- 137
- Episodes
- 30
- Transcribed
- 4,623
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 127M
- YouTube views
About Inside Trader Joe's
Welcome to Inside Trader Joe's, the only podcast about Trader Joe's, by Trader Joe's. This one's the real deal, the "official" Trader Joe's podcast, if you will. Looking for stories about your favorite products? Curious about what makes your neighborhood TJ's tick? Or just excited about what's coming soon to your Trader Joe's? This, friends, is the podcast for you! From our humble beginnings as a small chain of eclectic Southern California convenience stores, Trader Joe's has grown to become a national chain of 633 (and counting) neighborhood grocery stores, employing more than 70,000 Crew Members. How? By being comfortable with being different. Every episode takes you Inside Trader Joe's in a podcast series only Trader Joe's could deliver. Let's go Inside Trader Joe's. And thanks for listening.
- Publisher
- Trader Joe's
- Category
- arts · health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Apr 2018
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
30 of 137 episodes have a transcript.

21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 112: Time for Tacos at Trader Joe's

8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 111: Can't Help Falling for this Trader Joe's Shopping List

17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 110: Expect the Unexpected (Cheddar) at Trader Joe's
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Episode 112: Time for Tacos at Trader Joe's
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This is cooked stacked where the top of the rotisserie is larger than the bottom. It helps for cooking. It helps with the drippings going all the way through the meat. And I think Tacos al Pastor, it's really like how food travels and how people bring their culture through the food that they travel with. And so it's a great story that there was a wave of immigrants from Lebanon. and on going to Mexico late 19th, early 20th century and bringing their foods with them and slowly and maybe around Mexico City in the early 20th century, this dish that was a type of kebab, more like doner kebab or shawarma, evolving into what we now think of as al pastor, starting to use more local Mexican ingredients. […]
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- Trader Joe's resident cheese expert
- Category Manager for Cheese
- Wine Whiz
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- YouTube views
- 127,338,870
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 4,322 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 301 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
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- Quality
- 65
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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