{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Trader Joe's","slug":"inside-trader-joe-s-178375","podcast_index_feed_id":178375,"rss_url":"https://insidetjs.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.traderjoes.com/home/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/5/7/f/f57f58c9a585ec01/TJ-PodcastLogo-Final.jpg","author":"Trader Joe's","episode_count":136,"summary":"Welcome to Inside Trader Joe's, the only podcast about Trader Joe's, by Trader Joe's. This one's the real deal, the \"official\" Trader Joe's podcast, if you will. Looking for stories about your favorite products? Curious about what makes your neighborhood TJ's tick? Or just excited about what's coming soon to your Trader Joe's? This, friends, is the podcast for you! From our humble beginnings as a small chain of eclectic Southern California convenience stores, Trader Joe's has grown to become a national chain of 633 (and counting) neighborhood grocery stores, employing more than 70,000 Crew Members. How? By being comfortable with being different. Every episode takes you Inside Trader Joe's in a podcast series only Trader Joe's could deliver. Let's go Inside Trader Joe's. And thanks for listening.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T22:18:56.248274+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-trader-joe-s-178375"},"episode":{"title":"ICYMI: How Do Trader Joe's Products Get Their Names","slug":"icymi-how-do-trader-joe-s-products-get-their-names","published_at":"2025-10-06T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-trader-joe-s-178375/icymi-how-do-trader-joe-s-products-get-their-names","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-trader-joe-s-178375","url":"https://insidetjs.libsyn.com/icymi-how-do-trader-joes-products-get-their-names","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/insidetjs/ICYMI_How_Do_Trader_Joes_Products_Get_Their_Names.mp3?dest-id=704103","summary":"We get a lot of questions at Trader Joe's. And we really love answering them. One question we get all the time is about our product names. Why are some of them just descriptive (say, Cauliflower Gnocchi) while others are decidedly silly (This Strawberry Walks Into a Bar, anyone?)? Every Trader Joe's product has a story to tell – sometimes that story is really straightforward, and sometimes it's silly and whimsical and fun. In the spirit of making grocery shopping a fun and exciting adventure rather than a mundane chore, we're always looking for the silly, the whimsical, and the fun. Have a listen, then head to your neighborhood Trader Joe's to find your favorite. (Midnight Moo, perhaps?) Transcript (PDF)","meta_description":"We get a lot of questions at Trader Joe's. And we really love answering them. One question we get all the time is about our product names. Why are some of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":614,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-trader-joe-s-178375/episodes/icymi-how-do-trader-joe-s-products-get-their-names/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-trader-joe-s-178375/icymi-how-do-trader-joe-s-products-get-their-names.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}