February 13, 2008
Henrico Announces Trader Joe’s Open Date — Early Fall
Henrico County Economic Development Authority announced yesterday, that Trader Joe’s will open in the Short Pump area, adjacent to the new Whole Foods Market in early Fall. This is the most specific opening date that has been reported.
Trader Joe’s, a privately held grocery store company founded in 1958, will be opening a store in Henrico County’s Short Pump Station shopping center by the early fall of 2008. It currently has over 280 locations in 23 states. While it carries standard items, it is primarily an organic grocer offering both private label and store brand organic products which translates to lower prices for the consumer. Trader Joe’s will be located near a current Ukrops, Kroger and the future Whole Foods Market which will be opening at the West Broad Village across from the Tom Leonard’s Farmer’s Market. “It’s not surprising that Trader Joe’s found their way to Henrico County, said Toney Hall, marketing director for the Henrico Economic Development Authority. A grocer of this nature adds another element of variety to our mixed use, community-oriented living environment.”
It is about freakin’ time!!! My friends and I have been making quarterly trips to either Springfield for Newport News to stock up on our favorite Trader Joe’s items. With no end in sight to how high gas prices will go, what a relief it will be to not have to travel so far to get the things we love from TJ’s! Of course, with traffic in Short Pump being as atrocious as it is, it might take just as long to get there!
about time! Coming from detroit, where TJ is plentiful, I miss getting half my groceries from there. And I won’t even start on the wine.
I am so excited i moved here from calif in 1991 and i hve missed you all so much cant wait for opening day
next store charlottesville ok
Good idea, keep the Albemarle and UVA riff raff away from Short Pump. (Just kidding, ideal spot I would think. I was told once time but a regional guy at the Alexandria store their distribution for the area was out of Roanoke so it would be reasonable.
went to the grand opening and was not dissappointed droped a bundle and they will be coming to cville in early spring