Trader Joe's

UPDATE: THEY PUT ALL THE GLUTEN FREE BAKED GOODS IN THE SAME SHELVING AREA AND ON THE SAME 2 SHELVES. Thank you! My trip time was cut in half and I am SO very pleased with their response! ----------------------------------- I love the products T.J.'s carries. Most importantly my kids love them. However I admittedly avoid shopping here because of the haphazard order the baked goods are layed out on the shelves. The store is congested enough with all the shoppers who also love the products but why make it harder on those of us who really just need to find  restricted ingredient labeled food we can only find here?  I speak of the Gluten Free items specifically. Gluten Free is not a choice for some, it is medically necessary. I have stood in front of what appears to be a small shelf area of Gluten Free baked goods to find out they are not all Gluten Free. I have found muffins grouped together upon entering the store, then bagels placed all over or in the middle of nothing similar. Then to see a glimpse of hope with a shelf or two of just Gluten Free items. It's misleading, frustrating and time is not something most people have enough of. There are Gluten Free muffins grouped with regular muffins (muffins all togethermakes sense), the bagels are spread out over 3 or 4 shelving units with two Gluten Free options no where near the other bagels or the Gluten Free items. Then there are the Gluten Free buns and baked loaves on their own shelves (this makes sense!). Some items are just on a shelf with no rhyme or reason. It is all so haphazardly placed and would be so consenscious for those avoiding cross contamination if they were just on one shelving unit denoted for Gluten Free. Would you please put all the buns on the same shelf and all the bagels on the same shelf, etc. or keep the Gluten Free all together in a same shelving unit?  I don't even mind if it is the lower half of a shelving unit. Yes, space is limited. However from a marketing stand point it would help consumers to see a system of like items be it branding (not apllicable), type of item (bagels vs wheat bread), or restricted ingredients (Gluten Free). The tortillas have their own unit! Why not have a recognizable system for everything else? It would be rather encouraging and inclusive. Our family loves your gluten free products but we dislike hunting for them. A lot.

The are always friendly and although they are out of gluten free plain bagels now, this store is usually well stocked.