Talk:Trader Joe's

Does "all at a discount price." sound a little too much like an advertisement to anyone else? --Brolin Empey 23:36, 2005 August 2 (UTC)

yes, it should be removed or toned down imo.

What Trader Joe's addresses for email are available for customers services, for feedback and for company leadership?...

Check their website. -Willmcw 10:49, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Already did, none indicated there. Company leadership addresses for email would have to be ferreted out by a savvy netizen!

Their snail mail addresses are here: http://www.traderjoes.com/contact.asp. But this isn't an information service. -Willmcw 19:11, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Some people at Trader Joe's are listed at http://google.com

Search using quotes and an asterisk, for example
"*@traderjoes.com" email

Within the quotes before the at sign use an asterisk.

Names of the principle people at Trader Joe's are found at the Kirstein Business Branch Boston Public Library for example or try your favorite library http://bpl.org/research/kbb/kbbhome.htm

Use the examples from google to construct addresses for email for other Trader Joe's people.

Please reply with Trader Joe's addresses for email for some of the more responsive Trader Joe's departments, people.

A Business Week article about the store noted that between 1990 and 2001, the chain quintupled its store count while increasing its profits by an order of magnitude. An order of magnitude? Meaning a factor of 10? --Galaxiaad 18:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I guess that's the only thing it could mean, but it still sounds strange and is unfamiliar to a lot of people. I changed it to "tenfold" which I hope is clearer. --Galaxiaad 13:25, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pasadena or South Pasadena?

IIRC, the location on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena was the first Trader Joe's (according to signs in the store explaining why it was numbered something other than store #1 (the explanation being, that the Pronto numbering carried over)). This store is definitely not in "South Pasadena". Tmurase 17:22, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed this today; the New York Times article clearly indicates that this was the original store, and when I moved to this area in 1987, it was definitely there, and the South Pasadena one (on Mission) was not. I also deleted any references to a "flagship" store. How would we define that for a store like this? 4.232.186.52 04:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Headquarters Location(s)?

Does anyone know where their corporate office ARE in Monrovia? I drive through there all the time and have never seen a building with their name on it.

One more thing: it seems that the stores in the east carry merchandise indicating the corporate headquarters are in Massachusetts (Needham, I believe.) What's that all about?66.215.75.10 03:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Early Store Operations

When I moved to LA County in 1987, most, if not all of the stores had big signs that proclaimed "Galley Meats." These were taken down a while back, but I don't remember what they were advertising, exactly. I don't recall that they ever had butcher counters-- just wrapped meats like they still do today. Does anyone remember? 4.232.186.52 04:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Locations

I edited the list to fix the references to "Anthem," "Point Loma," and "West End." These are not cities but rather neighborhoods within other cities (Henderson, NV; San Diego, CA; and Washington, DC, respectively.) I also changed the punctuation between each city/state pair from a comma to a semicolon. And I clarified the reference to "Brentwood, California" to show that it relates to the city of Brentwood in the Bay Area, and not the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.4.232.186.52 04:23, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The language in the first paragraph of the main article contradicts the later information about the numbers of stores and states. It needs to be updated to reflect the 2006 information so that the paragraphs are consistent. 4.232.186.52 04:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Private Labels

Anyone up for making a list of the various Trader Joe's private labels? I know they sell Italian under the "Trader Giotto" name. It'd be pretty informative, and amusing. --Dccarroll 0:16, 13 July 2006

Thanks Fragilityfemme! Dccarroll 06:11, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Answer to Trivia Question

There is a mystery shopper who will randomly ask a crew member the following question. If answered correctly, the mystery shopper will pay the crew member one hundred dollars on the spot. The question is, "What was the name of the owner of the business next door to the first Trader Joe's to open as a Trader Joe's?" The answer is, the business next door is a Chevron Station (there are only two businesses on that block of Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, California), and in 1966 this business was owned by William Barry (Bill Barry). It is now (2006) owned by Frank Nelson. It is not known if the mystery shopper is an employee of Trader Joe's. I removed this as it sounds like a rumor, and quite possibly not encyclopedic even if it were sourced. --Galaxiaad 02:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]