Andrea Felsted & Sarah Halzack, Columnists

The Future of Trader Joe’s Looks Bumpy

Recent criticisms haven’t hurt the popular grocer. Post-pandemic shopping habits might.

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Photographer: Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register

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Jasmin Bedria, a personal trainer and nutritionist from Ormond Beach, Florida, visited her first Trader Joe’s in Maryland eight years ago.

“I walked in and it was just everything, from the atmosphere to the prices,” she recalls. “I could not believe we did not have one.”