Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's Company
	Trader Joe's in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Trade name	Trader Joe's
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail (grocery)
Founded	1958 as Pronto Markets; 1967 as Trader Joe's; Pasadena, California, US;
Founder	Joe Coulombe
Headquarters	Monrovia, California, U.S.
Number of locations	569
Area served	Contiguous United States
Key people	Bryan Palbaum (Chairman & CEO)
Products	Private label staple foods, organic foods and specialty products
Revenue	US$16.5 billion (FY 2020)
Owner	Family of Theo Albrecht
Number of employees	50,000+
Parent	Aldi Nord
Website	www.traderjoes.com

Trader Joe's is an American chain of grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. The chain has 571 stores^[3] across the United States.

The first Trader Joe's store was opened in 1967 by founder Joe Coulombe in Pasadena, California.^[4] The chain was sold to Aldi founder Theo Albrecht^[5] in 1979, who owned it until his death in 2010, when ownership passed to his heirs.^[6] The company has offices in Monrovia, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Top 50 food and grocery retailers by sales". Supermarket News. July 6, 2021. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021.
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^ "Our Story". Trader Joe's. 2017. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
^ "Theo Albrecht: One of the two brothers behind the Aldi supermarket empire". The Independent. London. August 14, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
^ Armstrong, Larry (April 26, 2004). "Trader Joe's: The Trendy American Cousin". BusinessWeek and www.traderjoes.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
^ "Trader Joes Store Boston East Coast Headquarters Boston MA". Trader Joe's. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.