am proud to have a Trader Joe's that fits so perfectly in our city! See you soon, TJ's! Nonni F. read more

Love this new to Meridian location! The team at this location is friendly, helpful, and always working hard. This is one of the few Trader Joe's locations I've been to that has great parking :) As usual for a TJs, lots of delicious food options, specialty treats, and great gifts. They stock so many allergy friendly, vegan, gluten free, goodies, makes me happy. The great customer service here really makes it a pleasure to shop here. read more

I dont have a problem with the store itself. Its the cashier's. When ever I check out with my groceries, I get asked a ton of questions. I dont really want to chit chat with them. Today the girl who checked me out was asking some kinda personal questions. I felt like I was at the psychiatrist office. They need to tone it down a bit. I dont need to tell the cashier what the best part of my day was. Also she asked me what I am doing the rest of the day. "I dont know ", its none really of your business. I am not a mean person. I am actually in Customer Service, have been for 30 years. Some people just want to get there shopping done and leave. read more

I love this store. and at last, it opened at my side of town. No more driving 30 mins to get my shopping done. So excited about this store opening on eagle Rd. Yay! Has more or less the same layout. Albeit different. Friendly staff and great products. The best part is traders joe teaming up with an Israeli company (osem) and manufacturing my childhood snack (bamba). We stock on it weekly. Am in and out in about 30 minutes tops. This girl knows her way around traders joe lol read more

My girlfriend struggles with finding good customer service but she went into Trader Joe's and had a really good experience with the employees. If you don't wanna deal with donkey holes no more go here :) read more

I love Trader Joe's. I have been shopping with TJ's since the late 90s. They always have fresh organic produce, specialty and unique food for the health conscious, as well as a great wine selection. To say that I am thrilled that the Meridian store is now open is an understatement. I avoided the downtown Boise store simply because of the long drive and tight parking lot shared with several other busy food establishments. I now shop there at least twice a week and it has practically replaced WinCo for me. read more

Best experience I've had at a Trader Joe's in a long time! The whole vibe right as I entered was very homey and welcoming and chill! Their workers seem happy and treat all the same! Very diverse I love it read more

Love Trader Joe's! Glad to have them in the Treasure Valley--especially the Meridian store (closer to me and ample parking).

For a while TJ's seemed to be common sense about face masks/coverings, putting up their mandatory signs but allowing shoppers to decide for themselves if they were at risk or putting others at risk. Being an "older" and healthy customer with no signs or symptoms of illness, I often chose to shop without face coverings. That all changed with their more recent mandatory face covering policy. I called the store today and was told that for customers not wearing a face covering, they could only go in one at a time and if there was another customer (I assume they were referring to mask-less) in there, they had to wait outside until the other customer exited. If one thinks about it, this has very little common sense and has to be total virtue signaling. Think about all the people who shop with masks, touching produce and other products then putting them back, touching their masks repeatedly, pulling the masks away from their face while speaking in order to be understood. Think about the hundreds of medical professionals (medical doctors) who repeatedly confirm that asymptomatic people are not a threat. I could cite numerous reasons that this mandatory face mask issue is unreasonable but I think reasonable people get the idea. If your face mask works, why would mine be necessary? If social distancing works, why face masks? If vaccines work, why face masks AND social distancing? Thank goodness we have the Boise Co-op just down the street and common sense seems to prevail there. read more