Trader Joe's workers shut down long-running checkout line rumor: 'Over-the-top friendliness'

Trader Joe's has shut down a long-running rumor that its employees are trained to flirt with customers while working the checkout line.

"Definitively, no," Bryan Palbaum, CEO of the California-based grocery store chain, said on the Trader Joe's podcast in 2023.

Still, the rumor persists — and not entirely without reason, according to some. 

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"I think we just have such a unique environment in our stores," Palbaum said.