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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
27 Oct 2025 Acquired Trader Joe’s
“You can't shake out of it. So I think Trader Joe's is still counter-positioned in that way.”
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Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 27 Oct 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Trader Joe’s
Transcript context
…Yeah, that money went somewhere else for sure. Kroger can't not do that. It's part of the business model at this point. You can't shake out of it. So I think Trader Joe's is still counter-positioned in that way. I do really think they also have a counter-positioning in their target customer, focused on non-families. Again, not that Trader Joe's can't be good for families, but everybody else is 100% catering to families. And Trader Joe's is saying: "Crowded stores? Great. Small parking lots? Great. Individual servings? Great. We're here for you."…
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