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Trader Joe's is an American grocery store chain headquartered in Monrovia, California, with 571 locations across the US. [ 3 ] The first Trader Joe's store was opened in 1967 by founder Joe Coulombe in Pasadena, California .
The Aldi group operates over 12,000 stores worldwide. Aldi Nord is responsible for its stores in Northern Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. Aldi Nord also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States which operates separately from the group. [14]
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]
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.
Trader Joe's says rumors that it will add self-checkout lines to its grocery stores are "false." ... who owns seven stores of the same name in the New York area, says he has noticed an obvious ...
A German family owns Trader Joe’s. Ben & Jerry’s, the quintessential Vermont brand, is under the arm of Britain’s Unilever. ... and the growth of international grocery stores is posing a ...
Kam Man Food (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts) – small Asian American supermarket chain; Lion Food (Northern California) – Vietnamese-Chinese supermarket; Lotte Plaza – Korean-American supermarket (Maryland, Virginia) Marukai – Japanese American supermarket in CA and HI, also owns Tokyo Central.
Joe's Origins. Trader Joe’s may seem like an easygoing, carefree brand, but the higher-ups at corporate treat its inner workings more like an intelligence agency than a grocery store.