Also this is the same company who tried to hide that an assault took place in one of their stores over masks where ten employees were physically harmed. Once it was finally reported by Vice two weeks later they gave this insane statement
Customers Who Refused Masks Assault Trader Joe’s Workers, Send One to the Hospital
The men pummeled one employee with a wooden paddle, ripped off another employee's mask, and pulled the hair of a third worker, according to an NYPD spokesperson.www.vice.com
This is the first time I've seen this shit.
When the whole name thing broke they gave a statement that they were already in the process of changing the packaging before the petition happened and they were nearing completion.
"We made the decision several years ago to use only the Trader Joe's name on our products moving forward," spokesperson Kenya Friend-Daniel told NPR by email. She added that the company "had hoped that the work would be complete by now but there are still a small number of products going through the packaging change and we expect to be done very soon."
Now they put out a statement saying that it's not racist and they never had any intention of changing anything. Judging by responses in this thread - the distraction tactic work.