<p class="ingestion featured-caption">When I shop at Trader Joe's, I love picking up items like the non-dairy oat-milk creamer and cold-brew coffee concentrate.Beth Heyn</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>I used to think <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-trader-joes-frozen-refrigerated-premade-items-2024-9">Trader Joe's</a> was overrated, but now, I shop there once a week. </li><li>I love adding the brown-sugar oat-milk creamer to my morning coffee.</li></ul><p>If you asked me my opinion on Trader Joe's a few years ago, I would have said the store was overrated. The only thing I really knew about the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lidl-vs-publix-grocery-shopping-which-is-better-value-review-2024-10">popular grocery chain</a> was that it sold some tasty snacks. </p><p>But when I moved a mile from a Trader Joe's location, my curiosity got the best of me. Now, I go at least once a week and can see why Trader Joe's makes an estimated <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/typical-trader-joes-shopper-demographic-younger-married-earning-80k-income-2021-9">$16.5 billion in sales each year</a>.</p><p>Here are 10 items I never leave the store without buying.</p>