Trick-or-Treat Mini Canvas Tote, pictured on Trader Joe's website.
Trader Joe’s plans to roll out its latest mini canvas totes, the Halloween edition, on Oct. 8.
The photo on the retailer’s website shows four colors: solid versions in black, orange and purple, and a multicolored that’s black with purple bottom, lime green handles and an orange Trader Joe’s logo. As with the previous releases, they’re priced at $2.99 each.
A scaled-down version of TJ’s shopper-size canvas tote, the minis are 13 by 11 by 6 inches, or about big enough to hold a shoebox.
This is the fourth public issue of the mini-tote. The first round, in March 2024, was natural canvas with bottom and handles in red, yellow, green or navy; six months later, the same colors were reissued. April 2025 saw spring pastels: natural canvas with pink, blue, lavender or green bottom and handles.
The rarest mini-tote was that given late last year to Trader Joe’s employees: natural with orange bottom and handles, and a “CREW” stamp as well as the store logo.
The previous releases were snapped up quickly, with some stores imposing limits on how many a shopper could buy.
On Oct. 7, resellers on eBay were already promising a set of four TJ’s Halloween bags for about $50.
Originally published at Bay Area News Group