Episode 39: A Trader Joe's Shopping List of Fabulous Fall Finds

Inside Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's

Arts, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Food

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Once again, we’re falling head over pumpkin for fall. In this episode of Inside Trader Joe’s you’ll get a sneak peek at some of our favorite new stuff, like Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce and Pumpkin Oat Beverage, and even some things that have no pumpkin at all (gasp!), like Butternut Mac & Cheese Bites and Maple Walnut Biscotti. Grab a pen and a piece of paper - you’re going to want to make a list.

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0:00.0	Alright, Tara, let's make that big wine announcement.
0:04.8	No, Matt. We're going to keep everybody in suspense until the end of the episode.
0:10.0	Well, I hope they don't just fast forward because we have a lot of other cool new stuff for fall too.
0:16.0	From the Trader Joe's mother ship in Manrovia, California, let's go inside Trader Joe's.
0:21.0	I'm Tara Miller, Director of Words and Frazes and Clause's.
0:33.0	And I'm Matt Sloan, the Marketing Product Guy.
0:36.0	In the classic peanuts TV special, Linus waited and waited for the arrival of the Great Pumpkin.
0:42.0	And waited and waited. But the wait for seasonal pumpkin products at Trader Joe's is over.
0:49.0	I had to stop counting how many times people asked on our social media channels, when are the pumpkin products coming?
0:56.0	And that started like at the end of July.
0:58.0	So, it's September. Pumpkin things are showing up. All told, it looks like we have something approaching 75 pumpkin products for this year.
1:08.0	Wow. They're all available for a short window of time.
1:12.0	And really, that window of time is built around the bet we place with the quantity and how quickly customers buy that up.
1:20.0	With so many of these products being pumpkin related, let's talk to Jack.
1:23.0	Jack O'Lantern?
1:24.0	No, no, that would be me.
1:26.0	Jack, our produce category manager at the other Trader Joe's mother ship in Boston.
1:31.0	Although, Mike Face has been going to scare small children.
1:34.0	Jack, we have all these produce things in the podcast and we never seem to have this many produce items in a shopping list episode.
1:43.0	So, first on our list is the holiday vegetable hash.
1:48.0	And that came in last fall. And then suddenly it was gone again.
1:53.0	And I was like, oh, I really love that. And so I'm excited to have it back.
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