Episode 107: Trader Joe's Swings Into Summer
Inside Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's
4.8 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
With the official start of summer still a week away, perhaps we're getting ahead of ourselves, but we just can't help it. We just get so excited for summer to start! Maybe it's the longer days. Maybe it's the warmer weather. Maybe it's spending more time with family and friends (see above, longer days). Or maybe it's just the exciting new products coming to our stores. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe's, we have a great list of new things to share – like Main Squeeze Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Creamy Dreamy Whipped Ricotta, Spicy Queso Dip, Buffalo Sauce, and Cookies & Creme Cookie Mix. Listen in for more from our list, then make YOUR list and head to your neighborhood Trader Joe's so you can get your summer started!
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| 0:00.0 | Matt, have you seen the list of products for our summer shopping list episode? |
| 0:04.0 | Is it a good list? |
| 0:05.0 | Oh yes, and every item on it fits perfectly with summer. |
| 0:09.0 | Oh man, I love summer. |
| 0:11.0 | Hanging out on the patio at home. |
| 0:13.0 | Home, home. It'll smell great with our Neroli Blossom products. |
| 0:17.0 | I mean, you gotta lather up with sunscreen, gotta be careful. |
| 0:20.0 | Try extra virgin olive oil in a squeeze bottle. Really? I'd be baking in the sun. Baking. We have a baking mix, a cookies and cream baking mix. No, I mean like out by the pool. Just taking a little dip. Spicy queso dip. Maybe taking a nap. Creamy, dreamy, whipped ricotta cheese. I'm just lounging in the shade of a big old oak tree. |
| 0:40.3 | Bark, bark on trees, the dark chocolate, pistachio, jalapeno, bark. |
| 0:44.2 | Okay, I get it. |
| 0:45.2 | It's not a stretch. |
| 0:46.0 | Those products are actually perfect for summer. |
| 0:49.2 | Told you. |
| 0:49.8 | Let's go inside Trader Joe's. |
| 0:58.4 | Okay. Let's go inside Trader Joe's. I'm Tara Miller, director of words and phrases and clauses. |
| 1:01.9 | And I'm Matt Sloan, the culture and innovation guy at Trader Joe's. |
| 1:05.8 | I'm excited about this list. |
| 1:07.5 | I am too. |
| 1:08.1 | We have 12 new and returning products, and we are going to count them down. |
| 1:13.1 | Okay, let's start with something that's totally new. Oh, like that spicy queso dip I mentioned. |
| 1:18.8 | Yes, exactly like the spicy queso dip. I'm prepared. I not only have the spicy caseo dip, |
| 1:24.6 | I brought a bag of chips. I brought all that and a bag of chips. |
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