In 1958, Joe Coulombe took over a small chain of convenience stores in the Los Angeles area called Pronto Markets. As Trader Joe's Vice President of Marketing Product Matt Sloan put it in a ...

Joe Coulombe opened the first Trader Joe’s in Pasadena. The grocery chain was quirky from the beginning. Coulombe based the store’s nautical décor on a book he’d read called “White ...

If his name doesn't ring a bell, his company will: Joe Coulombe, MBA graduate of 1954, founded the grocery chain Trader Joe's in 1967. Today Trader Joe's is one of the top groceries in the U.S ...