For those who are not familiar with Trader Joe's, it is a wonderful grocery store with low
prices on about 4,000 items. They have around 300 stores nationwide, with about half of those
stores in California, where it originally started. Trader Joe's describes itself as "your
neighborhood grocery store" or "your unique grocery store". Products sold include gourmet
foods, organic foods, vegetarian food, unusual frozen foods, imported foods, domestic and
imported wine and beer (where local law permits), "alternative" food items, and staples like
bread, cereal, eggs, dairy, coffee and produce. Non-food items include personal hygiene
products, household cleaners, vitamins, pet food, plants, and flowers. They also sell Charles
Shaw wine " Two Buck Chuck".
Consumer Reports ranked it as the second best Supermarket, giving the number one spot to
Wegmans, a huge supermarket! There are no Trader Joe's in Florida, they have 2 stores in NC
and 2 in Georgia. A spokeswoman for the company says no plans to expand into Florida are on
the horizon. "Florida is not in our two-year plan at this time," said Alison Mochizuki. She
said the store does not discuss what goes into its evaluation of potential sites. Both Orlando
and Winter Park are collecting names to petition a store in their areas. We can do the same
to try to get a Trader Joe's here in The Villages.
If you're interested in getting support to open a Trader Joe's in The Village copy and paste this letter into a new email, scroll down to sign, add your name and zipcode; then forward to other residents you know who love to shop at Trader Joe's. ....It would be fabulous to have a Trader Joe's here.
When the list gets to 100, please send this email back to
villagedebbie@comcast.net.
We, the consumers of The Villages would like a Trader Joe’s™ in our area of Florida. 81,000 Villagers
live here and come from all areas of the country and are familiar with Trader Joe’s.
1. Debbie Mollura 32162.
2. Diane Doering 32162
3. Ina Anderson 32159
4. Elaine Gerber 32162
5. Karen Leonard 32159
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10 Carol Chaplin 32162
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44. D'Anne Phillips 34785
45. Judy Hitchcock 33521
46. Mike Hitchcock 33521
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61 Mary Badalamenti 32159
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64. Doug Bartle 32159