[jblum315]

A Trader Joe's will be opening soon on Archer Road in Gainesville.

[Bogie Shooter]

approximately 1 hour 15 minutes, Google maps.

[CFrance]

Not the way we drive...

[sunglow]

Didn't Trader Joe's Just open in Orlando?

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

approximately 1 hour 15 minutes, Google maps.

62 miles

1 Hr, 15 Minutes from my house too.


(68 miles and 1 Hr, 35 minutes from Lakeport, CA to Santa Rosa, CA Trader Joe's)(and that's over the dangerous Hopland Grade - 97 miles if you stay on a more level and less winding road).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_175

Trader Joe's isn't a weekly destination for us.

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[jblum315]

Originally Posted by sunglow

Didn't Trader Joe's Just open in Orlando?

No. In Naples and in Sarasota.

[Chuckw]

Not golf cart accessible though; Darn....

[janmcn]

According to the newspaper, the grand opening last week in Sarasota was very sucessful with people coming from all over the area to attend. It was also announced in that article that a store will be opened in Tallahassee in addition to the one in Gainesville.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Exact location: per Retailers’ interest in Gainesville heating up | Gainesville.com (see page 2) - - -

"Construction has begun for Trader Joe's to go into half of the former Goody's location in Butler Plaza Central, the portion anchored by Best Buy."

Butler Plaza location: 2306 Southwest 13th Street #1206 Gainesville, FL 32608

Bill

[REDCART]

I've been to two Trader Joes in the NYC metro area and I don't recall seeing anything there that Fresh Market doesn't sell as well. Is it nostalgia or do other Trader Joes offer something really unique that I may have missed? Neither TJ or FM are cheap, so what's the attraction?

George

[cquick]

I see a daytrip in my future!

yes, I am clairvoyant now.....I have been wanting to go to the butterfly garden in Gainesville, so I can combine that with Trader Joe's. Anybody want to go with me?

[asianthree]

disney and TJs that my kind of day

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by asianthree

disney and TJs that my kind of day

??? Disney is not in Gainesville???

I agree with gryoung,, I have never understood the hype of Trader Joe's. They were all around me in LA and I never used them... However, if you were talking about a really good and healthy place to shop,,, rather than going to Gainesville to TJ, why not go to Orlando or Tampa to Whole Foods?? Now your talking. Much more beneficial to your health and much better quality items.

[jblum315]

Whole Foods - otherwise known as Whole Paycheck. No thanks.

[chuckinca]

Two Buck Chuck.

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