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Old 10-20-2024, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by barbnick View Post
The Villages does not meet their demographic profile for location.
They want the 30 - 50 group
You may not realize TJ’s has been in retail for over 60 years. If one shopped there in their 20s, they will still drive an hour to shop in their 60-70 and 80s.

Yes TJs is near college towns, because it’s a healthy alternative at good prices, than other grocery. But it’s their parents who introduced them to TJs, and that’s why 20-50yo shop their stores.

We had 6 TJs within 30 minutes or less, we shopped weekly, along with our area farm to table bounty of fresh produce, dairy, and protein. Now we drive to TJs every 2 weeks, we are not the only retirees there.