Trader Joe's
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 Trader Joe's in Amherst, New York | |
| Industry | Retail (grocery) |
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| Founded |
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| Founder | Joe Coulombe |
| Headquarters | , US |
Number of locations | 474 (as of 12 October 2017) 503 (2019) |
Key people | Dan Bane (Chairman & CEO) |
| Products | Private label staple foods, organic foods and specialty products |
| Revenue |  US$13.3 billion (FY 2017) |
Number of employees | 10,001 (2019)[1] |
| Parent | Aldi Nord |
| Website | traderjoes |
Trader Joe's is an American chain of grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. By 2015, it was a competitor in "fresh format" grocery stores in the United States.[2][3] It is owned by a German company, Aldi.
By November 2019, Trader Joe's had over 503 stores nationwide in 42 states and Washington, D.C.[4]
The first Trader Joe's store was opened by founder Joe Coulombe in 1967 in Pasadena, California.[5] It was owned by German entrepreneur Theo Albrecht[6] from 1979 until his death in 2010, when ownership passed to his heirs.[7]
References
- ↑ "Trader Joe's". Forbes. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ↑ Lutz, Ashley (October 7, 2014). "How Trader Joe's Sells Twice As Much As Whole Foods". Business Insider. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Whole Foods Is Slowly Killing Traditional Supermarkets". Business Insider. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Where in the dickens you can find a Trader Joe's?" (PDF). Trader Joe's. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 28, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Our Story". Trader Joe's. 2017. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Theo Albrecht: One of the two brothers behind the Aldi supermarket empire". The Independent. London. August 14, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
- ↑ Armstrong, Larry (April 26, 2004). "Trader Joe's: The Trendy American Cousin". BusinessWeek and www.traderjoes.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
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