Did you catch the 2 minute animated "commercial" for Chipotle, starring some happy pigs, rainbows, and Wille Nelson covering "The Scientist"? more ›

In a recent episode of chef, activist and filmmaker Daniel Klein's "The Perennial Plate" via Grist, Klein follows a dedicated dumpster diver in Virginia as he gleans edibles from dumpsters behind Trader Joe's to feed his family. more ›

Trader Joe's shoppers in Studio City were faced with more than just selecting from the store's array of hummus choices this afternoon. A man was stabbed in front of a dry cleaners next to the grocer. Authorities responded to the scene at the strip mall on Ventura Boulevard at 12:10pm. more ›

Brace yourselves, loft dwellers: there's not going to be a downtown Trader Joe's in the near future. If you want shrink-wrapped veggies and Charles Shaw wine, you're going to have to continue hiking up to Silver Lake or Pasadena for your fix. more ›

The Westside Robbers, two armed male suspects, appear to be hungry and partial to food markets. The suspects have targeted at least three stores in five days, including Trader Joes and Bob's Market on National Boulevard near Palms Boulevard, reports CBS LA. more ›

Los Angeles-based director Jeremy Seifert has launched a campaign via change.org to gather signatures of concerned consumers who want to let Monrovia-based grocer Trader Joe's to quit wasting so much food. more ›

The Silver Lake Trader Joe’s is collecting contributions for the children of Michael “Micky” David, their former employee who was killed after being chased down Sunset Blvd and shot on May 7 in Echo Park, reports The Eastsider LA. more ›

The gentrification of Echo Park continues, as evidenced by the guessing game du jour covered by The Eastsider LA today: Will a Trader Joe's or a Fresh & Easy move into the vacated Save A Lot space? Ready, set: Speculate! more ›

Trader Joe's issued a recall for its Pizza al Pollo Asado product after being alerted that it may contain trace amounts of wheat, which is not listed in the ingredient panel. No adverse reactions have been reported, however anyone with a wheat allergy could be affected. Customers are welcome to bring back any and all Frozen Pizza Al Pollo Asado (sku 95811) to Trader Joe's for a full refund. more ›

It's more than just a rumor now: Trader Joe's has "filed an application to open on the northwest corner of Third and Fairfax," says CurbedLA, which is in the A.F. Gilmore retail center project. A TJ's in the McKently Malak-designed mid-century modern-style building would make that the third Joe's in the Mid-City West area, including the current one on La Brea, and the one planned for the Caruso project at Burton and San Vicente. Shall we break out the bargain wines to celebrate? more ›

Meet Délice de Bourgogne. She is your new best friend. She is special not only for her many charms and flexible nature but also for her accessibility and price. Délice de Bourgogne lives, among other places, at Trader Joe's. But she wasn't born there. She's was born in France. A cow's milk cheese from the Burgundy region, this lux, buttery, "triple cream" product (meaning cream is twice added to the milk during the cheese-making process), has a nutty, earthy bite that's considerably milder than its sharp smell. more ›

Hustle Buys have come to signal the new "Two Buck Chuck" era at Trader Joe's and The OC Register is encouraging us to get on down to TJ's for the latest in very good, but very cheap wine. Trader Joe's has secured more "grown-up grape" at deep discounts and all that deliciously boozy savings gets passed on to us - often at prices that are 50 to 75 percent less than retail. more ›

Curbed LA followed up on rumors that Trader Joe's is being considered as a possible tenant at the A.F. Gilmore 3rd and Fairfax retail project set to rise on the current site of a parking lot and plant nursery. Vice president for A.F. Gilmore, Mark Panatier, responded, "We're talking to lots of folks," regarding the retail space. When asked directly about Trader Joe's? he repeated, "We're talking to lots of folks." So... Not a YES!, but Curbed seems to think they're a contender. Err, probably. more ›

A Corona-based company is recalling more than 7,000 pounds of chicken pasta salad because the ready-to-eat treat may also contain cilantro contaminated with salmonella. more ›

First we had a rock and roll Dennys, and a rock and roll Ralph's, now we have a rock and roll Trader Joe's. The Trader Joe's in the former Virgin Megastore Complex at Sunset and Crescent Heights occupies the space that was once Sam Ash. more ›

A brave Trader Joe's clerk last night was shot during an after-hours robbery that involved about three suspects who fled. At about 10:20 p.m., two of the suspects entered the Trader Joe's in Eagle Rock and demanded money at gunpoint while a third suspect waited outside in a car. more ›

Roll out the red carpet, set up the velvet ropes, and open up your reusable grocery tote, Hollywood-ites! Friday May 21 was opening day for the much-anticipated Trader Joe's in Hollywood on Vine Street. more ›

The long-awaited Trader Joe's in the Hollywood Entertainment District is almost here. At 8 a.m. on Friday, a grand opening celebration will welcome the company to Hollywood and Vine. The 13,000 square foot store will be open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and inside will feature Hollywood themed art mixed in with the company's Hawaiian-inspired decor. Since 1958, the Monrovia-based Trader Joe's has opened 330 stores in 25 states. A store in Montrose will also soon open. That one is located, most appropriately, on Honolulu Avenue. more ›

A scorecard released today by Greenpeace examines American supermarket chains and to what extent their seafood business is practiced sustainably. more ›

After months of pressure from Greenpeace, South Pasadena-based Trader Joe's has promised they will "green up their stores" by putting in place "sustainable seafood policies," according to the environmental group. more ›

Get ready, Hollywood. Trader Joe's Hollywood & Vine location--more specifically, at 1600 North Vine--is scheduled to open sometime this year. This morning, LAist reader Shamara Jones caught a temporary sign being installed. "Super exciting!" she wrote in an e-mail. more ›

All you Chocolate Chip Chewy Coated Granola Bars lovers, take note. "There is a possibility that product with Use by Dates/ Lot Codes 16JUL10H2 and 17JUL10HI may cause a serious food-borne illness," says the grocer's website. "As a precaution, all of the product has been removed from sale and has been destroyed. To date, we have received no reports of illness related to this product." The Daily News says that "food-borne illness" is salmonella. If you have one of these boxes, take it back to get a refund or to exchange it for a sick free one! more ›

Lately we've been digging on Trader Joe's-inspired cuisine, but the grocery store chain may want to consider churning out a book of its own based on all those delicious samples they dole out as we leisurely cruise the aisles. Usually we regard a TJ's treat as simply a free snack, and perhaps an inspiration for a shopping list addition, however this particular sweet and savory nibble made us take pause. We immediately slinked back to sample station to steal another bite, as well as the recipe, which has been earning rave reviews at potlucks ever since (including the recent LAist holiday party). This creamy, savory appetizer is a burst of warm indulgence, as well as simple to put together and easy on the debit card. It will no doubt be a welcome addition to this weekend's holiday parties. more ›

This Trader Joe's-inpsired cookbook has been out since 2008, but when spotted on a bookstore shelf last night, we got a bit giddy inside. It's L.A.'s favorite grocery store (based on the amount of comments Trader Joe's posts receive), so maybe this will be our favorite cookbook. So far, we're loving it. more ›

This unofficial commercial will surely bring a smile, a few good-hearted laughs and maybe that warm fuzzy feeling to any Trader Joe's shopper. Good times, good times. more ›

What's with all the helicopter commotion in West Hollywood? "A car matching the description of Jasmine Fiore's [white Mercedes] has been found in the Trader Joe's parking lot," said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. The lead agency on the case, the Buena Park Police Department, told TMZ the car is indeed hers. Fiore's body was found stuffed into a suitcase left in a Buena Park dumpster on August 15th. The suspected killer, reality TV contestant Ryan Jenkins, committed suicide in a Canadian motel last weekend, but police believe Fiore's missing vehicle may hold clues about a possible second suspect. more ›

There is a new Trader Joe's on the Sunset Strip at Crescent Heights in the old Virgin Megatore Complex. It's been open almost a month--since March 13th to be exact. more ›

The salmonella peanut butter recall is still in effect and one of Los Angeles' favorite grocery stores had to pull back a few products, too. Trader Joe's late last week announced that they were taking caution and de-shelving their Peanut Butter Chewy Coated & Drizzled Granola Bars, Nutty Chocolate Chewy Coated & Drizzled Granola Bars and Sutter’s Formula Cookies "because the products contain peanut butter that was manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), which is the focus of an ongoing Salmonella investigation," they said in a press release. more ›

An article in today's Telegraph.co.uk touts the recent adoption of Twitter by British-based Tesco's Fresh & Easy grocery stores. Although the article focuses on the rarity of a Brit business using what's more popular with American businesses, F&E's web-watchers Fresh & Easy Buzz point out that the Tweets are coming from California, not England:

Fresh & Easy's presence on Twitter.com isn't being maintained by a Tesco Fresh & Easy company employee based out of its Southern California headquarters or by a Tesco PLC employee in the UK. Rather, the Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Twitter site is maintained on a regular basis by SallieB, who is a social marketing expert with Tesco Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market's public relation's firm, ABCO International.

Though perhaps not gripping correspondence, Twitter does help to establish loyalty by giving customers an active way of communicating with the company's management. [...] more ›