Read These Important Facts Before Shopping at Trader Joe's

You might miss them during your grab-and-go weekend trips to the store, but new Trader Joe's items grace the shelves every month — and we taste them all. You can look them up on Trader Joe's website under What's New.

Trader Joe's might be your cheap-wine destination (no shame), but it's been a go-to provider since the beginning. After its opening in 1967, the store sold every California wine there was.

It launched in 1972, five years after TJ's opened.

There are 13 different versions of Trader Joe (who was a real person, BTW).

According to a Trader Joe's customer survey, fans' favorite items of 2015 were organic pumpkin puree, spiced cider, dark chocolate peanut butter cups, frozen Mandarin orange chicken, and Speculoos cookie butter — no surprise there.

That's right — an employee can open any nonalcoholic item and let you try it before you decide to buy it. That's just one of the ways you can save major money at Trader Joe's.

You won't many find typical store brands at Trader Joe's, which is part of the reason the store's prices are so low — their own label cuts down costs that many manufacturers charge.