Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they couldn’t find in most supermarkets and couldn’t ...

Joe Coulombe was a forward-thinking entrepreneur when he launched Trader Joe’s in 1967. He passed away on Feb. 28 at his home in Pasadena, not far from the popular chain’s very first store.

Coulombe owned and operated Trader Joe’s privately before selling it to German discount grocery retailer Aldi Nord in 1979. Leroy Watson has fond memories of Trader Joe’s.

Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe’s grocery chain is shown at the Trader Joe’s store in Huntington Beach on Wednesday, December 3, 1986. (Photo by John Blackmer, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they couldn’t find in most supermarkets and couldn’t ...

Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they couldn't find in most supermarkets and couldn't ...

Joe Coulombe, a retail visionary who founded the influential Trader Joe’s grocery chain and went on to become a food and wine commentator, amateur painter and Southern California philanthropist ...

(“Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe’s, dies at 89,” Feb. 29) One day the boss handed out packages containing a “Wine Appreciation Correspondence Course” to each of the three employees.

Joe Coulombe, who founded the inexpensive, trading post-themed grocery chain Trader Joe’s, died on Friday in Pasadena, California. He was 89.

Joe Coulombe at a Trader Joe’s store in Huntington Beach, Calif., in 1986. Photo by John Blackmer/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images. Founder of Trader Joe’s dies at age 89.

Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, died Friday at the age of 89. He opened his first store in Pasadena, California, in 1967.

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