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Here's some of the article in the Durham Herald today about the opening. (I was surprised to see that they're owned by Aldi's, which has two locations in Raleigh. I was at the Aldi on Wake Forest Rd last weekend and it was the cleanest one I've ever been in!)
Dozens of workers -- nay, crew members -- bustled inside the soon to open Trader Joe's in Eastgate Shopping Center this week.
They inventoried vegetable chips and bottles of wine. They shelved items, swept the floor and readied the store for the 5,000 customers -- landlubbers, they're called -- expected Friday starting at 9 a.m.
After months of waiting, the much-anticipated Trader Joe's, a California-based specialty grocery store known for its Hawaiian shirt-clad employees, quality goods and low prices, is finally opening.
The enthusiasm customers have for the store is nothing new to Jovanna Brooks, creator of TraderJoesFan.com, a Web site where fans discuss new products and new stores and trade recipes made with Trader Joe's products.
The store was founded in 1958 near Los Angeles as Pronto Markets. In the late '60s, founder Joe Coulombe, "Trader Joe," changed the company's direction to specialize in natural foods and good wines.
In 1979, Coulombe sold the chain to members of a German family who also own Aldi Inc., an international grocer.
The Chapel Hill store's interior is painted Carolina blue out of loyalty to nearby UNC Chapel Hill. The murals, painted by a local artist, mostly feature scenes from Carolina that would win the loyalty of any Tar Heel heart.
Here's some of the article in the Durham Herald today about the opening. (I was surprised to see that they're owned by Aldi's, which has two locations in Raleigh. I was at the Aldi on Wake Forest Rd last weekend and it was the cleanest one I've ever been in!)
Dozens of workers -- nay, crew members -- bustled inside the soon to open Trader Joe's in Eastgate Shopping Center this week.
They inventoried vegetable chips and bottles of wine. They shelved items, swept the floor and readied the store for the 5,000 customers -- landlubbers, they're called -- expected Friday starting at 9 a.m.
After months of waiting, the much-anticipated Trader Joe's, a California-based specialty grocery store known for its Hawaiian shirt-clad employees, quality goods and low prices, is finally opening.
The enthusiasm customers have for the store is nothing new to Jovanna Brooks, creator of TraderJoesFan.com, a Web site where fans discuss new products and new stores and trade recipes made with Trader Joe's products.
The store was founded in 1958 near Los Angeles as Pronto Markets. In the late '60s, founder Joe Coulombe, "Trader Joe," changed the company's direction to specialize in natural foods and good wines.
In 1979, Coulombe sold the chain to members of a German family who also own Aldi Inc., an international grocer.
The Chapel Hill store's interior is painted Carolina blue out of loyalty to nearby UNC Chapel Hill. The murals, painted by a local artist, mostly feature scenes from Carolina that would win the loyalty of any Tar Heel heart.
Trader Joes is owned by Aldi???? Oh my. I would never guess that....as Aldi's are....well....let's just leave it as me being VERY surprised.
To be technical about it, some of the people who own Aldi's also own Trader Joe's, but they are two separate companies. I don't think the two companies share management. To quote this Business Week article: "About all this 210-store U.S. chain shares with Germany's Aldi Group -- besides being owned by a trust created by Aldi co-founder Theo Albrecht -- is its rigorous control over costs." BW Online | April 26, 2004 | Trader Joe's: The Trendy American Cousin
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To be technical about it, some of the people who own Aldi's also own Trader Joe's, but they are two separate companies. I don't think the two companies share management. To quote this Business Week article: "About all this 210-store U.S. chain shares with Germany's Aldi Group -- besides being owned by a trust created by Aldi co-founder Theo Albrecht -- is its rigorous control over costs." BW Online | April 26, 2004 | Trader Joe's: The Trendy American Cousin
Any investor could invest in a variety of types of businesses.
I get that...but Aldi's are gross and their products even worse (they are only slighly better in Europe...but not by much)...I can't imagine one owner running to VASTLY different sorts of stores. Most have a certain niche with some differences....these are close to be polar opposites.
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