Trader Joe's drops black-neighborhood store plan.

[GandD 5,966]

On a long enough time line there will be a completely dismissive response riddled with veiled insults, astonishing hubris, and sporadic emoticons that will be completely acceptable.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

On a long enough time line there will be a completely dismissive response riddled with veiled insults, astonishing hubris, and sporadic emoticons that will be completely acceptable.

So you think he just made that up about the local market with over a thousand employees?

[GandD 5,966]

So you think he just made that up about the local market with over a thousand employees?

Oh I thought we were talking about something else. I got this confused with the other thread you were " "

I wondered how many people work in a typical Walmart super store so I very briefly looked around the internets. I didn't see anything concrete but I think they were closer to 450 or so.

Actually it looks more like 300.

Edited February 5, 2014 by GandD

[deleted-05292014 331]

So you think he just made that up about the local market with over a thousand employees?

Don't forget the Chinese cook he knows who makes over $50k a year.

http://www.indeed.com/salary/Cook.html

Looks like the average cook makes around $21,000 a year.

[GandD 5,966]

And there are always articles like this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/walmart-taxpayers-house-report_n_3365814.html

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Oh I thought we were talking about something else. I got this confused with the other thread you were " "

I wondered how many people work in a typical Walmart super store so I very briefly looked around the internets. I didn't see anything concrete but I think they were closer to 450 or so.

Actually it looks more like 300.

That's right. Your typical Super Wal Mart employes roughly 300 people. So that family grocery store in lost's hood is the size of about three Super Wal Marts. That's some family grocery business.

Don't forget the Chinese cook he knows who makes over $50k a year.

http://www.indeed.com/salary/Cook.html

Looks like the average cook makes around $21,000 a year.

Well but maybe lost knows some super cook. He seems to know some super family grocery business.

[GandD 5,966]

Trader Joe's can't employ more than 50 or so I would imagine. But I've only been in one, not sure how big the others are by comparison. Constantly people out stocking though and lots of check out peeps.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

So you think he just made that up about the local market with over a thousand employees?

I don't know any neighborhood that employs that many folks. The base commissary is pretty big, but I wager around 100-150 workers, max. At 1000, you're talking about a town worth of people in one store.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Trader Joe's can't employ more than 50 or so I would imagine. But I've only been in one, not sure how big the others are by comparison. Constantly people out stocking though and lots of check out peeps.

There are about 410 in the nation with roughly 20,000 = or about 49 per store. Probably closer to 45 if you consider corporate /administrative are elsewhere.

[Peikko 1,575]

Talk about fixing a story to fit a biased agenda. Marvelous.

[deleted-05292014 331]

Talk about fixing a story to fit a biased agenda. Marvelous.

Hey got to give the guy some credit for creativity, he even had the nerve to through in an "Urban Kristallnacht" story in there too.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

That is some very aggressive clapping.

[deleted-05292014 331]

I know it's supposed to be slower

[JohnR! 5,495]

TJ is owned by Aldi, isn't it? Aldi North, I believe. Aldi South operates under their own flag in the US.

Yep... The family owns both brands... Interestingly enough, there are markets where both brands are present....

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Lost is too busy posting pics about Obama and TM to respond.