There Are Huge Lines To Get Into Trader Joe's In NYC Ahead Of The Snowstorm

New York City is preparing for an impending snowstorm, and lines at Trader Joe's grocery stores in the city are stretching outside and around the block, Gothamist points out.

People have been tweeting pictures of the crazy lines at multiple Trader Joe's locations.

The Union Square location has a line out the door:

A velvet-rope-worthy line outside a pre-storm Trader Joe's or a new night club? pic.twitter.com/IzVoniBKSe

- Sydney Beveridge (@Nerdplay) January 2, 2014

And the line at the Brooklyn store stretches around the block:

The line just to get into Trader Joe's. #Snowpokalypse2014 #foodpanic pic.twitter.com/Aauab89AaX

- King Lou Fernandez (@king_lou) January 2, 2014

I guess there is a #noreaster coming. There's a line outside Trader Joe's in Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/6T3qGXythW

- Ralph Loglisci (@R71) January 2, 2014

Trader Joe's isn't the only grocery store in New York seeing massive lines: Business Insider retail reporter Ashley Lutz visited the Whole Foods in Union Square on Thursday evening and said the lines were stretching around the store.

Whole Foods in Union Square is a mess. Lines around the store and mass hysteria. Out of spaghetti.

- Ashley Lutz (@AshleyLutz) January 2, 2014

New York City, northeast New Jersey, and southern Westchester County are expected to get 5 to 9 inches of snow, with most of it accumulating overnight.