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A Trader Joe's store in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York, built in a converted bank building. As of January 1, 2025, Trader Joe's had 593 stores across 43 states as well as the District of Columbia in the United States with stores being added regularly. [26] Most locations averaged between 10,000 sq ft (930 m 2) and 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m 2
There Was a Real ‘Joe’ The Joe behind Trader Joe’s was Joe Coulombe, whose “national chain of neighborhood grocery stores” began in 1967 in Pasadena, California.
In 1967, Coulombe changed the name Pronto Markets to Trader Joe's. He led the chain to success and sold it in 1979 to German billionaire Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the Aldi supermarket chain. [2] [7] Coulombe continued with Trader Joe's as chief executive officer until retiring in 1988. [2]
Aldi Süd revealed expansion plans in 2015, and expanded into the Southern California market, where Aldi Nord's Trader Joe's is based. [54] Reports in August 2019 stated that the company was in the process of using a $3.4 billion investment to expand to 2,500 stores in the country by the end of 2022.
Trader Joe’s launched in the late 1960’s in Pasadena, Calif., a short drive from Downtown Los Angeles. The company was purchased by Aldi founder Theo Albrecht in 1979 and is still owned by his ...
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Which Trader Joe’s Locations Opened Recently? Trader Joe’s opened 34 locations in 2024.Thirteen of those locations were opened in December alone. These are the stores which opened at the end ...
His retirement from Mervyn's in 1987 lasted for five weeks. John was approached by an old friend from Stanford days who had founded the Trader Joe's grocery stores, Joe Coulombe. What was started out a consulting assignment led to Shields becoming CEO of Trader Joe's a year later, when Coulombe decided to retire. During Shield's tenure TJ's ...