4 months ago Trader Joes heard widespread complaints about no grocery store in a poor urban area:
They conferred with the local leaders about opening a nice new branch store and do you know what the response was?
they rejected the Trader Joes offer because they didn’t want “anyone other than an an ethnic group with a history of oppression doing business here”.
They thought that it would “attract gentrification”, which refers to neighborhood improvement, often accomoanied by white people also living there.
So Trader Joe’s cancel their plans.
So while the prospect of starving wasnt nice, what really scared them to death was the prospect of NOT attacking the people trying to help them.
Which we should remember before sending guys to Africa to combat Ebola.
You are referring to northeast Portland, Oregon, an enclave of blackness surrounded by whites.
There are supermarkets located in that area which are owned by Kroger (Fred Meyers), but the main point to remember is this: black owned markets do not want to locate in ethnically-black areas.
Why? I suspect they are afraid of those who would be their customers.
Maybe they were just shaking down Trader Joe’s and Trader Joe’s didn’t take the hint. Next time, Trader Joe’s make sure that you grease the black leader’s palm and maybe he will give you the keys to the city. Hint, hint.
On second thought Trader Joes doesn’t know how lucky they were to be turned down.
Maybe they were just shaking down Trader Joe’s and Trader Joe’s didn’t take the hint. Next time, Trader Joe’s make sure that you grease the black leader’s palm and maybe he will give you the keys to the city. Hint, hint.
On second thought Trader Joes doesn’t know how lucky they were to be turned down.