Tag: Trader Joe’s

Trader Joe’s Announces Top Customer Product Picks

Trader Joe’s “Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips, Chile-Lime flavor,” was selected as shoppers’ favorite item in the grocery chain’s recently released 14th annual “Customer Choice Awards.” The chips also won the top spot in the “Best Snack” category. Over 18,000 customers ranked the popular grocery store’s offerings in a survey taken earlier this month via polls…


The Secret to Trader Joe’s Success? Embracing This Japanese Business Strategy

By Aytekin Tank “The starting point for improvement is to recognize the need. This comes from recognition of a problem. If no problem is recognized, there is no recognition of the need for improvement. Complacency is the archenemy of kaizen.”—Masaaki Imai, Kaizen: The Key To Japan’s Competitive Success The philosophy of kaizen—or continuous improvement—is a…


Huntington Park Man Gets 21 Years in Trader Joe’s Heists

LOS ANGELES—A Huntington Park man was sentenced Jan. 3 to 21 years behind bars for carrying out a string of armed robberies or attempted armed robberies of Trader Joe’s markets throughout the Southland—two of which involved his son as the getaway driver. Gregory Johnson, 44, pleaded guilty in May to one federal count each of…


Salami Product Sold at Trader Joe’s Investigated in Salmonella Outbreak

Federal officials have warned the public not to eat a salami product sold at Trader Joe’s stores. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised consumers to avoid eating Citterio brand Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks after the product was linked to a salmonella outbreak in California and seven other states. Twenty illnesses and…


Trader Joe’s Employees Say They Were Fired for Signing Affidavits Over Mask, Vaccine Policies

Trader Joe’s has been accused of firing four of six employees who signed separate affidavits alleging the company broke more than a dozen laws in its treatment of unvaccinated workers. “They’re being fired for using me as a spokesperson,” Health Freedom for Humanity (HFFH) President Jeff Witzeman, who was granted limited power of attorney to…