We are so fortunate to have a Trader Joe's Grocery Store in The Woodlands!
10868 Kuykendahl Road The Woodlands, TX 77381
| (281) 465-0254 |
I took some pictures of a few of my Favorite Things!
(well, I have to go buy some more items that we ATE before I could get pictures of them)
The number one "surprise" comment that I hear is that Trader Joe's is a very small grocery store. People are expecting a larger size store such as H.E.B., Kroger or Randalls. All that I can say that it is WORTH the value to come to this store. Everything we have tried has been a FAVORITE in our house!!!!
I could not even keep the "Artesian" Bread for only $2.25, around long enough to take a picture for you, my family devours it within a day! ............ THE MOST AMAZING GRILL CHEESE SANDWICH YOU WILL EVER HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have found by looking at what the customer in front of me is buying or by asking the cashier "What should I buy" I have found some incredible things that I would have never tried!
This is a spread (similar to peanut butter consistency, but NOT) of Gingerbread and crushed biscuits. Eat it with a spoon and you will see what I mean! Seriously worth buying a few jars of this at a time!!!!!!!!
Trader Joe’s is full of the out-of-the-ordinary, yet FANTASTIC PRICES!!!!!!!!!
The 13,500-square-foot store at 10868 Kuykendahl has a fraction of the items found in a big supermarket, but does offer gourmet and organic items, at a value priced. For example, a 15-ounce box of toasted whole grain oats cereal is $1.99.
Every cheese that I have tried is not only a great price but is absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!!
The store will carry milk, eggs, shampoo, toilet paper, pet food, flowers, packaged goods, prepared foods and sushi. The bakery will offer artisan breads, bagels, muffins and more. More than 80 percent of the items are private label.
Trader Joe’s features Charles Shaw wine, a.k.a. “Two-Buck Chuck” for only $2.99
Other unusual store items include herb popcorn, a wasabi seaweed snack, a dessert topping called Cookie Butter and, when in season, Brussels sprouts on the stalk. (I had to buy this when the lady in front of me was buying 12 packages of seaweed)
Monrovia, Calif.-based Trader Joe’s will open two more Houston area stores this year, in the Memorial area at 1440 S. Voss and in the Montrose area at 2922 S. Shepherd in the renovated Alabama Theater.
The Montrose store opens Sept. 21, and the Memorial store will open in the fourth quarter of the year, Trader Joe’s spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said.
There are also plans for stores in San Antonio, Dallas, Plano and Austin.
“When fewer choices are available, more people buy the same thing, which means the store gets a better price from the manufacturer. That compounds the trust because the grocer can offer comparatively low prices.”
Consumers are increasingly adventurous and crave new options, she said, and the retailer continually brings in new kinds of products.
“The long-term impact of any Trader Joe’s store will be limited to the trade area in which it’s located,” said Kenneth Katz, a principal at Houston-based Baker Katz, a commercial retail brokerage firm, “but in the short term they are likely to pull customers from a larger area.” He speculated Trader Joe’s will open more locations in Houston beyond the three announced.
“Overall, they don’t shake up the market much” — not one the size of Houston’s, said David Livingston, a grocery analyst with Waukesha, Wis.-based DJL Research. They’ll have some impact on the one or two closest upscale and/or natural foods grocery stores, Livingston added.
“There is a growing interest in natural and organic food in Houston, and we are excited to welcome other retailers,” said Whole Foods Market spokeswoman Mary Langdon. “We have found that in other markets, both companies can thrive in the same neighborhood.”
Whole Foods stores, she added, have “ ‘Low Price, Great Quality’ signs which highlight everyday items that our buyers have been able to negotiate special low prices on.” Its private label Three Wishes wines are $2.99, she noted.
Trader Joe’s began in 1958 as convenience stores in southern California called Pronto Markets. In 1967 the name became Trader Joe’s and more focus was put on wine and cheese. There are now more than 370 stores.
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