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Trader Joe's uses a single line (in every one I've ever been to) and it is wonderful. Even a line wrapping the entire store will only take 10-15 minutes because
by ryanworl 8y ago
Trader Joe's uses a single line (in every one I've ever been to) and it is wonderful. Even a line wrapping the entire store will only take 10-15 minutes because they staff appropriately and you're almost always moving.
You also are always next to some kind of food item and the impulse buys are staged in an even longer display than in a regular grocery store. Instead of four feet wide and five feet tall, it may be 20-30 feet wide and 3-4 feet tall.
- Terr_ 8y ago> Trader Joe's uses a single line (in every one I've ever been to) Multiple lines in western Washington, FWIW.
- taude 8y agoMy Tj's has a single line at the front of the store (likely optimized for those taking public transport and purchasing fewer groceries). But in the back, where the parking lot is, it's a queue per register.
- MisterOctober 8y agoPhoenix area TJ's use multiple lines
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoMultiple lines at Trader Joes in Westwood LA.
- irrational 8y agoMultiple lines in Oregon.
- koolba 8y agoI’ve never seen a single line TJs. And that’s across four States.
- hackerbrother 8y agoSame. VA / WI
- BurningFrog 8y agoIf you're ever in downtown San Francisco, half the TJ store is the line when it's a little crowded! It's absurd. Works pretty well though!
- a_t48 8y agoIt might be a SF thing or downtown thing, where there isn’t room for multiple lines.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoNone of the other SF stores are single line.
- ryanworl 8y agoThe ones I'm referring to are in Manhattan and Philadelphia.