Joe Coulombe, who founded Trader Joe’s, the popular grocery known for its kitschy vibe and beloved private label wine dubbed "Two-Buck Chuck,'' died late Friday at his Pasadena, California home.

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 ...

In the 1960s, Joe Coulombe envisioned a future where people would want trendy foods. Decades before Instagram, avocado toast and bottomless brunch, Coulombe predicted young shoppers would buy ...

Joe Coulombe, a struggling convenience store owner in Los Angeles, decided in 1967 to open a grocery chain to appeal to the small but growing number of well-educated, well-traveled consumers that ...

Learn about the man we have to thank for everyone’s favorite grocery store. Joe Coulombe opened his first Trader Joe’s store in 1967 in Pasadena, California. After graduating from Stanford ...

The grocery store chain Trader Joe's has a lot of singular qualities, from its wide-ranging selection of private label items to its inexpensive wine. Then there are the stores themselves.

Joe Coulombe, founder of the popular Trader Joe’s grocery chain that brought affordable wine and unusual food to millions of Americans, has died. He was 89. In a statement, the company said ...

The founder of the popular inexpensive grocery store chain died on Friday Joe Coulombe, who founded the inexpensive, trading post-themed grocery chain Trader Joe’s, died on Friday in Pasadena ...

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 changed the stores' name from Pronto Markets ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...