Hello Trader Joe’s,
I want to thank you for an amazing shopping experience. I have loved entering your stores across America, from Portland, Maine to Seattle, Washington, from Phoenix, Arizona, to Spokane, Washington. I have enjoyed every location we have traveled. I am so thrilled to buy products that are original, cleverly packaged, and where humor is a tool for improving food. For example, during the last trip, I saw the packaging on the white potatoes relating how they (the potatoes) like hot places, cream, and much more. The humor employed takes buying potatoes to a new, higher level as well as bringing a laugh and several smiles to the customers.
No other chain store in America pays so much attention to the customer experience. Thank you for hiring amazing store associates! I have never walked into a Trader Joe’s and had a bad customer experience. Of all these years shopping at Trader Joe’s, only once have I had to return an item, and the return was done pleasantly and effortlessly. I have had questions about products, and all the customer interactions regarding these questions were enjoyable and often entertaining. Best of all, when I have had questions about products to buy, the crew members have had no problem offering a taste or supplying recipe information. The freedom to meet the customer’s desires in a fun, friendly, and fresh manner makes an excellent shopping experience from coast-to-coast.
In fact, one of the most desirable things about shopping at Trader Joe’s is interacting with the crew members and the other customers in discussing recipes, flavors, and getting new ideas. In fact, when I have had more information about a product than an crew member, the crew member has been gracious and thanked me for the helping hand. Always, the customer experience promotes a desire to return and keep investigating for new opportunities to eat well.
I was having a rough day this past Wednesday (09/13/2017). I went to Trader Joe’s for a quick stop and my mood began to lift. Watching the little kids pushing the “Shopper in Training” carts, watching the kids get excited about food, and experiencing the Trader Joe’s difference was exactly what I needed. Best of all, I saw raisin/cinnamon bread and mango chutney, and I was going to have toast upon my return home, one of my favorite comfort foods. I cannot relate satisfactorily how much enthusiasm and smiles the customers show upon entrance at Trader Joe’s. No other store sees this type of customer interaction, and I am grateful to you for fostering this environment for it helps other customers to enjoy the shopping experience, as well as improving the crew member’s day.
Thank you for the murals on the walls, the interesting posters, the flowers, plants, cards, and new hidden treats to explore every trip. I enjoy immensely the ginger granola, the dark chocolate crepes, the triple ginger cookies, and the list goes on. I was in Trader Joe’s off Louisiana Street in Albuquerque today (09/18/2017) and tried “Trader Ming’s” products, a great gustatory and amusing experience. Several times in my shopping history I have tried to taste every item, except the alcohol products, in a single Trader Joe’s store. Never happened to date, but I have enjoyed the journey and the adventure where food and shopping meet.
I have to say, as Trader Joe’s is the sole provider of pretzel rolls in my area, I am always looking for new recipes for using pretzel rolls. My love of all things pretzels continues to be a fun distraction and gustatory journey. For example, two-weeks ago I bought six pretzel rolls and tried three different recipes, roast beef with sharp cheddar on a pretzel roll with some black pepper/olive oil mayonaise, which was absolutely amazing; fried egg with bacon on a pretzel roll was a great delight, your crew member suggested a coarse mustard that totally made this meal; and the coupe de resistance continues to be the pulled pork/chicken/beef on pretzel rolls with any flavor of cheese. Hot or cold, these sandwiches make eating a new adventure.
My wife is vegetarian/vegan and appreciates having a variety of choices in her meal planning that she cannot find elsewhere from the tiny, tiny Brussels sprouts, the mini sweet potatoes and mini avocadoes, the beautiful, fresh, ripe, sweet fruit that you don’t have to wait to ripen, to coconut milk frozen desserts. She loves the seasonal specialties, the beautiful murals and fun decor, the pleasing scents of flowers, the tidiness and cleanliness of the store, the wide aisles, and the people, the wonderful people, both customers and crew members, people who smile and laugh and share what they know and have experienced in their adventures with food in polite, kind, and fun ways. She says it’s a little bit of heaven on earth.
I know when I see the Trader Joe’s sign, good food, good shopping, and good people are available and ready. Thank you for more than two decades of wonderful food and people experiences. Wherever the road has taken us, Trader Joe’s continues to follow, and it is very much appreciated. In Ohio, I regularly traveled more than three-hours from northeast Ohio to Columbus for Trader Joe’s, a trip I was glad to make!
From a very satisfied customer, thank you!
Dave Salisbury
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