20 cards ranked
Best credit card to use at Trader Joe's.
Groceries
Trader Joe's is the smaller-format private-label grocer with about 600 stores nationwide, famous for store-brand goods and tight pricing. Average tickets are smaller than at full-line supermarkets, but the visit frequency tends to be higher. TJ's codes cleanly as groceries (supermarket merchant code) on essentially every card we track, so any standard 3-6% grocery card will earn here.
- #16%
- #2Comenity Capital Bank5% on groceries (up to $10,000/year, then 1%)Combined $500/year cash back cap with wholesale clubs and gas/EV-charging stations; 1% thereafter5%
- #34.8%4x points
- #44.0%4x points
- #54.0%4x points
- #63.5%5x points
- #73%
- #83.0%3x points
- #9Bilt Obsidianif you select itBilt3x points on groceries if you select it as a bonus category (up to $25,000/year, then 1%)Choose dining (default) or groceries as your 3x category annually (cap applies when groceries is selected). Earn up to 6x at participating Bilt Dining restaurants (limited network) when Dining is the selected category.3.0%3x points
- #103%
- #113%
- #123%
- #133%
- #143.0%3x points
- #153.0%3x points
- #163.0%6x points
- #173.0%3x points
- #183%
- #19Venmo Credit Cardif it’s your top categorySynchrony3% on groceries if it's your top eligible spend category that cycleAutomatically on your highest-spend eligible category each statement period (8 eligible: transportation, travel, groceries, entertainment, dining & nightlife, bills & utilities, health & beauty, gas). Drugstores here represents health & beauty; bills & utilities maps to utilities.3%
- #20Barclays3x points on groceriesExcludes Target and Walmart; the 3x tier also covers eligible Wyndham Vacation Club purchases3.0%3x points
Last updated July 28, 2026