{"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":133,"summary":"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 622 (and counting) neighborhood grocery stores, employing more than 67,000 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. Are you a Trader Joe's fan? Want to know what keeps people coming back? Hungry for all the new and exciting stuff coming to your neighborhood store? Let's go Inside Trader Joe's. Thanks for listening.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T20:19:08.806557+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."}]}}