As temperatures rise, flowers bloom, and spring color palettes take over, so does tote bag season. Whether you’re packing for springtime picnics or stocking up on seasonal essentials and ingredients for meatless meals, Trader Joe’s reusable bags come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors — and the Trader Joe’s mini tote bags understood the seasonal assignment. While there are plenty of adorable reusable bags on the market, TJ’s lovers know that the budget-friendly grocery store’s mini tote bags live up to the hype.
What are the Trader Joe’s mini tote bags?
Last year, TJ’s debuted mini variations of the iconic embroidered canvas bag in four shades: red, yellow, navy blue, and green. . The adorable totes sold out almost immediately, and luckily were restocked in September. Now, the iconic TJ’s mini tote bags — which retail for less than $5 — are getting a springtime upgrade with a brand-new color palette of Trader Joe’s pastel mini totes.
What colors are the new Trader Joe’s mini tote bags for spring?
The seasonally inspired color options include light pinks, blues, greens, and purples for customers to choose from. Though no prices have been confirmed for the upcoming spring drop, the original four Trader Joe’s mini canvas totes retailed for $3. Beyond the fact that the $3 price tag is basically a steal, these mini tote bags are just adorable — so much so that customers lined up outside of Trader Joe’s for hours before store openings and crew members had to limit the number of mini canvas bags a shopper could purchase.
Compared to some of last year’s mini totes reselling for $100 on eBay, shoppers can only hope the price stays in the range it was in previously.
When will Trader Joe’s pastel mini tote bags be in stores?
Since Trader Joe’s super fan and Instagram user @traderjoesobsessed, aka Shannon, shared the news of a pastel drop, fans have been asking when the bags will make it to stores. In a similar post on TikTok (where she goes by the username @traderjoescostocoobsessed), Shannon wrote “that the bags will hit shelves in April and most likely a Wednesday.”
In the comment section of the Instagram post, many users were requesting a more precise date. Shannon suggested that they would make their appearance in stores on the first or second Wednesday of next month, which lines up with Reddit user @lovemypepsi’s comment on a thread about the pastel totes. The Redditor and Trader Joe’s shopper spoke with a Trader Joe’s customer service associate at their local store in Colorado, who said that the mini tote bags would be available for purchase on April 7.
On the same thread about the mini totes, user @CookieButterLovers noted that “arrival dates can vary by region and store because the date that [employees] see in the computer is the date when it arrives at the local warehouse, not the individual store.”
Trader Joe’s seasonal item arrivals often vary by region, so the arrival date for the mini totes may vary. As noted by Reddit user @Neat-Inspection5085, shopping at a New York Trader Joe’s is different from shopping at one in Michigan because one might have received their regional warehouse shipment of banana chocolate muffins, while another store has not.
Luckily for those in the Northeast rather than Colorado and the Midwest, a Trader Joe’s employee in New Jersey confirmed to Spoon University that the pastel mini canvas totes “are supposed to be in the stores for sale on April 7.”
How can I get the Trader Joe’s pastel tote?
Since Trader Joe’s values in-shopping experiences for customers, buying online directly from them is an option (unless it’s a resale on eBay). To escape the $100 upsell, shoppers can go in-store around the rumored time to scope out the scenery and potentially snag a spring bag. Also, TJ’s crew members are notoriously friendly, and you can always ask if they have any info on arrival dates! Even if they don’t know for sure, you can also call the store to see if the mini totes have arrived. Keep in mind these bags do sell fast so run, don’t walk, if you’re hoping to get one.