People started lining up before 6 this morning at Hampton Inn for an opportunity to turn in their application to work at Trader Joe's.

Several hundred are applying for the approximately 50 jobs being offered by the popular neighborhood grocery store. If you're not in line yet, no worries, job applications will be accepted through Friday, February 3 from 10 am - 5 pm, according to their website. Interested applicants must apply in person.

Trader Joe's is scheduled to open on Friday, March 9. Daily hours will be from 8 am to 9 pm.

According to their January 11, 2012 press release, "Trader Joe's is truly a grocery store unlike any other. Trader Joe's is a "store of stories," meaning every item in the store has its own virtues -- high quality ingredients, great flavor or simply an extraordinary price -- many items often feature all of those qualities. Another significant point of difference, all of Trader Joe's prices are everyday prices. Trader Joe's doesn't have "sales" for a few days, only to hike the prices back up again. Their prices change only when their costs change -- there are no fancy promotions, discount cards or couponing wars."