diff --git a/src/store/DiffStore.js b/src/store/DiffStore.js
index a0d51b9..6bf6d95 100644
--- a/src/store/DiffStore.js
+++ b/src/store/DiffStore.js
@@ -132,6 +132,31 @@ module.exports = Class( 'DiffStore' )
     },
 
 
+    /**
+     * Populate store with each element in object `obj`
+     *
+     * This is simply a convenient way to call `#add` for each element in an
+     * object.  This does directly call `#add`, so overriding that method
+     * will also affect this one.
+     *
+     * If the intent is to change the behavior of what happens when an item
+     * is added to the store, override the `#add` method instead of this one
+     * so that it affects _all_ adds, not just calls to this method.
+     *
+     * @param {Object} obj object with which to populate store
+     *
+     * @return {Array.<Promise.<Store>>} array of #add promises
+     */
+    'virtual public populate'( obj )
+    {
+        return Promise.all(
+            Object.keys( obj ).map(
+                key => this.add( key, obj[ key ] )
+            )
+        );
+    },
+
+
     /**
      * Retrieve diff of `key`
      *
diff --git a/src/store/MemoryStore.js b/src/store/MemoryStore.js
index e7a4dbc..e51fe20 100644
--- a/src/store/MemoryStore.js
+++ b/src/store/MemoryStore.js
@@ -89,6 +89,31 @@ module.exports = Class( 'MemoryStore' )
     },
 
 
+    /**
+     * Populate store with each element in object `obj`
+     *
+     * This is simply a convenient way to call `#add` for each element in an
+     * object.  This does directly call `#add`, so overriding that method
+     * will also affect this one.
+     *
+     * If the intent is to change the behavior of what happens when an item
+     * is added to the store, override the `#add` method instead of this one
+     * so that it affects _all_ adds, not just calls to this method.
+     *
+     * @param {Object} obj object with which to populate store
+     *
+     * @return {Array.<Promise.<Store>>} array of #add promises
+     */
+    'virtual public populate'( obj )
+    {
+        return Promise.all(
+            Object.keys( obj ).map(
+                key => this.add( key, obj[ key ] )
+            )
+        );
+    },
+
+
     /**
      * Retrieve item from store under `key`
      *
diff --git a/src/store/Store.js b/src/store/Store.js
index 7913063..3ceca6b 100644
--- a/src/store/Store.js
+++ b/src/store/Store.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Generic key/value store
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2016 R-T Specialty, LLC.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016, 2017 R-T Specialty, LLC.
  *
  *  This file is part of the Liza Data Collection Framework
  *
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@ module.exports = Interface( 'Store',
     'public add': [ 'key', 'value' ],
 
 
+    /**
+     * Populate store with each element in object `obj`
+     *
+     * This is simply a convenient way to call `#add` for each element in an
+     * object.  This does directly call `#add`, so overriding that method
+     * will also affect this one.
+     *
+     * If the intent is to change the behavior of what happens when an item
+     * is added to the store, override the `#add` method instead of this one
+     * so that it affects _all_ adds, not just calls to this method.
+     *
+     * @param {Object} obj object with which to populate store
+     *
+     * @return {Array.<Promise.<Store>>} array of #add promises
+     */
+    'public populate': [ 'obj' ],
+
+
     /**
      * Retrieve item from store under `key`
      *
diff --git a/test/store/DiffStoreTest.js b/test/store/DiffStoreTest.js
index 2807738..7088276 100644
--- a/test/store/DiffStoreTest.js
+++ b/test/store/DiffStoreTest.js
@@ -232,4 +232,39 @@ describe( 'store.DiffStore', () =>
             } );
         } );
     } );
+
+
+    describe( '#populate', () =>
+    {
+        it( "#add's each element of object to store", () =>
+        {
+            const obj = { foo: {}, bar: {} };
+            const sut = Sut();
+
+            return sut.populate( obj )
+                .then( ps =>
+                {
+                    // by reference
+                    expect( sut.get( 'foo' ) )
+                        .to.eventually.equal( obj.foo );
+                    expect( sut.get( 'bar' ) )
+                        .to.eventually.equal( obj.bar );
+
+                    expect( ps.length )
+                       .to.equal( Object.keys( obj ).length );
+                } );
+        } );
+
+        it( "fails if any add fails", () =>
+        {
+            const e = Error( 'ok' );
+
+            const sut = Sut.extend( {
+                'override add': ( k, v ) => Promise.reject( e )
+            } )();
+
+            return expect( sut.populate( { a: 1 } ) )
+                .to.eventually.be.rejectedWith( e );
+        } );
+    } );
 } );
diff --git a/test/store/MemoryStoreTest.js b/test/store/MemoryStoreTest.js
index 6b5141b..575104e 100644
--- a/test/store/MemoryStoreTest.js
+++ b/test/store/MemoryStoreTest.js
@@ -71,6 +71,41 @@ describe( 'store.MemoryStore', () =>
     } );
 
 
+    describe( '#populate', () =>
+    {
+        it( "#add's each element of object to store", () =>
+        {
+            const obj = { foo: {}, bar: {} };
+            const sut = Sut();
+
+            return sut.populate( obj )
+                .then( ps =>
+                {
+                    // by reference
+                    expect( sut.get( 'foo' ) )
+                        .to.eventually.equal( obj.foo );
+                    expect( sut.get( 'bar' ) )
+                        .to.eventually.equal( obj.bar );
+
+                    expect( ps.length )
+                       .to.equal( Object.keys( obj ).length );
+                } );
+        } );
+
+        it( "fails if any add fails", () =>
+        {
+            const e = Error( 'ok' );
+
+            const sut = Sut.extend( {
+                'override add': ( k, v ) => Promise.reject( e )
+            } )();
+
+            return expect( sut.populate( { a: 1 } ) )
+                .to.eventually.be.rejectedWith( e );
+        } );
+    } );
+
+
     // most things implicitly tested above
     describe( '#get', () =>
     {
@@ -118,7 +153,7 @@ describe( 'store.MemoryStore', () =>
 
     describe( 'with mixin', () =>
     {
-        it( 'allows overriding add', done =>
+        it( 'allows overriding #add', done =>
         {
             const expected_key   = 'foo';
             const expected_value = {};
@@ -137,7 +172,28 @@ describe( 'store.MemoryStore', () =>
         } );
 
 
-        it( 'allows overriding get', done =>
+        it( "allows overriding #populate", () =>
+        {
+            const obj  = {};
+            let called = false;
+
+            return Sut.use(
+                Trait.extend( Sut,
+                {
+                    'override populate'( given )
+                    {
+                        expect( given ).to.equal( obj );
+                        called = true;
+
+                        return Promise.resolve( true );
+                    }
+                } )
+            )().populate( obj )
+                .then( () => expect( called ).to.equal( true ) );
+        } );
+
+
+        it( 'allows overriding #get', done =>
         {
             const expected_key = 'bar';
 
@@ -154,7 +210,7 @@ describe( 'store.MemoryStore', () =>
         } );
 
 
-        it( 'allows overriding clear', done =>
+        it( 'allows overriding #clear', done =>
         {
             Sut.use(
                 Trait.extend( Sut,