won the showmanship award at the New Year’s Day celebration in Pasadena. In Trader Joe’s 23rd year participating ... The whole display was a “salad bar on wheels,” said one of the KTLA ...

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 ...