Weird question, but does any other TJ’s use the weird color-coded checkout? The 14th St, Manhattan location is like a DMV at checkout and it gives colorblind people a mild panic attack.
I interviewed for a job at the Container Store and had to "audition" for the hiring manager. She called me a week later and said, "I decided you're not a good fit for us. Do you want to know why you're not a good fit?" I said "no" and hung up. Thank you, Mateo, for helping me realize that the Container Store would have been the Job from Hell.
i have never been in a Trader Joe's or a Container Store, but now I must go! We need a series called "Shopping with Matteo" where he never buys anything and he only visits stores where he got fired from.
I have never been to a Container Store (the only one I know of is at least an hour and a half away) but I have spent way too much time browsing their website (and not buying anything). TJ's is okay; there's only one thing I go there for specifically (a certain variety of dried cherries I can't find anywhere else), and I get a few bags that last me a few months. If I need milk or something while I'm there I'll get it but most of my grocery shopping is at Wegmans (which apparently has a bit of a cult following of its own...I go there mostly because it's the easiest option on my way home from work).
@@allein1001 Rochester gal here. Home of the Mothership I do love a good Wes, but they've gotten way out of proportion. expensive in the last year! Yes, I've heard celebrities talk about Wegmans. I think there's one in...ummm...Brooklyn maybe..now. Long ago I took friends from NYC to one of the best Wegmans in Rochester. In the burb that Danny Wegman lives in, of course...they were amazed and beyond impressed. I could 't imagine that coming from NYC and everything it has to offer being amazed by Wegmans! But, gotta love the Pittsford store. It has a florist, a specialty bakery., a Sephor and a Godiva Chocolates. They probably have added an outpost of Spago by now.
@@allein1001- I'm a trader's and wegmans man myself ... trader's has a lot of good stuff.. like Matteo said, they have their own shit and switch shit out. So eloquent
What makes Trader Joe's so good is that it provides organic choices for low prices. They also make their own version of snack foods that taste better than any other brand name.
Matteo is the type of tour guide I hope to get when travelling. Like, don’t show me landmarks just walk me around while complaining about your neighbour hood. I’ll feel more like a local and will have more stories. Love it.
Hi Matteo, I’m a current Trader Joe’s employee, so when I saw your video I was both excited and nervous for your reaction. I can definitely agree that the chaotic energy of the crowds is a bit overwhelming, especially for us employees. Although weekday mornings it tends to be a bit more quiet. It seems on your trip you weren’t too sure of what to buy, since it was your first trip. Since you love and cook Italian cuisine, I’d love to know your opinions on our Italian dishes (maybe a taste test video?), or see you make another delicious Italian meal with our products to get yourself acquainted with our stuff more. It was very entertaining to watch your video, and hilarious that you ended it with a trip to the Container store. Looking forward to your next video! - Justin (from store #068)
Matteo is so naturally funny and I love his anecdotes about shitty jobs when ur 19 lol. Also love that you called it “goes to Trader Joe’s” when the majority of it was roasting container store 😂 iconic
Trader Jose's pricing is the best of any grocery store. Things they do really well: Their Alkaline Water is the best! I never buy anything else (although pricy but less expensive than Smart Water). Their basil plants are full and beautiful, I use them for all of my Italian cooking. Their cheese is priced well and have a better variety than the grocery store. At Christmas time, their baked lemon ricotta cheese wedge is heavenly. Their Almond butter Pretzel nuggets are really good as well (even their peanut butter pretzel nuggets are great and less expensive than the grocery store. I'm not sure why you have lines to get in, maybe you don't have that many stores but in California they are pretty much everywhere. Best time to go is when they open. They don't have warehouses, food is brought directly to their stores so nothing sits around like mainstream grocery stores. That being said, they do run out of popular items frequently. Also, their employees taste test their products.
I’m surprised that TJ’s wasn’t twice as busy. Love the Chelsea store but it can go from empty to crazy packed in a snap. And it’s definitely way cheaper than the standard grocery store and their frozen foods have no business being as good as it is 😂
Trader Joe’s STRESSES ME OUT. Too small, everyone running into you and my local one always has terrible accidents in the parking lot. FLIPPED over car in the entrance. Got rear ended last year trying to leave. We have to park a parking lot over to feel somewhat safe 😂😂😂
TJ’s is the reason my husband does the grocery shopping in our family. I’m over the parking nightmares and being bruised by aggressively navigated shipping carts 🛒
The grainy texture in cheese sauce is caused by high heat, it causes the proteins in the cheese to become denatured, citrus can help fix it, it does something to stop the cheese from clumping.
If trader Joe's was too much stay away from Costco 😂 it's always crazy but Don even think about going on the weekend it's like stepping into a consumer war zone 😂
There are two good things about Trader Joe's. One is that they have affordable versions of "luxury" products. Schloss Bieber champagne at $6.99 (depending on state taxes) is as good as a $20 bottle anywhere else. Aside from "Two Buck Chuck," the infamous store brand, all of their cheap wines are pleasantly drinkable. Obviously, if you want authentic Caccio Pepe, you have to make it fresh, but their frozen meals are literally ten times better than frozen food anywhere else, and *cheaper*! I get those various things in bags and just make half of it and put the rest back in the freezer, but people outside of Manhattan have freezers larger than mail boxes. Same with coffee. TJ's coffee is excellent and cheaper. (I think that concentrate is supposed to be diluted, not main lined straight up. LOL!) The line around the building is totally a Manhattan thing. Other than during the pandemic, when they only allowed like 20 people in the store at a time, I've never stood in line to go to Trader Joe's. While waiting on the sidewalk was a pain, I admired them caring that much about their customers and employees.
@@beatm6948 That was one of my favorites, until the price went so high. I make it myself now. I make enough sauce for several servings and keep it in a bottle in the fridge. I do usually fry up the chicken fresh.
Matteo, the nice thing about Trade Joe's is that they do national pricing. So you don't more in NYC than someone in a rural square state. But for me it's their frozen food section. Their frozen latkes and lava cakes are very good. Not the best, but very good for a no cook experience. Their orange chicken, friend rice, and scallion pancake (green onion) are amazing too.
I love how much he judged Trader Joe’s without actually trying any of the food. I really want to see Matteo hit Whole Foods and if there are any Sharper Image or Brookstone stores still around, you know what you need to do, Matteo!
I will say I'm absolutely obsessed with the Trader Joe's tea and coffee selections (and I really like to try out the different seasonal flavors-that Winter Blend Tea is AMAZING and I always stock up on it)the staff is pretty helpful and friendly! and I love their selections of dried fruits/nuts/trail mix and granola etc. But generally speaking- I can't stand the other shoppers. I've been to TJ's in 6 different states and it's always the same- last week at my local one a woman blocked off the entire pantry/cereal aisle with her cart...and everyone just assumed "Oh that's normal", AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN GET ANYTHING FROM THAT AISLE!!! She was just browsing! UUUUUGGGGGHHH
My town got a TJ's a few years ago (before that I knew of two locations, neither of which I was willing to drive to, so I'd been there exactly once just because I was nearby so I decided to check it out; I didn't get the hype and still don't) and I really only go there because it's the only place that has the kind of dried cherries that I like. (Target used to but when they rebranded all their store brand stuff a while back they got rid of that variety.) I'll usually wander over to the tea section to see if they have anything that looks good (my friend gave me a Christmas/winter flavor from there one year but I haven't seen it since). I currently have so much tea (not from TJ) I'm not allowed to buy more until I use it up. I probably won't be buying tea until at least next year. But I still look. ☕
here's the thing about tj's. they always have ALL registers open! and they're so nice and friendly like i've never met a rude employee. i do not shop for my normal groceries there. it's for fun things that you can't get anywhere else.
Trader Joe's needs to open earlier or something because as a disabled person it's impossible to shop there. So many people, it's always busy, and people constantly pushing you. It's like it's perpetually Black Friday when I'm trying to buy my weekly groceries.
i swear before the pandemic they had longer hours. i went the other day and i think it's 9-9 now when before i swear they did also have an 'open 1 hour early for eldery and disabled' or maybe that was just some stores but it would be nice sometimes. i live with my aunt who is disabled and needs the scooters and when one isn't available we just can't shop. or i have to go in alone without her as she's still in the car and play back and forth text tag with 'is this what you wanted' pics
His experience with the aggressive team at the Container Store was my experience at Starbucks 😂😂. Just full bitch energy with the entire team. Instead of saying: hey, next time, do it this way and this is why, they’d not say anything then and would loudly announce 10 minutes later, hey, can people NOT do this cause I’ve seen some of YOU doing that. 🤣🙄🙄
Queens native and current Pasadena resident here to say that Trader Joe’s in NYC and SoCal are like night and day. Even the most hectic trip to my local spot is easy and painless. NYC Trader Joe’s runs are like the superbowl.
New Yorkers love TJs because not only is their stuff pretty decent, it’s also actually affordable. When I lived in NYC I used to only shop there or at Target, and then there were the occasional Dollar Tree hauls 😂
It's like that at every TJ's. I live in Atlanta and some of the rudest shoppers' flock to TJ's. Right before Xmas I was waiting patiently to grab a cart as two rather stocky women got theirs and moved along. Some silver bobbed older lady pushed past me to grab a cart and I said rather loudly, "You are not that important". She turned, said "hmptf" and off she went. She is not alone in that attitude. It's a 'trendy' thing to like Tj's now. God help us.
😂 ohhh the 21st street one is so safe and uncrowded usually. Take him to the 72nd street or 14th street one LOL. And god bless. The allure is the affordable pricing (we all can’t shop at the specialty stores) and the fun items you don’t see in other stores. The lines move super fast, the workers are all nice and helpful, and there’s a joy in finding new seasonal items. The anxiety and battling folks to get to items is a plus 😂 Also the coffee concentrate you’re supposed to dilute. Though I know damn well some folks probably can’t read and drink it straight lol 😂
Trader Joe's is one of a few places where I automatically glaze over the minute I walk in the door. Can't help it; can't control it. I exit the store 20 minutes later empty handed and unable to remember what happened.
9:42 - those little rolly board things were the best. If you walked into gym class and those things were out, you just *knew* somebody was going home with a messed up finger because they rolled over it 😆😆
I know I don't have a life, but that man dropping the leash just from the dog shaking it's head at 10:30, followed by the dog stopping dead in it's tracks like "get your shit together!" really got me 😂
Matteo panicking and escaping trader joes to mindlessly wander around The Container Store with glee..... I think we understand why Matteo stays so skinny =P Advice, Heartache and Hairplugs, and all this extra content, you spoil us, sir!
Im crying i work at that trader joes and seeing my coworkers and managers in the background is so funny😭😭i know exactly who he saw smoking outside in a hawaiian shirt lmfao
I would pay A LOT for a tour of NYC according to Matteo. Just take me to places you want to bitch about and Ill walk away thinking I just saw everything there is to see worth seeing in NYC
I love hearing you laughing in the background, Chris. It makes these vids even funnier to me! Matteo, you just not understanding anything in TJs was so hilarious. Please don't ever stop making these vids.
As a resident & native of the birthplace of Trader Joe's, both Pasadena and Los Angeles, I thank you and love this, hysterically. As your fellow customers looks like a mirror image of customers here, well yeah, with a handful more of Black-Americans as both employees and customers. Plus here, especially now, all post-pandemic -nobody, absolutely no one films anything here inside of flippin' Trader Joe's, so this is so freaking hilarious to me , high5 on filming a totally great idea, I simply can't stop giggling at you walking all around the store & filming at Trader's slaying everything you serve-up!. Also fyi, even at one of our West Hollywood Trader Joe's, a huge store location and was popular all-around the greater Hollywood area at one time, there was (maybe still is) a hugely popular gay porn star, who has worked there for a very long! Thanks again for this relief in comedic genius! #carryon
He reminds me of my aunt, I felt like I was walking through the stores with her giving commentary on the store products and the people shopping there - it was awesome.
What's funny about this is that this location looks like the biggest I've ever seen. All locations in San Diego are tiny with zero parking. Love Matteo, he's the best!
I watched a documentary recently and they discovered that a lot of the Trader Joes' branded products are made in the same facility that makes the no brand cereals etc that you could find at Walmart etc.....much cheaper for the EXACT SAME PRODUCT
The lines in NYC are crazy because there are only like 2 in all of manhattan serving the millions of people in 4 of the 5 boroughs. I used to travel from the Bronx to the 14th street location (via 5 train) because the Trader Joe’s wine shop was next door. People in Queens can easily go to the Long Island stores. But the thing Trader Joe’s is the price and a consistent level of quality and variety.
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I love the middle-aged grumpy Italian uncle energy that Matteo brings when dealing with super packed places ahahahaha
I love “grumpy”
Nick is rubbing off on him.
That’s considered empty for the chelsea TJs.
Matteo has definitely saved NOTHING for when he's 65.
💚
@@kenburns8721 Either that or he'll pull some iconic shit on us and give us something completely reinvented by then
Being an Ex-Michaels employee and a current Trader Joe’s employee, these videos really are starting to hit home 😂
The craftiest/thriftiest venn diagram
I refer to that as getting flashbacks
Weird question, but does any other TJ’s use the weird color-coded checkout?
The 14th St, Manhattan location is like a DMV at checkout and it gives colorblind people a mild panic attack.
Ok so, I'm about to get an Interview at TJ's- should I take the job if they hire me??
😭😭😭
I know he jokes about Nick acting like an old lady, but Matteo just acts like another type of old lady in these videos lol
He IS wearing mom jeans. Lol
"I literally can't tell if we're grocery shopping, or I'm prepping for an anxiety attack."
Can we do nick cooking frozen Trader Joe’s food vs Matteo making the same food but fresh?
Good idea!
That's actually genius lol
My vote is soup using a crockpot. 😅😂😂
@@katiebanks7460 Their Orange chicken maybe?
I’d love to see that!
I interviewed for a job at the Container Store and had to "audition" for the hiring manager. She called me a week later and said, "I decided you're not a good fit for us. Do you want to know why you're not a good fit?" I said "no" and hung up. Thank you, Mateo, for helping me realize that the Container Store would have been the Job from Hell.
I can’t tell if I’m grocery shopping or prepping for an anxiety attack is me every time I have to go to the store 😅
Yeah especially when I need something from Costco.
OMFG I am laughing so hard at him saying that. Just hysterical.
i have never been in a Trader Joe's or a Container Store, but now I must go! We need a series called "Shopping with Matteo" where he never buys anything and he only visits stores where he got fired from.
I have never been to a Container Store (the only one I know of is at least an hour and a half away) but I have spent way too much time browsing their website (and not buying anything). TJ's is okay; there's only one thing I go there for specifically (a certain variety of dried cherries I can't find anywhere else), and I get a few bags that last me a few months. If I need milk or something while I'm there I'll get it but most of my grocery shopping is at Wegmans (which apparently has a bit of a cult following of its own...I go there mostly because it's the easiest option on my way home from work).
funnily enough my tj's and container store are side by side in the same shopping center where i live lol
IDEK of a container store near me in N. San Francisco bay area but I'll check out their website now that you mentioned it. Thanks.
@@allein1001 Rochester gal here. Home of the Mothership I do love a good Wes, but they've gotten way out of proportion. expensive in the last year! Yes, I've heard celebrities talk about Wegmans. I think there's one in...ummm...Brooklyn maybe..now. Long ago I took friends from NYC to one of the best Wegmans in Rochester. In the burb that Danny Wegman lives in, of course...they were amazed and beyond impressed. I could 't imagine that coming from NYC and everything it has to offer being amazed by Wegmans! But, gotta love the Pittsford store. It has a florist, a specialty bakery., a Sephor and a Godiva Chocolates. They probably have added an outpost of Spago by now.
@@allein1001- I'm a trader's and wegmans man myself ... trader's has a lot of good stuff.. like Matteo said, they have their own shit and switch shit out. So eloquent
When you're so startled by an open pasta bag you have to adjust your glasses 😂
What makes Trader Joe's so good is that it provides organic choices for low prices. They also make their own version of snack foods that taste better than any other brand name.
Those little crispy cookies
I love Trader Joe’s ❤❤
You must have a special joes .
They tend to also be the vheapest option in very dense and expensive cities.
Joe bot.
The magic of TJ is indeed in the frozen isle. The appetizers and quick meals.
Matteo is the only person who can make "corn flakes" sound like a slur.
If you missed the Trader Joe's peanut butter cups, you missed the whole point. 😋
Best stuff ever
The entire chocolate section is my kryptonite
i can't deal with salt that seems to be put into most chocolates
@@malcolmxxx86 And caramel. Enough already with the sea salt.
Chocolate & nut bars that have to be attacked with a hammer and screwdriver. Sooooooooo yummy :))
Matteo is the type of tour guide I hope to get when travelling. Like, don’t show me landmarks just walk me around while complaining about your neighbour hood. I’ll feel more like a local and will have more stories. Love it.
I would like a 10 part mini series of Matteo just criticizing frozen Italian food.
😂 I was laughing the whole time… and the container store part with “I love this woman we’re going to brunch” was soooo good!
Hi Matteo, I’m a current Trader Joe’s employee, so when I saw your video I was both excited and nervous for your reaction. I can definitely agree that the chaotic energy of the crowds is a bit overwhelming, especially for us employees. Although weekday mornings it tends to be a bit more quiet. It seems on your trip you weren’t too sure of what to buy, since it was your first trip. Since you love and cook Italian cuisine, I’d love to know your opinions on our Italian dishes (maybe a taste test video?), or see you make another delicious Italian meal with our products to get yourself acquainted with our stuff more. It was very entertaining to watch your video, and hilarious that you ended it with a trip to the Container store. Looking forward to your next video! - Justin (from store #068)
Justin from store #068 😂😂😂😂
@@MrNathancastIf you know you know
“Justin”.
Probably Joe CEO.
"the indignity" 😂
Matteo is so naturally funny and I love his anecdotes about shitty jobs when ur 19 lol. Also love that you called it “goes to Trader Joe’s” when the majority of it was roasting container store 😂 iconic
realized i had a problem when i started getting defensive on trader joe's behalf lmaoooooo i promise we're not crazy it's just BETTER
No. It sucks.
Trader Jose's pricing is the best of any grocery store. Things they do really well: Their Alkaline Water is the best! I never buy anything else (although pricy but less expensive than Smart Water). Their basil plants are full and beautiful, I use them for all of my Italian cooking. Their cheese is priced well and have a better variety than the grocery store. At Christmas time, their baked lemon ricotta cheese wedge is heavenly. Their Almond butter Pretzel nuggets are really good as well (even their peanut butter pretzel nuggets are great and less expensive than the grocery store. I'm not sure why you have lines to get in, maybe you don't have that many stores but in California they are pretty much everywhere. Best time to go is when they open. They don't have warehouses, food is brought directly to their stores so nothing sits around like mainstream grocery stores. That being said, they do run out of popular items frequently. Also, their employees taste test their products.
Lol Trader Jose's
@@AlexH4774 whoooops! Lol
I used to work at TJ's, they definitely have warehouses
No offense to him but Is this really a video of an old guy being confused at why people like going to a grocery store?
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme No it's a video of an odd obsession with this particular store chain. It has a cult fallowing.
I’m surprised that TJ’s wasn’t twice as busy. Love the Chelsea store but it can go from empty to crazy packed in a snap. And it’s definitely way cheaper than the standard grocery store and their frozen foods have no business being as good as it is 😂
Love to see Mateo cook some of the prepared food from TJ's and give us his feedback. 😀
Trader Joe’s STRESSES ME OUT. Too small, everyone running into you and my local one always has terrible accidents in the parking lot. FLIPPED over car in the entrance. Got rear ended last year trying to leave. We have to park a parking lot over to feel somewhat safe 😂😂😂
The parking is the worse part of the TJ experience.
TJ’s is the reason my husband does the grocery shopping in our family. I’m over the parking nightmares and being bruised by aggressively navigated shipping carts 🛒
I love the mellow cozy conversational vibes you two give off. I could literally listen to you sharing your thoughts for hours.
The grainy texture in cheese sauce is caused by high heat, it causes the proteins in the cheese to become denatured, citrus can help fix it, it does something to stop the cheese from clumping.
“…or if I’m prepping for an anxiety attack” 🤣 That’s me every time I go grocery shopping!
I love that you turned one day of filming/window shopping into a month of content
If trader Joe's was too much stay away from Costco 😂 it's always crazy but Don even think about going on the weekend it's like stepping into a consumer war zone 😂
Please do a video where Mateo has to guess if a meal was frozen or if Nick made it
Trader Joe's is for people who want to look like they buy groceries, but realistically they just buy snacks.
There may be some truth to this lol
You're no fun Matteo. Traders Joe's is literally the only thing I miss about living in the states. That Greek spiral is LIFE!
I feel the same way
There are two good things about Trader Joe's. One is that they have affordable versions of "luxury" products. Schloss Bieber champagne at $6.99 (depending on state taxes) is as good as a $20 bottle anywhere else. Aside from "Two Buck Chuck," the infamous store brand, all of their cheap wines are pleasantly drinkable. Obviously, if you want authentic Caccio Pepe, you have to make it fresh, but their frozen meals are literally ten times better than frozen food anywhere else, and *cheaper*! I get those various things in bags and just make half of it and put the rest back in the freezer, but people outside of Manhattan have freezers larger than mail boxes. Same with coffee. TJ's coffee is excellent and cheaper. (I think that concentrate is supposed to be diluted, not main lined straight up. LOL!) The line around the building is totally a Manhattan thing. Other than during the pandemic, when they only allowed like 20 people in the store at a time, I've never stood in line to go to Trader Joe's. While waiting on the sidewalk was a pain, I admired them caring that much about their customers and employees.
Orange Chicken the GOAT
@@beatm6948 That was one of my favorites, until the price went so high. I make it myself now. I make enough sauce for several servings and keep it in a bottle in the fridge. I do usually fry up the chicken fresh.
NY state has sadly not caught up with the selling alcohol in grocery stores.
@@dod2304 Wow! In GA you can only buy beer and wine, but we do have that much.
Why are TJ’s products cheaper?
Matteo, the nice thing about Trade Joe's is that they do national pricing. So you don't more in NYC than someone in a rural square state.
But for me it's their frozen food section. Their frozen latkes and lava cakes are very good. Not the best, but very good for a no cook experience.
Their orange chicken, friend rice, and scallion pancake (green onion) are amazing too.
matteo is in his immigrant mother era and i love that for him
Replete with the mom jeans. Lol
I love how much he judged Trader Joe’s without actually trying any of the food. I really want to see Matteo hit Whole Foods and if there are any Sharper Image or Brookstone stores still around, you know what you need to do, Matteo!
We call it Whole-paycheck 😊
We call it Whole-paycheck 😊
I love Mateo and Trader Joe's! The Greek 5 Cheese Spiral is 🔥 and made in Greece! Mateo is the best, thank you for the laughter 🤩
I will say I'm absolutely obsessed with the Trader Joe's tea and coffee selections (and I really like to try out the different seasonal flavors-that Winter Blend Tea is AMAZING and I always stock up on it)the staff is pretty helpful and friendly! and I love their selections of dried fruits/nuts/trail mix and granola etc. But generally speaking- I can't stand the other shoppers. I've been to TJ's in 6 different states and it's always the same- last week at my local one a woman blocked off the entire pantry/cereal aisle with her cart...and everyone just assumed "Oh that's normal", AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN GET ANYTHING FROM THAT AISLE!!! She was just browsing! UUUUUGGGGGHHH
My town got a TJ's a few years ago (before that I knew of two locations, neither of which I was willing to drive to, so I'd been there exactly once just because I was nearby so I decided to check it out; I didn't get the hype and still don't) and I really only go there because it's the only place that has the kind of dried cherries that I like. (Target used to but when they rebranded all their store brand stuff a while back they got rid of that variety.) I'll usually wander over to the tea section to see if they have anything that looks good (my friend gave me a Christmas/winter flavor from there one year but I haven't seen it since). I currently have so much tea (not from TJ) I'm not allowed to buy more until I use it up. I probably won't be buying tea until at least next year. But I still look. ☕
here's the thing about tj's. they always have ALL registers open! and they're so nice and friendly like i've never met a rude employee. i do not shop for my normal groceries there. it's for fun things that you can't get anywhere else.
I'm Greek so this is the first time I see stores like these! Keep them videos coming PLS😂😂❤❤❤
Trader Joe's needs to open earlier or something because as a disabled person it's impossible to shop there. So many people, it's always busy, and people constantly pushing you. It's like it's perpetually Black Friday when I'm trying to buy my weekly groceries.
i swear before the pandemic they had longer hours. i went the other day and i think it's 9-9 now when before i swear they did also have an 'open 1 hour early for eldery and disabled' or maybe that was just some stores but it would be nice sometimes. i live with my aunt who is disabled and needs the scooters and when one isn't available we just can't shop. or i have to go in alone without her as she's still in the car and play back and forth text tag with 'is this what you wanted' pics
Matteo : "People are looking at us like we're fucking morons".
Also Matteo : Wears huge sunglasses inside a supermarket.
🤷♂
It’s NYC. No one cares.
@@EMVelez Mateo is literally saying people are looking at them. What do you not understand?
Holding an eggplant and says, "Oh I can see why there's a line in Trader Joes." Too funny. 😂
His experience with the aggressive team at the Container Store was my experience at Starbucks 😂😂. Just full bitch energy with the entire team. Instead of saying: hey, next time, do it this way and this is why, they’d not say anything then and would loudly announce 10 minutes later, hey, can people NOT do this cause I’ve seen some of YOU doing that. 🤣🙄🙄
Queens native and current Pasadena resident here to say that Trader Joe’s in NYC and SoCal are like night and day. Even the most hectic trip to my local spot is easy and painless. NYC Trader Joe’s runs are like the superbowl.
The OG TJ’s is in Pasadena. It’s delightful.
that's my local spot! I'm very close, but I won't say how close in the interest of not doxxing myself.
Trader Joe's is cheaper than Whole Foods, so more middle-class people can shop there.
It’s the single person’s grocery run. Pop in for snacks, dinner and wine… Done for the week.
Also… “OreE-gone” hah😂
Not the mom in SIXTH SENSE lmao You mean, and I'll forgive you for this, Toni Collette
Right??? What gay dismissively refers to la Collette as 'the mom in Sixth Sense'?? For shame!!!
The straights checkin for Tio Matteo ✌🏽
I feel like Nick would have had a stroke in there on this day. 😊❤
The concentrated coffee bit is so true. It’s like how wired are we all trying to get 😂
New Yorkers love TJs because not only is their stuff pretty decent, it’s also actually affordable. When I lived in NYC I used to only shop there or at Target, and then there were the occasional Dollar Tree hauls 😂
The Trader Joe's on 6th Ave has no order Frozen pizza next to strawberries next to vegan bon bons
And they are always moving the Veggie Bird's Nests....How dare they! hehe
That green dragon hot sauce you passed up is actually the bomb!
It's like that at every TJ's. I live in Atlanta and some of the rudest shoppers' flock to TJ's. Right before Xmas I was waiting patiently to grab a cart as two rather stocky women got theirs and moved along. Some silver bobbed older lady pushed past me to grab a cart and I said rather loudly, "You are not that important". She turned, said "hmptf" and off she went. She is not alone in that attitude. It's a 'trendy' thing to like Tj's now. God help us.
TJ’s is the only store I have ever seen a perfectly abled person steal a disabled parking spot. Some entitled lady in a Mercedes no less 🙄.
😂 ohhh the 21st street one is so safe and uncrowded usually. Take him to the 72nd street or 14th street one LOL. And god bless.
The allure is the affordable pricing (we all can’t shop at the specialty stores) and the fun items you don’t see in other stores. The lines move super fast, the workers are all nice and helpful, and there’s a joy in finding new seasonal items. The anxiety and battling folks to get to items is a plus 😂
Also the coffee concentrate you’re supposed to dilute. Though I know damn well some folks probably can’t read and drink it straight lol 😂
I need a Matteo Lane / Joe List goes-to collab asap
100x this!
Only if we could get Matteo to work at Walmart! But what was funny is that in the early part in Trader Joe’s. Matteo started to sound like Nick! 🤣
Matteo: I hate this place, walks in, I'm going to want everything in here. Same!
I love this series of you just going around roasting different stores 😂
Matteo: “hey you kids, get off my lawn”. This is what gay PMS sounds like. I know from personal experience.
“Since when do ribs have corn..oh wait…” I love the realization 😂😂😂 4:36
Ooo caught this early. That's fun!
"I think it's fucked up when your dog treats look like a cat" 😂😂😂
Whenever when I am in a mood, coming to listen to you talk shit just...helps.
Trader Joe's is one of a few places where I automatically glaze over the minute I walk in the door. Can't help it; can't control it. I exit the store 20 minutes later empty handed and unable to remember what happened.
9:42 - those little rolly board things were the best. If you walked into gym class and those things were out, you just *knew* somebody was going home with a messed up finger because they rolled over it 😆😆
I know I don't have a life, but that man dropping the leash just from the dog shaking it's head at 10:30, followed by the dog stopping dead in it's tracks like "get your shit together!" really got me 😂
Matteo panicking and escaping trader joes to mindlessly wander around The Container Store with glee.....
I think we understand why Matteo stays so skinny =P
Advice, Heartache and Hairplugs, and all this extra content, you spoil us, sir!
😂😂😂 Mateo being a bitchy Queen in Trader Joe’s. Yes PLEASE! ❤❤
This was gigantic treat. A million hosannas for seeing him pop his Trader Joe's cherry in a PUFFY COAT!
The lines at that location can snake around the entire perimeter of the store!
Im crying i work at that trader joes and seeing my coworkers and managers in the background is so funny😭😭i know exactly who he saw smoking outside in a hawaiian shirt lmfao
I think there is plastic fruit that was 40 bucks in that Michael's bag. *Wink. ❤
….😂”prepping for an anxiety attack”….😂😂😂😂 you GOT Trader Joe’s! Yeeeaas!
I would pay A LOT for a tour of NYC according to Matteo. Just take me to places you want to bitch about and Ill walk away thinking I just saw everything there is to see worth seeing in NYC
The trick is to go to trader Joe's when they first open at 8 🙂 because by 8:45 it turns into a CF❤
I love hearing you laughing in the background, Chris. It makes these vids even funnier to me! Matteo, you just not understanding anything in TJs was so hilarious. Please don't ever stop making these vids.
As a resident & native of the birthplace of Trader Joe's, both Pasadena and Los Angeles, I thank you and love this, hysterically. As your fellow customers looks like a mirror image of customers here, well yeah, with a handful more of Black-Americans as both employees and customers. Plus here, especially now, all post-pandemic -nobody, absolutely no one films anything here inside of flippin' Trader Joe's, so this is so freaking hilarious to me , high5 on filming a totally great idea, I simply can't stop giggling at you walking all around the store & filming at Trader's slaying everything you serve-up!. Also fyi, even at one of our West Hollywood Trader Joe's, a huge store location and was popular all-around the greater Hollywood area at one time, there was (maybe still is) a hugely popular gay porn star, who has worked there for a very long! Thanks again for this relief in comedic genius! #carryon
Matteo should do some vids where he just reviews his favorite stores or convenience foods. Who agrees? 😀
Geez. Ya want some cheese with that whine? Oh wait. You wouldn't want Trader Joe's cheese. 🤣😂
You are making me laugh out loud in a middle seat on a flight to Florida 😅
He reminds me of my aunt, I felt like I was walking through the stores with her giving commentary on the store products and the people shopping there - it was awesome.
The giggling/laughter behind the camera is too funny 😂
What's funny about this is that this location looks like the biggest I've ever seen. All locations in San Diego are tiny with zero parking. Love Matteo, he's the best!
Trader Joe's is my go to store for fresh fruit, veggies and frozen entrees. I'm part the annoying cult and I'm not sorry.😎
10:30 that guy dropping the dog's leash
I watched a documentary recently and they discovered that a lot of the Trader Joes' branded products are made in the same facility that makes the no brand cereals etc that you could find at Walmart etc.....much cheaper for the EXACT SAME PRODUCT
I love how Matteo winces at certain uncommon Italian items that don't seem authentic, but then has nothing to say about macaroni cheese!
Trader Joe’s stores give me anxiety. I drop in, walk around and then end up leaving with maybe one item.
The lines in NYC are crazy because there are only like 2 in all of manhattan serving the millions of people in 4 of the 5 boroughs. I used to travel from the Bronx to the 14th street location (via 5 train) because the Trader Joe’s wine shop was next door. People in Queens can easily go to the Long Island stores. But the thing Trader Joe’s is the price and a consistent level of quality and variety.
The Homer and Marge Simpson impressions got me giggling
Matteo is my favorite gay dude, other than the gay dudes I know in person. Dude is the best podcast quest, easy watch.
The sign in the bakery saying flavors, no 😂
All right, Grandpa! And... EGGPLANT PARM SFOGLIATELLE?!!! Suddenly, I agree with Everything that he's saying!
Man, that frozen food section must cost a fortune to run since there's no lid and it's letting all the cold air out.
Buy something from Traders Joes, preferably one of their own products. Eat it. That’s the test to see why it’s popular.
The best part of these is Chris giggling
Oh, the indignity!! Matteo is Squidward from Sponge Bob!
I love how much he just hates Trader Joes and just doesn't get it at all!😂😂