Article: Trader Joe's remarkable journey: in its 50th year in business, Trader Joe's still manages to thrill its customers and impart its personality into every part of its business.(Retailer Extra: TRADER JOE'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY)

The average grocery shopper these days is tired, stressed out, worried about her bank account, over-scheduled, constantly in the car and at the end of a work day, hungry--and certainly not in the mood to shop for groceries. Throw a couple of kids into the equation, and you have a recipe for a retail meltdown. However, if she's lucky, our world-weary consumer lives in a metropolitan setting full of many shopping centers--with at least one of them home to a Trader Joe's store.

Viewed by many as an oasis in a vast desert populated by homogenous, impersonal cookie-cutter grocery store formats, Trader Joe's, which is celebrating 50 years in business this year, has ...

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