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Buying in bulk, Trader Joe's, Costco

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:59:38
Publish Date: 2025-04-18 21:00:00
Description:

What do we buy? And what does that say about us?

  • Emily Mester examines what happens when consumption begins to consume you
  • Journalist Ada Tseng visits Costco twice a week for gas, deals, and hidden Asian treasures
  • Benjamin Lorr explores how the sliding doors at American grocery stores stay open
  • Patty Civalleri tells us about the man who created Trader Joe's, which started in Pasadena in 1967
  • Gustavo Arellano recalls the legacy of Frieda Caplan, who introduced Angelenos to all sorts of exotic produce
  • LA transplant Vanessa Anderson, aka The Grocery Goblin on Tiktok, documents the city by visiting its markets.

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