Trader Joe’s Trader Joe’s: A Quiet‚ Private‚ and Savvy Retailer Thomas Pinnola Strategic Management Professor Backhaus March 17th 2013 Thomas Pinnola Professor Backhaus Writing Assignment 2 March 17th 2013 Trader Joe’s: A Quiet‚ Private‚ and Savvy Retailer Joe Coulombe started Trader Joe’s in 1967. Traded Joe’s can be characterized as a low cost‚ high quality grocery store. Eighty percent private label product
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Research Problem Trader Joe’s was established in the 1950’s and began as a convenient store but quickly transitioned into more of a novel design for exploratory food and beverages shoppers. Trader Joe’s is located in various areas within the United States‚ and San Francisco currently has three locations. There are 4‚000 items in stock and 80% of them are brand names. Trader Joe’s offers an array of products that are distinct from those sold in traditional supermarkets. The main focus of the company
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------------------------------------------------- Trader Joe’s I] About Trader Joe’s A] Trader Joe’s history Trader Joe’s is a chain of grocery stores first opened in 1967 in California‚ United States. Trader Joe’s was founded by a man named Joe Coulombe and has been owned since 1979 by the Albrecht family‚ a German family who also owns the ALDI discounts food stores. Trader Joe’s has currently 367 stores within the United States with locations in over 20 states. Trader Joe’s stores offer a wide‚ diverse
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– but the crucial different is that they are protected by limited liability. A sole trader is a business that is owned by one person. It may have one or more employees. It is the most common form of ownership in the UK. The main advantages of setting up as a sole trader are: Total control of the business by the owner. Cheap and easy to start up – few forms to fill in and to start trading the sole trader does not need to employ any specialist services‚ other than setting up a bank account
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senior staff members were found guilty of unprincipled practices causing $350 million in losses in one year‚ which led to the imprisonment of a few senior traders due to securities violations. Several executives‚ including the chief executive and chairman‚ lost their jobs as a result of events that led up to the crisis. Prior to this‚ junior trader Dennis Gentilin had been aware that his boss‚ Duffy‚ was altering transaction records. Gentilin reported Duffy’s unethical practices to Duffy’s boss‚ Gary
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Sole Trader Advantages The advantages of being a sole trader are immense not lease because the owner has full control over the business for daily operations as well as how large they wish to grow it. It’s easy to set yourself up as you only need to declare to yourself you are going to be a business but also have to inform the Inland Revenue you are self employed within 3 months of starting the business. A sole trader does not need to complete many of the forms and accounting information that
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In case Pizza hut like a sole trader company Sole trader companies are the ones which are opened individually. For example‚ there is one person and he fascinated about doing business so he can invest money into the business and he has to do it by himself. It means he has to find out where can sources of finance come and how to control it because he must work by himself without shareholders. There are some sources of finances as follows: * Retained earnings: this is profits of a company after
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Advantages of Sole Traders It is easy to set up a sole trader. A person can set up a business immediately. There are few‚ if any‚ forms to fill in or procedures needed to set. Easier to run than any other types of business. The owner is in sole charge‚ easier in terms of decision making. Tax Advantages Taxed differently eg. NI contributions are low There are no legal fees to set the firm Control The owner is in sole charge – can make whatever changes they want No meetings required to implement
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Most of Trader Joe’s strategies seem to be working and have allowed Trader Joe’s to consistently perform well and maintain a competitive advantage over their competition. They are still expanding and one of the “top companies to work for.” A few strategies that Trader Joe’s should modify moving forward are to: 1. Make sure that the employee base that they have remains happy and continues to perform exemplary service. Due to growing bureaucracy through new processes and procedures‚ competition
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Trader Joe’s is an up and rising supermarket that is upbeat and even has employees wear Hawaiian shirt. This gives it a more relaxed and enjoyable shopping environment. The company selects small stores and only keeps about 4000 stock-keeping units. Eighty percent of those units contain the Trader Joe’s brand. This initiates a quick turnover over rate. Trader Joe’s usual customers are college educated people living in urban areas and also college kids. The company makes it easier for these customers
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