Coulombe’s son, also named Joe, said in a statement his father died following a long illness. Born on June 3, 1930, Coulombe was raised on an avocado ranch in Del Mar, California, near San Diego.

Trader Joe's founder Joe Coulombe dies at 89 00:14. Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they ...

Joe Coulombe, who founded the inexpensive, trading post-themed grocery chain Trader Joe’s, died on Friday in Pasadena, California. He was 89. Coulombe’s son, also named Joe, told The ...

In 1979, Coulombe sold Trader Joe’s to the family of Theo Albrecht, then the owner of the Aldi grocery chain in Europe. ( Aldi in the United States is separately owned by the family of Theo ...

Joe Coulombe, founder of the popular Trader Joe’s grocery chain that brought affordable wine and exotic food to millions of Americans, has died at his home in Pasadena, California. He was 89 ...

Joe Coulombe opened the first Trader Joe’s in Pasadena, Calif., in 1967. There are more than 500 locations nationwide now.

But it’s true, and his name was—you guessed it—Joe. But, his name wasn’t actually Trader Joe. It was Joe Coulombe—sadly, Joe recently passed away in February 2020 at the age of 89.

Trader Joe founder Joe Coulombe, who died last year, wrote a long, entertaining history of one of L.A.'s most iconic chains. Now you can read it.

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 he Newsletters Games Share a News Tip ...

Joe Coulombe, who founded the inexpensive, trading post-themed grocery chain Trader Joe’s, died on Friday in Pasadena, California. He was 89.

Joe Coulombe, the founder of Trader Joe’s, died Friday after a long illness, said his son Joe. He was 89. Trader Joe’s, which came to be known for everything from its inexpensive Charles Shaw ...

Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they couldn’t find in most supermarkets and couldn’t ...