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Inside Trader Joe's

Episode 49: Trader Joe's Trips the Light Hacktastic

Inside Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's

Arts, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Food

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This is, without a doubt, our most hacktacular episode yet! What does that even mean? It means this episode is chock-full of inspired uses for your some of your favorite TJ’s products. How to make your flowers last longer and stand straighter… check. How to make simple meals in minutes using ingredients you might not have thought to put together… check. Delicious and unexpected dessert ideas… check, check, check! We’re sharing creative ideas shared with us by Trader Joe’s Crew Members from around the country… these folks know their stuff!

Do you have favorite hacks for your favorite Trader Joe’s products? Share them with us at [email protected], and we may just feature them in a future Hacktastic episode.

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0:00.0

This episode is a hackathon.

0:01.8

Hold on.

0:02.8

Let me check the dictionary.

0:05.3

Hackathon.

0:06.5

Noun.

0:07.6

An event in which a large number of people engage in collaborative computer programming.

0:12.6

Uh, no.

0:13.7

In this case, we're using the Trader Joe's dictionary.

0:17.2

Hackathon is defined as an event in which we share hacks, meaning solutions or workarounds,

0:24.4

as in the phrase, life hacks.

0:26.4

Or in this case, Trader Joe's product hacks.

0:29.2

Got it.

0:30.2

Now, that would be a lot more fun.

0:32.0

Let's go inside Trader Joe's.

0:41.2

I'm Tara Miller, Director of Words and Frazes and Clause's here at Trader Joe's.

0:45.8

And I'm Matt Sloan, the Marketing Product Guy.

0:48.5

You know, social media just can't seem to get enough of what you would call Trader Joe's

0:53.3

product hacks.

0:54.3

It's true.

0:55.3

I mean, have you seen the hashtag Trader Joe's hacks?

0:58.3

As a matter of fact, I have, after I've been scrolling through pictures of cats and

1:02.5

cute babies in the thermometers in August.

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