Trader Joe's Opens in St. Louis Park

Hey - another taste of California comes to Minnesota:

Trader Joe's finally opened in St. Louis Park on Monday, ending months of speculation for those who were eager to see the California food retailer bring to town its variety of quirky, cultish supermarkets.

But its successful business model of selling store-branded items -- 80 percent of the items are Trader Joe's private label -- already has made deep inroads into Minnesota, where Byerly's, Supervalu and others have jumped on to the private-label bandwagon.

Read more at the Star Tribune. Check out the TraderJoes.com site.