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TJ says "NO" to Kansas City stores...for now - 2009/02/11 17:43
Link to original post on The Pitch, Fat City Blog
From Owen Morris, The Pitch's Fat City Blog:
In the two weeks ago since I first blogged about the Facebook petition to bring Trader Joe's to Kansas City, the group number has jumped by over 1,000 people. It's clear that Kansas Citians are desperate for a Trader Joe's, and group founder Rachel Perry Hanses has organized people to write Trader Joe's, twitter Trader Joe's and repeatedly put Kansas City on the Web site's location requester.
So it's with a saddened heart that I say these requests have largely fallen on deaf ears. I called Trader Joe's spokesperson Alison Mochizuki yesterday to see what the company makes of all this activity.
"Unfortunately, petitions do not play a part in our decision on Trader Joe's locations... Sorry, but we do not reveal what factors go into our real estate choices," Mochizuki said. I then asked her the $64,000 question. Trader Joe's plans stores two years in advance. Is Kansas City in that year plan?
"No, Kansas City, Missouri is not in our two-year plan." I must have sounded dejected because Mochizuki quickly added, "but things can always change."
There's your answer Kansas City. No Trader Joe's until 2012 minimum.
Sad news, considering Kansas Citians have to drive for more than 4 hours to St. Louis to get to the nearest stores. That being said, she didn't say it couldn't be in Overland Park, Kansas (despite the liquor laws).
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