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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes anyone remember the Trader Joe's "controversy"...
...from 2020 when a high school student named Briones Bedell took offense to the ethnic names TJ's gave to some of its products (Trader Ming's, Trader Giotto's, Trader Jose's, etc.) and started a petition to get them to change the product names because she supposedly found them racist and "othering"? Here's a link for those who may have missed it or don't remember:
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay-teen-leads-campaign-to-get-trader-joes-to-rename-some-products/2329437/
Anyway, I live near a Trader Joe's and every now and then I think about this story and google Ms. Bedell to see what she is up to these days. There are now some interesting search results that I'd never seen before. I never trusted her and always kinda suspected the TJ's thing was some sort of high concept trolling. Just google her and check out the pro-Charlie Kirk stuff that she reposts on her Twitter page. Also, there's this:
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2024/11/13/democrats-young-women-republican-harris-abortion/76133431007/

MichMan
(16,000 posts)skypilot
(9,057 posts)I've never bought or looked for any of the products that have those names but I seem to remember that after initially considering making the changes TJ's changed their mind after someone started a counter-petition asking them to keep the names.
wcmagumba
(4,748 posts)I have a small dine in/carry out burger and sandwich place nearby in my very small Kansas town. They name all of their products after people and things from the Bible...I don't go there either, besides the food sux (I did try it once)...Weird things these cults come up with....
obamanut2012
(28,842 posts)jmowreader
(52,682 posts)Try their Tea Tree Face Wash. Also, they have good coffee that isn't outrageously priced.