davidmcbeth
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I was intrigued by this post. For my own edification, I went to my Secretary of State (SOS) website and did a quick search for Trader Joe.
The short version...you may not be dealing with the the actual business; there is a business entity called "registered agent", a middle man of sorts.
Screen shots as attachments: Links follow for what I discovered.
In this case (click on the green link below search results) it seems TJ has an agent named Paracorp.
If you click the additional information link from the previous result you find business governing information.
So...what the heck / who is Paracorp? Google foo says ......Paracorp Inc, and they have a website, Parasec dot com.
I tend to agree with davidmcbeth with regard to skiping the manager and making my case elsewhere.
~Whitney
The "registered agent" is simply a company that can accept legal service for the company. Usually you can serve the president of the company or the registered agent or another officer of the company for civil service. I always serve the reg. agent because there is never any question that he can accept service for the company.