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Trader Joe’s Extends Shopping Hours

May 11, 2020 | 9:05 PM
in FOOD, NEWS
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Trader Joe’s reduced its shopping hours in March as it dealt with high demand and new procedures to get the store ready for shoppers amid the coronavirus.

It’s now expanding them again, pushing closing hours back to 9 p.m. So both Upper West Side stores are open from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. — with the first hour at each store reserved “to serve our senior customers over the age of 60 and customers with disabilities who may need additional assistance while shopping,” the company said.

 

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Gale
Gale
5 years ago

That’s good news. But don’t get complacent. Stay 6 feet away on the line.Wash hands. Wear masks. Disinfect. Abd thank those essential personnel every day.

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ben
ben
5 years ago

When you have too many people waiting in line around the block at all hours of the day…

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carol
carol
5 years ago

OH MY GOD!!! THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!

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Robert
Robert
5 years ago

The 72nd St. cashier line wraps around whole 1st floor. Some inconsiderate people decide theyre getting in line and continue shopping. They leave their cart/basket, cause big spaces/holdups & expect the person behind them to either save their place or push it for them. I won’t do either. I hate inconsiderte people. Finish shopping then get in line.

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Carol
Carol
5 years ago
Reply to  Robert

When the line wraps around the whole first floor, it is also difficult to get to all the produce and refrigerated items that are against the wall and behind all those people. Is it more considerate to walk in between the lines as you pick out tomatoes, cheese, etc? Give people a break.

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Gibbs
Gibbs
5 years ago
Reply to  Robert

Nothing new!! I do it all the time What I don’t do is get lost in the store expecting someone to push my cart. I keep it moving.

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Nancy L
Nancy L
5 years ago
Reply to  Robert

There’s always Whole Foods and you can pay to have your groceries delivered.

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ben
ben
5 years ago
Reply to  Robert

That’s exactly how it’s ALWAYS been during rush hour pre-covid19. Not saying it’s right and I despise it too. It’s ok if you want to shop while in line, just keep moving along and don’t hold up others.

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Robert
Robert
5 years ago
Reply to  ben

YES BEN EXACTLY! (problem existed b4 disaster). But 75% of time, most of them continuing shopping in line, ARE NOT ABLE to NOT HOLD UP others. Some, in front of me, have nerve to ask me to “watch their cart” (& run 2 shop b4 I answer). I go in space in front of them, & when they come back, they’ll try to get in front of me, so don’t lose their place & get VERY NASTY & verbal fight ensues. Nx. time it happens I’m getting manager. ANY other store I’ve EVER been in this never happens.

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Jay
Jay
5 years ago
Reply to  Robert

Wow, you sound like a real neighborly fellow. I don’t mind it at all when people forget to grab something and need me to hold their spot. It doesn’t do anything to your spot in line. What happened to kindness of strangers?
People, if you’re in line in front of me, especially if you have a young child and are struggling to get shopping done because you have no help and no family here, most people are not like these two. Most people will help to make life a little less crappy.

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billC
billC
5 years ago
Reply to  Robert

How is this an issue..? I get that being in line can be frustrating, but you still get to the cashier at the same time, so what difference does it make if you can’t move forward two feet for a minute.

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Ellie chamie
Ellie chamie
5 years ago

We look forward to all trade Joe’s to back normal working hours as this family stores with all employees work with confidence and happiness and best and beyond expectations in their customer connect keep customers have no choice feel something missing if i didn’t stop shop daily bases at trader Joe’s
Thank you to all locations from trader Joe’s at Dana point OC trader Joe’s
Henderson, las Vegas

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nycityny
nycityny
5 years ago

What’s interesting is that TJs extended their national hours to 8pm but in New York it is 9pm. Rare that we get an extra hour with a national chain.

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Mr. UWS
Mr. UWS
5 years ago

Just make sure you shut up while waiting in the long line, or you’ll end up on this IG page – https://www.instagram.com/traderjoeslineuws/

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woodcider
woodcider
5 years ago
Reply to  Mr. UWS

They leave their window wide open to hear these calls. They want the attention.

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Carol
Carol
5 years ago
Reply to  Mr. UWS

Oh mah goodness!

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UWSHebrew
UWSHebrew
5 years ago
Reply to  Carol

Paul Lynde? He was great.

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Alice
Alice
5 years ago

Trader Joe’s is a Heaven on Earth here in downtown San Francisco. Thank you!

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Anne diamond
Anne diamond
5 years ago

U need to have signs in rows …start row …walk up only …row 2 walk down…etc
It is more effective….stores are too small and need row rearranging to make space more efficient

Happy day. Mb

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Laura-Jean Slykhuis
Laura-Jean Slykhuis
5 years ago

I love Trader Joe’s. Opening@8am for seniors has been extremely helpful to me (77yrs old). It lessens contact and eases my fear. Thank you to TJ’s I need to shop there because they have more products that suit my allergies and dietary restrictions. This makes me doubly thankful.

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lyriclark
lyriclark
5 years ago

We really dislike what they’ve done to our neighborhood. Crowds, dirt, more chaos, lines around the block. Why? I dont get it. I only wish they would abandon the 72nd st. location. Give us a real supermarket. Morton Williams, Westside Mkt. etc. Never found anything to buy there that tasted good and wasnt frozen.

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Julie
Julie
5 years ago
Reply to  lyriclark

Trader Joe’s is 50% cheaper than the ones mentioned above and is partially the reason I moved here.

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L. Braverman
L. Braverman
5 years ago

A hopeful sign, like the sight of the first red-breasted robin of spring after a particularly brutal winter…

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Susan Green
Susan Green
5 years ago

from what I’ve been told there are so many seniors lining up at 8 that it is better to go later… and be one or two a a few on the senior line …

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