TRADER JOE'S

No. 18

Trader Joe's runs a lean operation: Some 99% of employees work in the stores, and even CEO Dan Bane doesn't have an assistant. That's helped prevent layoffs throughout its 40-year-plus history. An early proponent of the now ubiquitous reusable bag, Trader Joe’s has long urged shoppers to bring their own five years ago to promote recycling—and save costs.

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