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

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) ...

In 1979, Coulombe sold Trader Joe’s to the family of Theo Albrecht, then the owner of the Aldi grocery chain in Europe. ( Aldi in the United States is separately owned by the family of Theo ...

Trader Joe's founder Joe Coulombe dies at 89 00:14. Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they ...

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's 'Becoming Trader Joe' manuscript had long been set aside until a friend showed it to Patty Civalleri. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 55°F. Monday, April 7th 2025 ...

Coulombe’s son, also named Joe, said in a statement his father died following a long illness. Born on June 3, 1930, Coulombe was raised on an avocado ranch in Del Mar, California, near San Diego.

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 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 the popular Trader Joe's grocery chain that brought affordable wine and unusual food to millions of Americans, has died. He was 89.