Today at #TraderJoes in #CambridgeMA, they had a table with a raffle or something, to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
Wikipedia says "In 1996, the company opened its first stores on the East Coast in Brookline and Cambridge, both outside Boston."
A long-time employee there told me that Brookline technically opened one day earlier, for a soft-open.
The weather wasn't quite as hot as the last few days, so I'd walked the mile to Trader Joe's and Micro Center -- both beloved local institutions.






