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Where in the world are Trader Joe’s warehouses? (2015)

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Post by ecshafer »

noduerme wrote: post #31
rmason wrote: post #8

Back in the nineties a very popular East Lansing supermarket announced they were closing. A campaign was raised to get Trader Joes to locate in the space. A major campaign was raised and they gathered a pretty amazing 20-25,000 signatures online. The organizers got a nice letter back from Trader Joes who said they really appreciated their enthusiasm but the East Lansing area was too small a municipal area for a Trade…

TJs is the bomb. But their choice of store placement is definitely cryptic. It always seems to be a little too far for a regular grocery trip; somewhere close to a hip strip, close to a blue collar neighborhood, but not quite walking distance from either. They have a very specific demographic and I'm sure they've been making shrewd property decisions as well. Here in Oregon they have to compete with New Seasons, whic…

I feel like the location for Trader Joes in all of the places I have lived has been essentially the same. It is in the wealthy neighborhoods, but usually in a strip mall or other location that's a bit cheaper than Whole Foods. At least in Philly I think if there is a Trader Joe's there is a Whole Foods < 1 Mile away.

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Post by ak217 »

heeen2 wrote: post #22
hbarka wrote: post #20

Trader Joe’s is a favorite study in trying to explain how it manages to thrive with just a small number of SKUs (~4000) relative to typical grocery stores that carry 50,000 SKUs. Perhaps this might shed light on their warehousing strategy.

Trader Joes is sort of related to ALDI and the condensed offering of ALDI and its success has been written about before https://www.forbes.com/sites/sanfordstein/2019/10/25/aldi-ri...

But Trader Joe's uses a very different strategy compared to ALDI. It caters to an audience that demands a much more upmarket experience, and puts a lot more effort into team culture, store decor/experience, and sourcing quality white-label food SKUs for house branding.

Re: Where in the world are Trader Joe’s warehouses? (2015)

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Post by carabiner »

noduerme wrote: post #31
rmason wrote: post #8

Back in the nineties a very popular East Lansing supermarket announced they were closing. A campaign was raised to get Trader Joes to locate in the space. A major campaign was raised and they gathered a pretty amazing 20-25,000 signatures online. The organizers got a nice letter back from Trader Joes who said they really appreciated their enthusiasm but the East Lansing area was too small a municipal area for a Trade…

TJs is the bomb. But their choice of store placement is definitely cryptic. It always seems to be a little too far for a regular grocery trip; somewhere close to a hip strip, close to a blue collar neighborhood, but not quite walking distance from either. They have a very specific demographic and I'm sure they've been making shrewd property decisions as well. Here in Oregon they have to compete with New Seasons, whic…

In SoCal, TJ's is everywhere. I had one near my house, one in between my house and my office, and one by my office. This was like a 20 minute commute. It's part of culture there, like In-n-out.

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Post by [deleted] »

ak217 wrote: post #72
heeen2 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trader Joes is sort of related to ALDI and the condensed offering of ALDI and its success has been written about before https://www.forbes.com/sites/sanfordstein/2019/10/25/aldi-ri...

But Trader Joe's uses a very different strategy compared to ALDI. It caters to an audience that demands a much more upmarket experience, and puts a lot more effort into team culture, store decor/experience, and sourcing quality white-label food SKUs for house branding.

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Post by SeanLuke »

Jxl180 wrote: post #65
SeanLuke wrote: post #42

Trader Joe's presents an interesting punctuation problem. The most common rule, I think, for forming possessives is rule #1 of Strunk and White: "Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's. Follow this rule whatever the final consonant." But Trader Joe's already has an apostrophe. Should the proper writing of this headline should have been... Where in the World are Trader Joe's's Warehouses? Or should it have been…

If we swap it with Amazon, it sounds correct to say “where are Amazon’s warehouses?” But is it really incorrect to say, “where are Amazon warehouses?”

I dunno. It sounds wrong to say "where are Safeway warehouses?" -- it sounds more appropriate to have instead said "where are the Safeway warehouses?"

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Post by browningstreet »

SeanLuke wrote: post #42

Trader Joe's presents an interesting punctuation problem. The most common rule, I think, for forming possessives is rule #1 of Strunk and White: "Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's. Follow this rule whatever the final consonant." But Trader Joe's already has an apostrophe. Should the proper writing of this headline should have been... Where in the World are Trader Joe's's Warehouses? Or should it have been…

I think there's a rule you don't repeat punctuations like this... one is enough.

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Post by browningstreet »

JJMcJ wrote: post #64
rmason wrote: post #8

Back in the nineties a very popular East Lansing supermarket announced they were closing. A campaign was raised to get Trader Joes to locate in the space. A major campaign was raised and they gathered a pretty amazing 20-25,000 signatures online. The organizers got a nice letter back from Trader Joes who said they really appreciated their enthusiasm but the East Lansing area was too small a municipal area for a Trade…

TJ's is OK but it's no substitute for a full supermarket.

..like Kroger, or Whole Foods?

I would say Kroger isn't a real supermarket, it's a junk food market and pharmacopia.

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Post by mmmpop »

browningstreet wrote: post #77
JJMcJ wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TJ's is OK but it's no substitute for a full supermarket.

..like Kroger, or Whole Foods? I would say Kroger isn't a real supermarket, it's a junk food market and pharmacopia.

>> I would say Kroger isn't a real supermarket, it's a junk food market and pharmacopia.

I cannot fathom how you've come to this conclusion. I've been to 100 Kroger stores in my life and not one fits your description.

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Post by maxerickson »

carabiner wrote: post #73
noduerme wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TJs is the bomb. But their choice of store placement is definitely cryptic. It always seems to be a little too far for a regular grocery trip; somewhere close to a hip strip, close to a blue collar neighborhood, but not quite walking distance from either. They have a very specific demographic and I'm sure they've been making shrewd property decisions as well. Here in Oregon they have to compete with New Seasons, whic…

In SoCal, TJ's is everywhere. I had one near my house, one in between my house and my office, and one by my office. This was like a 20 minute commute. It's part of culture there, like In-n-out.

I have SNAP accepting stores loaded into a gis (JOSM really) so it was quick to check. ~1/5 of the Trader Joe's stores in the country are in southern California (just a couple fewer locations than all of the northeast). More than 1/3 are in California.

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Post by pempem »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #36
sampo wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Norwegian groceries delivery company Oda, in their app you can sort each category (e.g. hard cheeses) view for price per item, or price per kg.

Yeah ordering online is sweet in this regard

in CA the pricing is simply different online for delivery vs online for pickup vs shopping in the store.

so are the coupons.

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