Trader Joe’s — Local services in Palm Harbor

Went here with my daughter on a Sunday afternoon to get something specific. I browsed around and bought a number of things. I had been in Trader Joes before but a smaller one. I was amazed at the variety of items they have here. Now I love to try different foods and variants of foods, so I was in heaven.

So much to look at, so I traversed each aisle. But since my wife was waiting for us in the car, I needed to not dally. I saw many things of interest, but decided to try a few. One was beef tamales. I love tamales but most are heavy on masa but light on filling. And a lot of Mexican restaurants don't ever have them. The tamales I tried later at home were great. Actually more filling than masa! And just a hint of spice - I did add some of the fiery hot sauce I also bought at Trader Joes. Rate AAA.

Next were the Jalapeno Poppers. In the air fryer they were crispy outside and creamy inside. Tasty but very little flame. Rate A.

Finally the Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings. I had seen these on multiple TV shows but never tried them. So forewarned about breaking them slightly on a spoon and allowing the soup to cool a bit, I did so. They were gummy but I have a friend with a Dumpling Truck (Dumpling Girls) in Charlotte that has the best dumplings, even better than the ones in China. Rate AA.

It's a wonderful place and I want to go back, but bring my wife also. Just have to make some room in the freezer. And hopefully no time...

They started out strong, but the pricing has slowly been going up which sadly my husband and I expected shouldn’t be that way, but everybody’s great out of the gate. The key is to stay steady and get better not regress. We’ve been buying their New England clam chowder soup since the day they opened, we noticed our fourth or fifth trip that there was becoming less and less clams and potatoes and more broth and this past time my husband bought for last week, which was May 3 Friday Mostly broth couple clams couple pieces of potato what a massive disappointment maybe one’s a mistake but to have four of them all the same what are we paying for? You guys better make this right quick and watch your food quality that’s coming out because I’ll tell you PALM HARBOR isn’t gonna put up with us. It’s much easier to go back to sprouts for at least they’re consistent with their food and keep your prices down. I shop there because your prices are normal how they should be . They’re slowly starting to creep back up in that case there’s no reason to come to your store because you don’t carry the majority of things at most grocery stores do anyway, so why stop here and waste my time. Please fix it. I’m gonna be talking to a manager next time. I’m mad I really would like a refund on my money, but of course I don’t have my receipt. I threw it away. I didn’t think I...

Giving this 4 stars instead of 5 because of the parking and handling of traffic within the store. TJ's seem to always pick strip malls with limited parking - not sure why. I went on a Saturday as it was a drive to get here and was extremely crowded. Like if there was a hurricane coming crowded. The check out lines so long that they went half way down the aisles making it impossible to shop in half the store since you could not access the shelves. It was extremely difficult to even move with a cart - there is no way they were not exceeding the maximum capacity while I was there. If there had been a need to evacuate that store, it would not have ended well. That being said, I love this store and will be back but never on the weekend. The employees are so friendly and personable - you can tell they really want to be there! Even with the high amount of traffic, the store was very clean and their employees were working hard to keep product on the shelves. I sought out the GF baked goods (specifically their muffins) immediately as I remember how good they were in Illinois (and a good value) and was not disappointed. If you have never tried this at TJ's you need to head there now and get these - you will not be disappointed!! Their brand never...