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Nov 13, 2021 · Before he became "Trader Joe," Joe Coulombe ran a struggling convenience store chain. Here's how an offer for extra-large eggs laid the groundwork for a multibillion-dollar grocery chain.
Oct 25, 2021 · Over more than a quarter of a century, Trader Joe’s sales grew at a compound rate of 19% per year and the company’s net worth grew at a compound rate of 26% per annum over the same period - no mean feat for a commodity business that’s hard to differentiate.
May 7, 2022 · For the name of his new store, Coulombe landed on Trader Joe’s to evoke exotic images of the South Seas. The name was inspired by Trader Vic’s, a popular Tiki Bar restaurant started in...
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From the Editor: Notable and Noteworthy. Trader Joe's was born in 1958 as a small chain of Southern California convenience stores opened by a drugstore executive named Joe Coulombe. In 1967...
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Joseph Hardin Coulombe (June 3, 1930 – February 28, 2020) was an American entrepreneur. He founded the grocery store chain Trader Joe's in 1967 and ran it until his retirement in 1988.
Dec 22, 2021 · In "Becoming Trader Joe," Joe Coulombe's posthumous memoir, the Trader Joe's founder credits these seven books with shaping him as an entrepreneur and a manager.
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Sep 2, 2021 · As overall sales grew at an effective compound rate of 19% per annum, the company’s net worth grew 26% a year. And Coulombe was proud that, in 25 years, Trader Joe’s never laid off a full-time employee.
