Trader Joe’s Is Now Saying That It Won’t Rebrand Some Of Its Ethnic Food Labels 

Last week, Trader Joe’s said that they were changing the names on the labels of some of their ethnic foods, like Trader Ming’s, Trader Jose, and Arabian Joe, after over 5,000 people signed a petition started by 17-year-old Briones Bedell, who said that the names were racist stereotypes. Well, to be a fly in a Hawaiin shirt on the wall of Trader Joe’s PR department, because they have released a statement saying that they do not make decisions based on petitions and that some of the names are staying. This is more confusing than the ingredients list on a TJ’s product.

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