Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
27 Oct 2025 Acquired Trader Joe’s
“I think in this case, though, yeah, probably the fact that Theo Albrecht bought it when Joe needed to sell made a huge, huge, huge difference.”
Source trail
Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 27 Oct 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Trader Joe’s
Transcript context
…Yep. And they're obviously doing great as a successful public company. I think in this case, though, yeah, probably the fact that Theo Albrecht bought it when Joe needed to sell made a huge, huge, huge difference. Okay, so play it forward. What do you think it would have affected? Like in the Rolex scenario, I think they wouldn't have been able to buy the many years of probably bad financial returns that they had amidst the quartz crisis. If they were publicly traded, what do you think management would face pressure on? Because as best we could tell, in recent years, they've grown 11% per year. They've gotten more profitable every year. Shareholders should love that. ---…
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