Midnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoAre Trader Joe’s tote bags the last vestige of American soft power?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down15cross-posted to: humanities@beehaw.org
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minus-squareflamingo_pinyatalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoBetteridge’s law of headlines Somebody listed a bag for $50k on eBay. Listed doesn’t mean sold. Also Trader Joe’s is a brand of Aldi, a German company, hardly an example of pure Americana.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months ago Also Trader Joe’s is a brand of Aldi Specifically Aldi Nord which is a different company from the Aldi (Süd), the one with that orange-blue logo.
Betteridge’s law of headlines
Somebody listed a bag for $50k on eBay. Listed doesn’t mean sold.
Also Trader Joe’s is a brand of Aldi, a German company, hardly an example of pure Americana.
Specifically Aldi Nord which is a different company from the Aldi (Süd), the one with that orange-blue logo.