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Trader Joe's says no to changing ethnic-sounding label names

by Associated Press
| August 1, 2020 12:03 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trader Joe's, which said earlier this month it was moving to change the names of some of its products after an online petition denounced them as racist, now says it will stick with labels like Trader Jose's and Trader Ming's for Mexican and Asian food.

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