Trader Joe's Supermarket

Översikt

Trader Joe's is a specialty grocery store which started in California in the 1950s as a convenience store chain. Today, it offers about 4,000 different products unlike regular supermarkets which usually sell around 50,000 items. 80% of Trader's Joe's products are labelled under one of its own brand names. Trader Joe's sells gourmet food, organic food, local food, vegetarian food and unique frozen food. The store also sells a variety of staple products including, fresh dairy, meat, poultry, bread, and produce.

Many of the items sold at Trader Joe's are recognized as environmentally friendly products. In 2001 Trader Joe's pledged to drop all genetically modified food from their stores. In 2007 they began to phase out imported goods from China due to concerns about the country's organic food standards. In 2009 the company also pledged to use the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program (http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx) when making decisions regarding their purchases of sustainable seafood. They will be offering only sustainable seafood in their stores by December 31, 2012.

When you shop at Trader Joe's be sure to bring your own reusable shopping bags as you will eligible to enter a raffle to win a $25 gift certificate to the store! You are eligible every time you shop.

Open 7 days a week 8am to 10pm.

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