Increase from 19 to 23 cents sparks an uproar as grocery store’s fans lament ‘end of an era’
Madeline Thomas is a Trader Joe’s superfan who posts updates about the grocery chain under the handle @TraderJolene. She knows so much about the American grocery chain that she’d worked out about the plan to raise the price of bananas days before it was first reported by CNN.
“I’m deep in all of the grocery subreddits, and I could see grocery workers from Trader Joe’s talking about how everyone would freak out,” Thomas said.
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