Monrovia-Based Trader Joe's Opens Another Location in Southland

MONROVIA, CA -- Monrovia-based Trader Joe's continues its expansion plan with the opening of its latest store Thursday in Hermosa Beach.

The store, which is the chain's 458th in the U.S., took over the shuttered Ralphs supermarket store's location, which sat empty for about a year.

Trader Joe's is the sister store to Aldi, the discount supermarket chain, that is also expanding in Southern California. Aldi plans to open some 45 stores the region by the end of the year.

Trader Joe's has quintupled the number of its stores between 1990 and 2001 and plans to add more stores in the future. The company has consistently been considered one of the best grocery stores in the U.S. by various business publications.

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