Trader Joe's Is Cool...But Why?

Trader Joe's is doing things right: it has no debt, is steadily growing, sticks to its core values, treats its employees great and has annual revenue of $8 billion dollars--which is equal to competitor Whole Foods and more than Bed Bath & Beyond (both of which are Fortune 500 companies).

Check out the CNN article profiling the popular grocery chain:
Why Trader Joe's Is Cool
http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news/companies/inside_trader_joes_full_versio...

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[pgregorydavis]

i love the guda! oh, and the dried orange cranberries!

[kszoo1]

I love Trader Joe's. It doesn't have everything I need but close to it. I do about 70% of my shopping there. It is VERY inexpensive compared to Whole Foods or the big supermarkets.

The quality of the food, especially the Trader Joe's brands is excellent. The produce is top of the line and they offer some organic produce as well. An example of how good their prices are: "Trader Joe's Organic Three Grain Tempeh" 8 0z. pckg. $1.69. 

[19idgaf77]

I worked at trader joes for over a year, it is NOT a health food store, it does have healthy food as does every supermarket. Frozen food is good better than most other stores, yet it is expensive, and high in fat, very high in fat. The produce is the bottom of the barrel, thats why a lot of it is so cheap, they buy it last minute, the stuff the sellers cant get rid of. The amount of time people return produce cos it goes off is ridiculous.

[clamlapperable]

trader joe's is effing expensive and if you tell yourself it's like a health food store you're gonna get FAT. also a lot of times meat and cheese sits out a long time depending on how things are that morning. only get that stuff to use it same day... i know that they will give you a refund if you insist but after a half dozen times it's just not worth the trouble to save bad meat to bring back to the store. i will admit, best automatic dish soap in the world. their only worthwhile product,

[dantheman1178]

mini beef tacos and much more

[DeszuDjizlas]

when i got hired at trader joes, i used to allow customers to freely open products to sample them sometimes i would even give away products if it was new to the store and customer, while reading through all of the provided source matierals that the company provided i found out that this was allowed by mission statement, a little known secret.

[teabaggervance8]

@chino0019 heres some advice...aim higher

[YourWebGirl]

I enjoy the Raspberry Lime Sparkling Water.



[Flutechito]

I love their Spicy Lentil Wrap and their Essential Greens Veggie juice.

[honabunna]

hey handsome