Trader Joe's was born in 1958 as a small chain of Southern California convenience stores opened by a drugstore executive named Joe Coulombe. In 1967 he changed the stores' name from Pronto Markets ...
In 1967, Joe Coulombe opened the first Trader Joe’s in Pasadena. The grocery chain was quirky from the beginning. Coulombe based the store’s nautical décor on a book he’d read called ...
In 1967, Joe Coulombe opened the first Trader Joe’s in Pasadena. The grocery chain was quirky from the beginning. Coulombe based the store’s nautical décor on a book he’d read called ...