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- abbreviationAbbreviation of Tijuana (“Mexican city”).
That was when Customs stopped every car at the S. D. border and checked for drugs, which reminds me of the first time I went to TJ—Tijuana, Mexico.
2016, Mike Salazar, Steak & Cherry Pie - abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Trader Joe's.
'I love TJ in California so had to see NYC TJ setup. As expected, the Broadway/72 store was split in two stories for maximum capacity,' another customer wrote.
2025 January 23, Emma Saletta, “Inside the world's busiest Trader Joe's where checkout lines are long and cell phone service is non-existent”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jun 20262 more examples
Trader Joe's was rather more forthcoming about its policy. […] TJ made public a couple of examples of how its new policy would affect workers with selected wage and hour characteristics.
2014 January 22, Michael Hiltzik, “Is Target right to send its part-timers to Obamacare? Probably.”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014Trader Joe’s “doesn’t feel like a grocery store—it feels like a local farmers market, but with much more reasonable prices,” [Natasha] Fischer tells Vanity Fair. That atmosphere breeds allegiance—and means that when there’s a drop such as the Halloween totes, TJ customers show up.
2025 October 17, Samantha Bergeson, “Tiny, Scarce, and Wildly Popular: How Trader Joe’s Mini Totes Became the New Labubus”, in Radhika Jones, editor, Vanity Fair, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2025
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