ICYMI: What the Heck is a Tasting Panel

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">Did you know that every product on the shelves at your neighborhood Trader Joe’s goes through a rigorous tasting process <em>before</em> we decide to sell it? Rigorous tasting? What the heck does that even mean, Trader Joe’s? In a nutshell, it means we don’t just offer something for sale because we <em>can</em>; we only offer those things that taste great and represent a great value. To make those decisions, we taste everything – and tasting is, perhaps surprisingly, not the same as eating. It’s careful, it’s considered, it’s… rigorous. Tune in to the latest in our series of bite-sized episodes, ITJ ICYMI, to get a taste for yourself.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.traderjoes.com/content/dam/trjo/pdfs/transcripts/Inside-TJs-ICYMI-Tasting-Panel.pdf"> <span style="font-family: Times;">Transcript (PDF)</span></a></p>