1/3/19 Newsletter: Must-Know Trader Joe’s Secrets

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Spotlight

As much as you may love Trader Joe’s, we bet you don’t know every wild fact about the store. For starters, you can sample anything you want with permission (yup, anything). And the chain has a no-questions-asked return policy, so if you end up buying something you just really don’t love, you can get your money back without a fuss.

And at its roots, there’s a real Trader Joe. His name is Joe Coulombe, and it’s believed that he developed the concept for the store when he was on vacation in the Caribbean. Coulombe noticed Americans were traveling more and coming home with the desire to eat foods they couldn’t find in traditional supermarkets, so in the 1960s, TJ’s was born. [Swirled]

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Health

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Career + Finance

You may be more successful in your career if you played sports growing up. One survey found that 80 percent of female Fortune 500 execs played sports, while another survey reported that 55 percent of C-Suite women wore jerseys at some point in their lives. [Swirled]

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Food + Drink

Recipe Of The Day: Thai peanut chicken salad is your easy answer to the pressing question, “What am I doing for lunch?” Easy to whip up and flavorful as hell (thanks, tangy peanut sauce!), the salad will turn you into a greens lover in no time. [Swirled]

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Travel

Hidden in the Caucasus mountains, Svaneti (a region of the country of Georgia) is home to some of the highest peaks in Europe. You can hike through green valleys full of medieval towers and even climb some of the fairytale-like structures, all with sweeping alpine views. [Swirled]

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