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Trader Joe's is an American privately held chain of specialty grocery stores based in Monrovia, California, in Greater Los Angeles. , Trader Joe's had 457 stores, approximately half which are in California, with the heaviest concentration in Southern California. The company also has locations in 40 other states and Washington, D.C.〔 〕 It is a market leader in organic and fresh food groceries in the United States. Trader Joe's was founded by Joe Coulombe and has been owned since 1979 by a German family trust established by Aldi Nord's owner Theo Albrecht.〔 〕 The chain has offices in Monrovia, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.〔"(Office Crew )." Trader Joe's. Retrieved on September 20, 2011.〕 ==History== Trader Joe's is named after its founder, Joe Coulombe. The chain began in 1958 as a Greater Los Angeles area chain of "Pronto Market" convenience stores. The original Pronto Markets were so similar to 7-Eleven that Coulombe felt the competition with 7-Eleven would be ruinous.〔("For Trader Joe's, a New York Taste Test" ), ''The New York Times,'' March 8, 2006.〕 He is said to have developed the idea of the Trader Joe South Seas motif while on vacation in the Caribbean.〔 〕 The Tiki culture fad of the 1950s and 1960s was fresh in the cultural memory, and Trader Vic's was at its height with twenty-five locations worldwide. He had noticed that Americans were traveling more and returning home with tastes for food and wine they had trouble satisfying in supermarkets of the time. The first store named "Trader Joe's" opened its doors in 1967. This store, on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, California, remains in operation. In the first few decades of operation, some of the stores offered fresh meats provided by butchers who leased space in the stores. Trader Joe's at one time had sandwich shops, freshly cut cheese, and freshly squeezed orange juice. Theo Albrecht, of Aldi Nord, bought the company in 1979.〔 Coulombe was succeeded by John Shields in 1987; under his leadership the company expanded beyond California, moved into Arizona in 1993, and into the Pacific Northwest two years later.〔 In 1996, the company opened its first stores on the East Coast, in Brookline and Cambridge, both outside Boston.〔 Shields retired in 2001, when Dan Bane succeeded him. ''Business Week'' reported that Trader Joe's quintupled the number of its stores between 1990 and 2001, and multiplied its profits by ten.〔 ''Supermarket News'' estimated Trader Joe's sales for 2009 at $8 billion, and placed Trader Joe's 21st on the list of "SN's Top 75 Retailers for 2011." In 2010, ''Fortune'' magazine estimated Trader Joe's sales per square foot of floor space to be $1,750 — more than double that generated by Whole Foods Market. In November 2005, Trader Joe's announced that all eggs under the Trader Joe's label would come from cage-free hens. The May 2009 issue of ''Consumer Reports'' ranked Trader Joe's the second-best supermarket chain in the USA, after Wegmans. In June 2009, ''MSN Money'' released its third annual Customer Service Hall of Fame survey results. Trader Joe's ranked second in customer service.〔("10 Companies that treat you right" ), ''MSN Money'', June 10, 2009.〕 Although ''Ethisphere'' magazine listed Trader Joe's among its most ethical companies in the United States in 2008, 2009, and 2010, Trader Joe's did not make that list in 2011.〔 〕 In 2011, Trader Joes' resistance to the Campaign for Fair Food initiated by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) sparked nationwide protests and talk of consumer boycotts among labor, religious and student organizations. On February 9, 2012, Trader Joe's agreed to join the Fair Food program for Florida tomatoes. In 2014, ''Consumer Reports'' again ranked Trader Joe's a top scoring supermarket chain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trader Joe's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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