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Bring Trader Joe's to the Hudson Valley!
Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of over 474 specialty food stores, providing a welcome alternative source of well-priced, well-selected fresh, packaged, and frozen products. In California, the stores are plentiful, convenient, and easy to find, but in the Northeast, not so much! Currently, there are only a handful of stores in the New York Metro and Boston regions (eight each), but none in the well-travelled Hudson Valley between New York City and Albany.
The super region that comprises the lower- and mid-Hudson Valley, and southern Capital Region is home to an impressive mix of year 'round, weekender, and vacation home owners and renters. The seven counties north of Rockland and Westchester (part of the NYC Metro Region) had a combined population of over 1.15 million as of 2010. Add Albany County, and the total population for that date jumps to 1.46 million. Add in the summer and winter vacationers and weekenders, and the figure likely tops 2,200,000.
If just a fraction of this population base shopped at one or two Trader Joe's strategically located between New Windsor (northern Orange County) and Chatham (Columbia County), it would represent a considerable expansion of loyal customers for the Trader Joe's brand - now well known throughout North America.
2010 County Population
Albany 308,846
Columbia 63,096
Dutchess 297,488
Greene 49,221
Orange 379,210
Putnam 99,710
Sullivan 77,547
Ulster 182,493
Total 1,457,611
The cities south to north located along the Hudson River that would benefit from Trader Joe's presence (and boost TJ sales, create decent-paying local jobs, good will in the communities, etc.) include New Windsor, Newburgh, Wappingers Falls, Poughkeepsie, Highland, New Paltz, Hyde Park, Esopus, Rhinecliff, Rhinebeck, Hurley, Kingston, Lake Katrine, Red Hook, Saugerties, Catskill, Athens, Hudson, Coxsackie. Significant towns to the east and west of the Hudson River include Walden, Ellenville, Marbletown, Millbrook, Woodstock, Chatham, and Cairo.
Many public and private schools and universities also dot the region, supplying a steady, transient student population for whom Trader Joe's is well-positioned to cater - SUNY New Paltz, The Culinary Institute, Vassar, Bard, SUNY Ulster, Dutchess County College, and Marist - to name a few.
Hudson Valley residents are “foodies" by nature - we appreciate fresh foods and intriguing selections, and eschew the fast food culture. HV'ers eat out often, usually at restaurants and cafes owned and operated by CIA (Culinary Institute of America) graduates. When it comes to cooking at home, quality ingredients and efficient preparation provide a compelling combination. This is an area where Trader Joe's excels in a big way, and could respond with the offerings that make it famous. The TJ products would fly off the shelves in the Hudson Valley, a win-win scenario that Corporate should recognize and quickly act on while the commercial real estate market is soft and demand is pent up.
The potential candidate locations that appear to make the most sense for TJ store(s) are central within a 30 X 60 mile zone stretching from Newburgh past Athens along NYS Route 87, and west-to-east from Ellenville, Ulster County to Red Hook, Dutchess County. This 1,800 square mile zone translates to drives of no more than 30 miles to a single store (60 round trip), or 20 miles (40 round trip) for two store locations. As is the case with most lower-density, exurban locales, consumers will typically combine multiple errands to make longer trips efficient. This translates to quantity purchases at destinations such as Trader Joe's. The “sweet spot" on the west side of the Hudson River extends from New Paltz to Saugerties, both easily accessed from Route 87. Kingston and Ulster are just off Exit 19 in between the two, in the middle of the greater zone. On the east side of the river, Poughkeepsie to Red Hook represents the 9W central spine locations - benefiting also from the Metro North and Amtrak commuter railroads.
In summary, the Hudson Valley represents a phenomenal opportunity for Trader Joe's, an opening that is well past its prime. One, two, or even three stores would thrive in this super region, provide refreshing diversity to an area that is replete with big boxes and name brand supermarkets, and fill a niche that our wonderful, seasonal open air farmers' markets don't quite meet. In addition to all the great, mutually beneficial reasons described here, there are fantastic commercial real estate opportunities and beautiful architecture to take advantage of. The time, place, and economic climate is right, Trader Joe's - come to the Hudson Valley!
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Yes, please!
Yes, please!
C'mon TJ's !!!!!!!
Would love to have fresh organic food store located in our back yard at reasonable prices. It really stinks traveling an hour, especially with cold foods. Please come soon.
moving to beacon in the near future and would love to have trader joes nearby. definitely needed.
I am moving from CA to Poughkeepsie, and I would love it if there was a TJ in the area. I have been spoiled with all of the locations in CA and will greatly miss it.
We need a Trader Joes in the New Paltz, Kingston area. We have been waiting too long and Albany is too far a drive.
Please open in the hudson valley. I am a loyal Aldi shopper. I would love to be able to shop at both stores!
Need more healthy choices in the area, trader joes would be great.
Please.
COME TO RED HOOK NY , BARD COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL SUPPORT THIS TOO.
I second Red Hook
Tired of Adams!!
Please open in kIngston!
Fishkill or wappinger falls please. We drive 45 to get to one now.
My daughter is moving to Yorktown and if there isn't any Trader Joe's. I think it will be a real hardship because it is the store we prefer to shop at most
Please open in Kingston, NY. You would have immediate followers! So many urbanites moving up and an increasingly aware local population looking for quality, healthy food and good pricing!!!
We need more healthy and affordable good options here...
Born and raised in Queens anI want a trader joes everywhere!!!
Omg please i so need trader joes closer to me , i love it.
Love TJ and been going there since late 80's starting in Ca. You are so needed and wanted here SOON!
Yes!! Newburgh - near the intersection of Rt. 84 and the NYS Thruway - excellent location! Easy to get to from Dutchess and points N and S on NYS Thruway. We need a Trader Joe's.
Heck, yeah! A Trader Joe's is sorely needed in the Kingston area. There aren't many options here for a variety of heathy, organic foods (as well as the best kettle corn on Earth) at a relatively low cost. Considering the combination of vacant retail spaces on Ulster Ave and a hungry, passionate "foodie" crowd, I could easily see a TJ's moving in and rejuvenating the area. It already has a huge built-in fan base. Thank you for organizing the petition and getting the word to TJ's that "if they build it, we will come"'(so to speak).
Growing up in CA, I am so used to having a nearby Trader Joe's, which I dearly miss now that I have relocated. At least there is one in driving distance but if there was one closer, I would be a very frequent customer. I will even survive without the wine selection I am used to
I would do my weekly shopping at Trader Joes if we had one locally
Having just moved to Kingston area, I sorely miss trader joe. Used to live in Westchester and it was the best shopping around, always fresh and convenient. Need to advocate to establish trader joe's somewhere in Hudson valley. I miss the store dearly.
Come to the Hudson Valley please
Come to Orange County, New York in the Hudson Valley
I think trader joes should come to Kingston NY
I would shop here every single week if I had the chance... Now I only rarely get to Albany or Danbury...
Would love a Trader Joes, they have items you don't see in other stores
There is a rumor you are opening a store in Kingston. Hooray! Can't wait!
Ulster county would be better than orange or Chatham.We have available real estate near highways, access to major colleges in a twenty mile radius (SUNY New Paltz,Community colleges,Bard,Vassar,Marist) Also,the level of college educated,health conscious,environmentally conscious people are quite high. I am so tired of driving 1-2 hours to get food I love!!!
I am planning to move to Poughkeepsie and would love a nearby Trader Joe's!!!
Need a trader joes in ditches county ny
YAY !!!! I'm tired of going to NJ for our Trader Joe's shopping !!!!
The time is now !
I vote for Kingston or Poughkeepsie!
Please come to the Valley/Catskill area!
Come to KINGSTON!!!! Please!!
Kingston!
Kingston is good... but Poughkeepsie would be better!
We now drive to Albany or go in New Jersey when we visiting my mother inlay...but we done get to Trader Joe's nearly as often as we wish
Bring it
New Paltz would be great
The ONLY thing I miss about California is Trader Joe's. We need you in the HV!!
Yes please!
I have my list ready!!!
Please bring a Trader Joe's to Kingston for all the Woodstockers and those who drive past Kingston on their way north and west! There are several huge spaces opening in the Hudson Valley Mall, I believe.
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We could really use a Trader Joe's in the upper Hudson Valley. Traveling to Danbury, CT and/or Albany is not very pleasant, and really quite far.
PULEEEESE, we need a Trader Joe's in the Hudson Valley. Kingston, Poughkeepsie or Newburgh.
We dont need anymore pizza places, we dont need anymore medical buildings or hotels, car repair shops, gas stations and drug stores people! !!!!!! A Trader Joes would be fabulous and realistic!!!!!!
WE NEED THIS STORE IN KINGSTON!
Please bring this to Kingston NY
I lived in the same town as the original Trader Joe's in CA and would love to be able to shop there locally again! Kingston is perfectly positioned between Ulster and Dutchess Counties and is an ideal place for Trader Joe's!
Please!
There is a great need for a TJ's in Kingston, NY. I know many people who would want to shop and work there.
We want you! We need you! Please do come. You can service the Albany store at the same time you do Kingston...great access.
Traders Joe's would be a major asset to the mid-Hudson Valley area. Please consider Ulster or Dutchess County for your next store.
Is we are driving to the Trader Joe's in Albany & in Conneticut & spending our hard earned money there.. Why can't Trader Joe's open up an oputlet here in Kingston, NY?????
Please come!!
Please come to Kingston! It'll save me the trip to Danbury, CT!!
Please!! Kingston area!!! Tired of driving to Alabny & NJ
We need a Trader Joe's in the upper Hudson Valley. We have class up here also!!
TJ's in Kingston!
Please bring Trader Joes to the Hudson Valley
I'm all for trader joes in Kingston- it would complete my life!! Albany is too far to travel constantly! Pweaseeeee! :)
If they build it the people will come.
Yes please.
Trader Joes would be a great asset to our area!
Please please please
Please bring Trader Joe's to Orange County NY!!!!! We have NO natural food stores.
Please please please bring Trader Joes to KTOWN!!!
Please!!!! Bring TJ's to Kingston NY
Let them sell Stop n Shop Rhinebeck and put Trader Joe's in there!!
We need trader Joe's in Kingston with wine and beer...
Bring a trader joe's to Kingston!!!
I would love it if we would be blessed with a Trader Joe's in Kingston. I don't mind the drive to Albany but kingston would be so much more convenient.
Yes!
Fingers crossed
Please bring a Trader Joes to Kingston
Trader Joe's in Kingston would be fantastic!
Love Trader Joes I go to the Danbury store
Please!!!!
Yes!
Kingston would be fantastic!
This would be a no brainer for trader joe's. Absolute goldmine and sorely needed in the kingston woodstock area.
i have long been a fanatic fan of trader joes. i live in woodstock, ny and travel either to albany or to paramus when en route to nyc. we have circulated petitions before to have trader joes come to kingston. a great location, right off the highway, will get a lot of traffic. we have been told by corporate that it's not in the distribution route!! let's make this happen trader joes, kingston is the best location for your store!! thanks
Yes Yes Yes Bring trader joe's to kingston
Please bring Trader Joe's to Kingston!
I would use it all the time if it were in Kingston, NY.
Please bring Trader Joes to the Hudson Valley (Kingston is preference!!)
Trader Joe's in Kingston!!
please come to the Hudson Valley... please
Beacon, NY would be a great spot!
I have to travel more than an hour each way to the nearest Trader Joe's store. If a store were closer, I could do my weekly shopping there. Pretty please with cheese on top?
Kingston, please!
Our area could really use a store that offers high quality food at great prices!
Much needed here
This would be a game changer for the Hudson Valley!
Kingston, please!
Bring it to Hudson!
Please come to Kingston, NY!!! Already has shopping centres and major roads to sustain a Traders Joe's. Kingston's location is central to a many, many small, progressive communities including Woodstock, Saugerties, Highland and New Paltz, New York. You would do a fantastic business here! Please please come. Kingston has been described as the Soho of the Hudson Valley. :-)
many of us drive miles to get to a Trader Joe's... it will do well here.
As a California transplant and long time Trader Joe's fan... you can count on my weekly grocery dollars. Please come to Kingston.
Trader Joe's would clean up in Kingston. This community is so hungry for quality food at a great price. Besides... I miss you. I used to shop at Trader Joe's all the time when I lived in California.
We desperately need a few of these around here. At least one in Ulster County and another in Dutchess County.
There are already a few Aldis that are well loved by their clientele, TJ would be a great addition.
Please bring Trader Joe's to the Hudson Valley. It would be a wonderful addition to our vibrant and health-conscious community.
the demographic is ripe, especially in Kingston...(just unpacked my bags from Paramus store...loathe that trip)
Loyal shopper since the 90's in California!
Bring it to Kingston!
It's about time!
Please open in the Hudson Valley. Driving to Albany or Danbury, CT is getting old.
Please come..we need YOU
Please come to Kingston!!!!!
I love TJ's!!! Would go once a week!!
Begging you- You will be welcomed with open arms- and shopping bags!
YES please. This is just what Kingston needs.
Please bring trader joes to Kingston, NY
The city of Hudson would be a perfect location for Trader Joe's!
As weekenders, we would stock up! As people who rent out our place for Airbnb, we'd love to tell folks that they can shop at a nearby Trader Joe's. Kingston or Saugerties would be perfect :)
PLEASE bring TJ's to Hudson Valley. We desperately need u! Los Angeles transplant here. :)
Rhinebeck, Kingston area - TJ's would flourish.
No more carpooling to Connecticut and we live here all week!
A Trader Joe's In Kingston, NY would be great! I know many people who would shop there.
Please!
Please keep me posted
Please come to Kingston New York! Driving to Albany or Danbury is way too far!
Hudson Valley needs a Trader Joes in Kingston, Ellenville, Middletown, etc.
Please let Trader Joe's into Kingston NY. so we have more nutritious choices.
Would love a store in Kingston.Would attract people from Dutchess, Ulster, and Green county.Please come, we'll spend ALOT I MONEY!
We drive to Albany about every other month to stock up on things I can only get at trader joe's I would give anything to have one here in Kingston as I know so many other people would too!
Please bring Trader Joes to Kingston NY
Please come to the HV East Fishkill Fishkill Wappingers Falls area
I love Trader Joe's! Come to Catskill!
Trader Joes would've a great asset tomKingston shopping!!
Put trader Joe's in Kingston
We could use one in the area. RTE 28 would be a great spot.. Lots of traffic there and easy access.
Come to Hudson NY!!!
Please we need a real place to shop that is inexpensive
Plenty of spots ideally located near Adams in Poughkeepsie and Kingston. Would draw similar clientele base. East side of Hudson more ideal!
Would love to see one of these closer to where i live. sick of driving so far for great food.
Yes! Bring TraderJoe's to the Hudson Valley!
I m moving to kingston next yr please don't open up before then I want to buy a house at a reasonable price
Kingston. Hudson is in striking distance of the Albany store, and would be only 40 minutes from Kingston. While a Kingston store would be in striking distance of so freaking much. It would rule the world.
Miss TJ's from my CA days- very helpful when trying to eat healthy
Ulster County is in desperate need for a Trader Joes. ESPECIALLY now that stop and shop's are closing!
Please bring it here in Kingston. I would LOVE to have that store here. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Trader Joe's would do so well in the Rhinebeck area, people are into healthy living here...And I would love it, I miss you, I'm from NJ, near florham park, and springfield stores
Wow! I would love a trader Jos that was closer than Albany. I would shop there most of the time.
Pleeeeze!
There is nothing near Woodstock New York, Hyde Park New York, or all of Ulster or Dutchess county and Albany is too far . You have no competition in that area and would do very very well !!!!!
Plenty of people living near Kingston would be happy with Trader Joe's prices.
I can rarely get to a TJ's, but if it was closer, I'd go frequently.
A Kingston store would be fabulous! I am an avid TJ's shopper (for many years!!) and I have to travel an hour to the nearest store. A local store would be amazing!!
We need you here! We have several colleges based here a thriving second home market and a newly invested community of hipsters.
we want them here.
Love this!!
Please come!!!
Bring trader joes to Dutchess county!!!
This would be awesome! Let's do it!
Would love to have more organic options. Bring it
I would love to see one in Red Hook, Rhinebeck or Kingston NY!!!!
We welcome trader joes to the Hudson Valley!!
YES!!!!!
Would love to have the option. Really like this store.
Looking forward to a Trader Joe's that I can drive to in under an hour!!
I love going to Albany n.y. ,but wish Kingston was on your map.it would be so much closer for folks in our area.please think of us when selecting the sight for Kingston,N.Y. Thanks
paid my first visit to Trader Joes in Albany today - very impressed - Please come to Kingston area
Would love to have one in Newburgh!!!
We need Trader Joe's in Kingston. I would shop there every week if it were in Kingston.
Please come to Kingston!
Please come to Kingston! We used to live across the street from your Cobble Hill, Brooklyn location and miss shopping there so much. If we had a TJ's in Kingston, we'd be there several times a week.
I visited a friend on Long Island this weekend who served me your delicious crispy tofu "chicken." Was so disappointed when I returned home to Kingston to find that there are no TJ's in this area.
Please!!!!!
moved here from calif. We need a trader Joes in the Poughkeepsie area
We live in southeast Dutchess and the closest TJ is Danbury, CT over 30 minutes away. Would love one in the Poughkeepsie/Wappingers/Fishkill Route 9 area. We love TJ and all our friends have been saying the same! Let's make this happen!
Yes please
Love Trader Joes! Used to go there all the time in SoCal. Great store!
Please bring Trader Joe's to Kingston!
I think Kingston would be perfect, everyone is already going there for their shopping, perhaps in vacant spot next to home goods. Could be an asset for mother earths actually, attracting more customers. Sure hop it happens.
Bring it on!!
Bring TJ's to Kingston! We need a quality store in that deadbeat Hudson Valley Mall!
TJs is one of the greatest stores to open on this planet. Absolutely loved them for 15 years in California and was delirious when they "followed me" to Long Island, NY. TJs, now please " follow me" to Kingston. The old and empty Office Depot is a perfect spot for TJs.
please please please, this is my favorite store, an hour drive is too far
Please bring Trader Joes to Kingston, NY
Please please please come to the Hudson Valley. I would be there every single day
PLEASE bring one to the area we're So tried of the options we have now. If we want traders we need to drive a great distance. Trust me you'll have a TON of customers up here
There are so many people who dirve over an hour to go to the TJ's in Paramus, Danbury and Albany. Come on TJ's the money is in the HV!
Kingston/Woodstock my
Please bring Trader Joe's to Dutchess county NEW York
PLEASE BRING TRADER JOES TO KINGSTON NEW YORK!!!!
Please look into comming to Kingston,n.y. so we may enjoy OUR Trader Joe's.Waiting to hear from you about this subject .
Please, please! Everyone I know would love having a Trader Joe's in the Hudson Valley! We already drive an hour and a half to Albany or Danbury to get it and would shop their so much more if one was close by!
Bring Trader Joe to Kingston, NY
Bring Trader Joe's to poukeepsie! Many locations available!
Lived in California & Boston. Love what Trader Joes has to offer & at good prices Too!! We need Trader Joes in the Hudson Valley. Don't forget Beacon is a sweet spot also!
Yes please!!!
I drive over to Danbury area to shop at TJS Please open a store near Kingston or Rhinebeck
Bring Trader Joe's to the Hudson Valley !
Can't wait for my favorite store to be opened up in orange county! Please!
Hudson !
Please bring a Trader Joes to Kingston NY My family and friends love the products and do not receive them often as they have to travel upstate or way across to Connecticut
bring trader joes to Rosendale, NY 12472 thank you
There's a perfect space, a former K-Mart in the Wappingers Falls/Poughkeepsie area, just sitting empty waiting for Trader Joe to move in!
I moved to Saugerties 3 years ago from Los Angeles. I have been emailing Trader Joe's for 3 years about getting one closer than Albany! Never received a response. What are the chances we will get one here in Ulster County soon. Thank You
Poughquag ny
Yes we need one around here there's nothing close
Oh yes, please. We are in desperate need of a trader joes.
Trader Joe's is a great store and we would benefit in ulster county
Would be Great! I'm moving to NY and will miss the 2 Trader Joe's that are each 10 min. From my home in Washington State.
Please Please! Trader Joes would do so well in Kingston NY
GREAT location on RT 9, perfect size for a TJ's- in Hyde Park near the colleges and the Historic Sites, 1 mile from the Culinary Institute! Old Stop & Shop Location- a GOLD mine off St. Albans rd! Just Below the FDR Library! PLEASE!!!
Trader Joe's would be great in newburgh or Hyde park!
Yes we could use a Traders Joe in our area.
Heard rumor Trader Joes coming to old Kmart space in South Hills Mall in Poughkeepsie. Hope its true!
Wish I thought TJ would listen. We truly need you here!
I love Trader Joe's and shop at the Delray Beach or Wellington stores exclusively during the winter. I would definitely patronize a TJ store if one were located in the Hudson Valley (Danbury is just too far from my home).
Have wished for years that Trader Joe's would come to the Hudson Valley!
This area definitely needs Trader Joe's
Would love to have TJs closer than Albany or Danbury.
We need a Trader Joes
PLEASE come to the Hudson Valley!!! It's a long drive to Albany or Danbury!
Long time coming.
Please come to Kingston, NY! I have to drive to NJ to get to you. We are foodies here and we will shop in your store!!
We have to wait until we travel to shop at Trader Joe's; it is our favorite store. I wish they'd open a store in the Poughkeepsie area!
you are a unique alternative to the traditional grocery stores. We have a farm market that does well in Dutchess County(now expanded to 2 in Dutchess, 1 in Orange and 1 in Ulster. Your offerings are far superior. Dutchess is an excellent market for you.
Would love to see Trader Joes on the east side of the Hudson River.
The opportunity in the Dutchess County area of NY is significant and a store like Trader Joe's would do very well here
Dutchess. We need a Trader Joe's
Great variety of fresh products and moderately priced. Would be a great place for Dutchess County.
There should be a trader joes in the hudson valley mall!
Would love to see Trader Joes come to Kingston
A Trader Joe's in the Kingston community would be amazing. It would be much more easier than having to travel to Albany to shop at Trader Joe's.
Hudson, NY
Finally, a reason to be extatic! Trader Joe's in Kingston??? A dream to hopefully come true! Please, please hurry. Our community would welcome you with open arms.
Trader Joes in Kingston by please
We so need a Trader Joes in the Hudson valley we have minimal choices for health food at reasonable cost. Please come to this area.
I am moving to the Hudson Valley and am sad to leave my NYC Trader Joe's so let's bring it up to the Hudson Valley.
We love your store Please come to Kingston, NY
Please bring a Trader Joe's to our area-please!
Please!! I can give you at least 5k in business a year!!
Please!
Please come to Kingston! It will be a win-win for you. Lots of business from all over the Hudson Valley, plus you will feel good because you will help Kingston!! More artists in Ulster County than any other county in the country!! We all need YOU!!
Please bring Trader Joe's to the Hudson Valley!
Please?
Hudson Valley needs you!
Trader Joe's please come to Kingston ny. Thank you
Love TJ
Even though I don't currently live in the area right now, I am here frequently, and I would love to see TJ's here.
Long overdue
Please put Trader Joe's in Kingston You will find a full population of very happy shoppers We LOVE Trader Joe's!!!!!
I have to drive 45 minutes to Danbury CT, an hour to Paramus NJ or 90 minutes to Albany, NY. None of these are viable solutions. We are a vibrant, diverse college community. We deserve TJ within a commutable distance
We would live a Trader Joe's in Kingston NY!!
Pretty please?!?!?
Please!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
Have to believe it would be a roaring success!!!
TJ! TJ! TJ!
bring NOW PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! we already have an ALDY....
Come The the Hudson Valley
We love Trader Joe's. there's two over an hour from here so we just can't get there often enough!! Please put one in Kingston or at least somewhere close by!!!!
Please, PLEASE a Trader Joes would be wonderful. I have to travel over an hour to Danbury to shop at one. If you opened in Kingston or Highland or Poughkeepsie or Hyde Park
There are many great places in the Kingston area that would accommodate a Trader Joe’s and I am sure the population will support it.
I love Trader Joe's!! Would shop there all the time.
What are you waiting for TJ?
Moved up here recently from the city , the only thing I miss about it is TJ
We absolutely need a TJ’s in Kingston. There are no good stores in the Hudson Valley
This would be a great opportunity for the area!!!
Please! My friends and I drive to Paramus NJ to go to Trader Joe's!
Having recently moved to Red Hook from West Los Angeles, the one thing I REALLY miss is my local TJ's. A Kingston location would be perfect!
We need Trader Joe's!
Bring TJ to the Hudson valley please! Our favorite store!
Please, our nearest location is in Danbury CT, and during the winter it's a harsh drive to make regularly from Putnam county.
We need you bad. Had a traders joes in Long Island ny and loved it. Heard that you are considering Kingston. We would love this. Please consider Kingston. So many have stated they need one here.
We’re tired of driving to New Jersey for Trader Joe’s!
I am moving to the Hudson Valley this summer from Peoria Az where I shop almost weekly and would love to have a Trader Joe’s close to my new residence.
PLEASE!
PLEASE!
I am going to move to New Paltz, NY and I don't know what I will do without Trader Joe's. Where I live now in Queens, NY, there is an accessable Trader Joe's but none in the Hudson Valley. Please bring Trader jope's to the Hudson Valley!-
I am going to move to New Paltz, NY and I don't know what I will do without Trader Joe's. Where I live now in Queens, NY, there is an accessable Trader Joe's but none in the Hudson Valley. Please bring Trader jope's to the Hudson Valley!-
Please come to Kingston!
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Bring Trader Joe's to the Hudson Valley!
Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of over 474 specialty food stores, providing a welcome alternative source of well-priced, well-selected fresh, packaged, and frozen products. In California, the stores are plentiful, convenient, and easy to find, but in the Northeast, not so much! Currently, there are only a handful of stores in the New York Metro and Boston regions (eight each), but none in the well-travelled Hudson Valley between New York City and Albany.
The super region that comprises the lower- and mid-Hudson Valley, and southern Capital Region is home to an impressive mix of year 'round, weekender, and vacation home owners and renters. The seven counties north of Rockland and Westchester (part of the NYC Metro Region) had a combined population of over 1.15 million as of 2010. Add Albany County, and the total population for that date jumps to 1.46 million. Add in the summer and winter vacationers and weekenders, and the figure likely tops 2,200,000.
If just a fraction of this population base shopped at one or two Trader Joe's strategically located between New Windsor (northern Orange County) and Chatham (Columbia County), it would represent a considerable expansion of loyal customers for the Trader Joe's brand - now well known throughout North America.
2010 County Population
Albany 308,846
Columbia 63,096
Dutchess 297,488
Greene 49,221
Orange 379,210
Putnam 99,710
Sullivan 77,547
Ulster 182,493
Total 1,457,611
The cities south to north located along the Hudson River that would benefit from Trader Joe's presence (and boost TJ sales, create decent-paying local jobs, good will in the communities, etc.) include New Windsor, Newburgh, Wappingers Falls, Poughkeepsie, Highland, New Paltz, Hyde Park, Esopus, Rhinecliff, Rhinebeck, Hurley, Kingston, Lake Katrine, Red Hook, Saugerties, Catskill, Athens, Hudson, Coxsackie. Significant towns to the east and west of the Hudson River include Walden, Ellenville, Marbletown, Millbrook, Woodstock, Chatham, and Cairo.
Many public and private schools and universities also dot the region, supplying a steady, transient student population for whom Trader Joe's is well-positioned to cater - SUNY New Paltz, The Culinary Institute, Vassar, Bard, SUNY Ulster, Dutchess County College, and Marist - to name a few.
Hudson Valley residents are “foodies" by nature - we appreciate fresh foods and intriguing selections, and eschew the fast food culture. HV'ers eat out often, usually at restaurants and cafes owned and operated by CIA (Culinary Institute of America) graduates. When it comes to cooking at home, quality ingredients and efficient preparation provide a compelling combination. This is an area where Trader Joe's excels in a big way, and could respond with the offerings that make it famous. The TJ products would fly off the shelves in the Hudson Valley, a win-win scenario that Corporate should recognize and quickly act on while the commercial real estate market is soft and demand is pent up.
The potential candidate locations that appear to make the most sense for TJ store(s) are central within a 30 X 60 mile zone stretching from Newburgh past Athens along NYS Route 87, and west-to-east from Ellenville, Ulster County to Red Hook, Dutchess County. This 1,800 square mile zone translates to drives of no more than 30 miles to a single store (60 round trip), or 20 miles (40 round trip) for two store locations. As is the case with most lower-density, exurban locales, consumers will typically combine multiple errands to make longer trips efficient. This translates to quantity purchases at destinations such as Trader Joe's. The “sweet spot" on the west side of the Hudson River extends from New Paltz to Saugerties, both easily accessed from Route 87. Kingston and Ulster are just off Exit 19 in between the two, in the middle of the greater zone. On the east side of the river, Poughkeepsie to Red Hook represents the 9W central spine locations - benefiting also from the Metro North and Amtrak commuter railroads.
In summary, the Hudson Valley represents a phenomenal opportunity for Trader Joe's, an opening that is well past its prime. One, two, or even three stores would thrive in this super region, provide refreshing diversity to an area that is replete with big boxes and name brand supermarkets, and fill a niche that our wonderful, seasonal open air farmers' markets don't quite meet. In addition to all the great, mutually beneficial reasons described here, there are fantastic commercial real estate opportunities and beautiful architecture to take advantage of. The time, place, and economic climate is right, Trader Joe's - come to the Hudson Valley!
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Put one along the Route 9/84 corridor in Fishkill/Wappinger's for easy access from Beacon, Cold Spring and across the river. Those of us who came up from Brooklyn/lower Manhattan are going crazy up here. TJs, your target demo. awaits here in droves!
Yes, please!
Yes, please!
C'mon TJ's !!!!!!!
Would love to have fresh organic food store located in our back yard at reasonable prices. It really stinks traveling an hour, especially with cold foods. Please come soon.
moving to beacon in the near future and would love to have trader joes nearby. definitely needed.
I am moving from CA to Poughkeepsie, and I would love it if there was a TJ in the area. I have been spoiled with all of the locations in CA and will greatly miss it.
We need a Trader Joes in the New Paltz, Kingston area. We have been waiting too long and Albany is too far a drive.
Please open in the hudson valley. I am a loyal Aldi shopper. I would love to be able to shop at both stores!
Need more healthy choices in the area, trader joes would be great.
Please.
COME TO RED HOOK NY , BARD COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL SUPPORT THIS TOO.
I second Red Hook
Tired of Adams!!
Please open in kIngston!
Fishkill or wappinger falls please. We drive 45 to get to one now.
My daughter is moving to Yorktown and if there isn't any Trader Joe's. I think it will be a real hardship because it is the store we prefer to shop at most
Please open in Kingston, NY. You would have immediate followers! So many urbanites moving up and an increasingly aware local population looking for quality, healthy food and good pricing!!!
We need more healthy and affordable good options here...
Born and raised in Queens anI want a trader joes everywhere!!!
Omg please i so need trader joes closer to me , i love it.
Love TJ and been going there since late 80's starting in Ca. You are so needed and wanted here SOON!
Yes!! Newburgh - near the intersection of Rt. 84 and the NYS Thruway - excellent location! Easy to get to from Dutchess and points N and S on NYS Thruway. We need a Trader Joe's.
Heck, yeah! A Trader Joe's is sorely needed in the Kingston area. There aren't many options here for a variety of heathy, organic foods (as well as the best kettle corn on Earth) at a relatively low cost. Considering the combination of vacant retail spaces on Ulster Ave and a hungry, passionate "foodie" crowd, I could easily see a TJ's moving in and rejuvenating the area. It already has a huge built-in fan base. Thank you for organizing the petition and getting the word to TJ's that "if they build it, we will come"'(so to speak).
Growing up in CA, I am so used to having a nearby Trader Joe's, which I dearly miss now that I have relocated. At least there is one in driving distance but if there was one closer, I would be a very frequent customer. I will even survive without the wine selection I am used to
I would do my weekly shopping at Trader Joes if we had one locally
Having just moved to Kingston area, I sorely miss trader joe. Used to live in Westchester and it was the best shopping around, always fresh and convenient. Need to advocate to establish trader joe's somewhere in Hudson valley. I miss the store dearly.
Come to the Hudson Valley please
Come to Orange County, New York in the Hudson Valley
I think trader joes should come to Kingston NY
I would shop here every single week if I had the chance... Now I only rarely get to Albany or Danbury...
Would love a Trader Joes, they have items you don't see in other stores
There is a rumor you are opening a store in Kingston. Hooray! Can't wait!
Ulster county would be better than orange or Chatham.We have available real estate near highways, access to major colleges in a twenty mile radius (SUNY New Paltz,Community colleges,Bard,Vassar,Marist) Also,the level of college educated,health conscious,environmentally conscious people are quite high. I am so tired of driving 1-2 hours to get food I love!!!
I am planning to move to Poughkeepsie and would love a nearby Trader Joe's!!!
Need a trader joes in ditches county ny
YAY !!!! I'm tired of going to NJ for our Trader Joe's shopping !!!!
The time is now !
I vote for Kingston or Poughkeepsie!
Please come to the Valley/Catskill area!
Come to KINGSTON!!!! Please!!
Kingston!
Kingston is good... but Poughkeepsie would be better!
We now drive to Albany or go in New Jersey when we visiting my mother inlay...but we done get to Trader Joe's nearly as often as we wish
Bring it
New Paltz would be great
The ONLY thing I miss about California is Trader Joe's. We need you in the HV!!
Yes please!
I have my list ready!!!
Please bring a Trader Joe's to Kingston for all the Woodstockers and those who drive past Kingston on their way north and west! There are several huge spaces opening in the Hudson Valley Mall, I believe.
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We could really use a Trader Joe's in the upper Hudson Valley. Traveling to Danbury, CT and/or Albany is not very pleasant, and really quite far.
PULEEEESE, we need a Trader Joe's in the Hudson Valley. Kingston, Poughkeepsie or Newburgh.
We dont need anymore pizza places, we dont need anymore medical buildings or hotels, car repair shops, gas stations and drug stores people! !!!!!! A Trader Joes would be fabulous and realistic!!!!!!
WE NEED THIS STORE IN KINGSTON!
Please bring this to Kingston NY
I lived in the same town as the original Trader Joe's in CA and would love to be able to shop there locally again! Kingston is perfectly positioned between Ulster and Dutchess Counties and is an ideal place for Trader Joe's!
Please!
There is a great need for a TJ's in Kingston, NY. I know many people who would want to shop and work there.
We want you! We need you! Please do come. You can service the Albany store at the same time you do Kingston...great access.
Traders Joe's would be a major asset to the mid-Hudson Valley area. Please consider Ulster or Dutchess County for your next store.
Is we are driving to the Trader Joe's in Albany & in Conneticut & spending our hard earned money there.. Why can't Trader Joe's open up an oputlet here in Kingston, NY?????
Please come!!
Please come to Kingston! It'll save me the trip to Danbury, CT!!
Please!! Kingston area!!! Tired of driving to Alabny & NJ
We need a Trader Joe's in the upper Hudson Valley. We have class up here also!!
TJ's in Kingston!
Please bring Trader Joes to the Hudson Valley
I'm all for trader joes in Kingston- it would complete my life!! Albany is too far to travel constantly! Pweaseeeee! :)
If they build it the people will come.
Yes please.
Trader Joes would be a great asset to our area!
Please please please
Please bring Trader Joe's to Orange County NY!!!!! We have NO natural food stores.
Please please please bring Trader Joes to KTOWN!!!
Please!!!! Bring TJ's to Kingston NY
Let them sell Stop n Shop Rhinebeck and put Trader Joe's in there!!
We need trader Joe's in Kingston with wine and beer...
Bring a trader joe's to Kingston!!!
I would love it if we would be blessed with a Trader Joe's in Kingston. I don't mind the drive to Albany but kingston would be so much more convenient.
Yes!
Fingers crossed
Please bring a Trader Joes to Kingston
Trader Joe's in Kingston would be fantastic!
Love Trader Joes I go to the Danbury store
Please!!!!
Yes!
Kingston would be fantastic!
This would be a no brainer for trader joe's. Absolute goldmine and sorely needed in the kingston woodstock area.
i have long been a fanatic fan of trader joes. i live in woodstock, ny and travel either to albany or to paramus when en route to nyc. we have circulated petitions before to have trader joes come to kingston. a great location, right off the highway, will get a lot of traffic. we have been told by corporate that it's not in the distribution route!! let's make this happen trader joes, kingston is the best location for your store!! thanks
Yes Yes Yes Bring trader joe's to kingston
Please bring Trader Joe's to Kingston!
I would use it all the time if it were in Kingston, NY.
Please bring Trader Joes to the Hudson Valley (Kingston is preference!!)
Trader Joe's in Kingston!!
please come to the Hudson Valley... please
Beacon, NY would be a great spot!
I have to travel more than an hour each way to the nearest Trader Joe's store. If a store were closer, I could do my weekly shopping there. Pretty please with cheese on top?
Kingston, please!
Our area could really use a store that offers high quality food at great prices!
Much needed here
This would be a game changer for the Hudson Valley!
Kingston, please!
Bring it to Hudson!
Please come to Kingston, NY!!! Already has shopping centres and major roads to sustain a Traders Joe's. Kingston's location is central to a many, many small, progressive communities including Woodstock, Saugerties, Highland and New Paltz, New York. You would do a fantastic business here! Please please come. Kingston has been described as the Soho of the Hudson Valley. :-)
many of us drive miles to get to a Trader Joe's... it will do well here.
As a California transplant and long time Trader Joe's fan... you can count on my weekly grocery dollars. Please come to Kingston.
Trader Joe's would clean up in Kingston. This community is so hungry for quality food at a great price. Besides... I miss you. I used to shop at Trader Joe's all the time when I lived in California.
We desperately need a few of these around here. At least one in Ulster County and another in Dutchess County.
There are already a few Aldis that are well loved by their clientele, TJ would be a great addition.
Please bring Trader Joe's to the Hudson Valley. It would be a wonderful addition to our vibrant and health-conscious community.
the demographic is ripe, especially in Kingston...(just unpacked my bags from Paramus store...loathe that trip)
Loyal shopper since the 90's in California!
Bring it to Kingston!
It's about time!
Please open in the Hudson Valley. Driving to Albany or Danbury, CT is getting old.
Please come..we need YOU
Please come to Kingston!!!!!
I love TJ's!!! Would go once a week!!
Begging you- You will be welcomed with open arms- and shopping bags!
YES please. This is just what Kingston needs.
Please bring trader joes to Kingston, NY
The city of Hudson would be a perfect location for Trader Joe's!
As weekenders, we would stock up! As people who rent out our place for Airbnb, we'd love to tell folks that they can shop at a nearby Trader Joe's. Kingston or Saugerties would be perfect :)
PLEASE bring TJ's to Hudson Valley. We desperately need u! Los Angeles transplant here. :)
Rhinebeck, Kingston area - TJ's would flourish.
No more carpooling to Connecticut and we live here all week!
A Trader Joe's In Kingston, NY would be great! I know many people who would shop there.
Please!
Please keep me posted
Please come to Kingston New York! Driving to Albany or Danbury is way too far!
Hudson Valley needs a Trader Joes in Kingston, Ellenville, Middletown, etc.
Please let Trader Joe's into Kingston NY. so we have more nutritious choices.
Would love a store in Kingston.Would attract people from Dutchess, Ulster, and Green county.Please come, we'll spend ALOT I MONEY!
We drive to Albany about every other month to stock up on things I can only get at trader joe's I would give anything to have one here in Kingston as I know so many other people would too!
Please bring Trader Joes to Kingston NY
Please come to the HV East Fishkill Fishkill Wappingers Falls area
I love Trader Joe's! Come to Catskill!
Trader Joes would've a great asset tomKingston shopping!!
Put trader Joe's in Kingston
We could use one in the area. RTE 28 would be a great spot.. Lots of traffic there and easy access.
Come to Hudson NY!!!
Please we need a real place to shop that is inexpensive
Plenty of spots ideally located near Adams in Poughkeepsie and Kingston. Would draw similar clientele base. East side of Hudson more ideal!
Would love to see one of these closer to where i live. sick of driving so far for great food.
Yes! Bring TraderJoe's to the Hudson Valley!
I m moving to kingston next yr please don't open up before then I want to buy a house at a reasonable price
Kingston. Hudson is in striking distance of the Albany store, and would be only 40 minutes from Kingston. While a Kingston store would be in striking distance of so freaking much. It would rule the world.
Miss TJ's from my CA days- very helpful when trying to eat healthy
Ulster County is in desperate need for a Trader Joes. ESPECIALLY now that stop and shop's are closing!
Please bring it here in Kingston. I would LOVE to have that store here. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Trader Joe's would do so well in the Rhinebeck area, people are into healthy living here...And I would love it, I miss you, I'm from NJ, near florham park, and springfield stores
Wow! I would love a trader Jos that was closer than Albany. I would shop there most of the time.
Pleeeeze!
There is nothing near Woodstock New York, Hyde Park New York, or all of Ulster or Dutchess county and Albany is too far . You have no competition in that area and would do very very well !!!!!
Plenty of people living near Kingston would be happy with Trader Joe's prices.
I can rarely get to a TJ's, but if it was closer, I'd go frequently.
A Kingston store would be fabulous! I am an avid TJ's shopper (for many years!!) and I have to travel an hour to the nearest store. A local store would be amazing!!
We need you here! We have several colleges based here a thriving second home market and a newly invested community of hipsters.
we want them here.
Love this!!
Please come!!!
Bring trader joes to Dutchess county!!!
This would be awesome! Let's do it!
Would love to have more organic options. Bring it
I would love to see one in Red Hook, Rhinebeck or Kingston NY!!!!
We welcome trader joes to the Hudson Valley!!
YES!!!!!
Would love to have the option. Really like this store.
Looking forward to a Trader Joe's that I can drive to in under an hour!!
I love going to Albany n.y. ,but wish Kingston was on your map.it would be so much closer for folks in our area.please think of us when selecting the sight for Kingston,N.Y. Thanks
paid my first visit to Trader Joes in Albany today - very impressed - Please come to Kingston area
Would love to have one in Newburgh!!!
We need Trader Joe's in Kingston. I would shop there every week if it were in Kingston.
Please come to Kingston!
Please come to Kingston! We used to live across the street from your Cobble Hill, Brooklyn location and miss shopping there so much. If we had a TJ's in Kingston, we'd be there several times a week.
I visited a friend on Long Island this weekend who served me your delicious crispy tofu "chicken." Was so disappointed when I returned home to Kingston to find that there are no TJ's in this area.
Please!!!!!
moved here from calif. We need a trader Joes in the Poughkeepsie area
We live in southeast Dutchess and the closest TJ is Danbury, CT over 30 minutes away. Would love one in the Poughkeepsie/Wappingers/Fishkill Route 9 area. We love TJ and all our friends have been saying the same! Let's make this happen!
Yes please
Love Trader Joes! Used to go there all the time in SoCal. Great store!
Please bring Trader Joe's to Kingston!
I think Kingston would be perfect, everyone is already going there for their shopping, perhaps in vacant spot next to home goods. Could be an asset for mother earths actually, attracting more customers. Sure hop it happens.
Bring it on!!
Bring TJ's to Kingston! We need a quality store in that deadbeat Hudson Valley Mall!
TJs is one of the greatest stores to open on this planet. Absolutely loved them for 15 years in California and was delirious when they "followed me" to Long Island, NY. TJs, now please " follow me" to Kingston. The old and empty Office Depot is a perfect spot for TJs.
please please please, this is my favorite store, an hour drive is too far
Please bring Trader Joes to Kingston, NY
Please please please come to the Hudson Valley. I would be there every single day
PLEASE bring one to the area we're So tried of the options we have now. If we want traders we need to drive a great distance. Trust me you'll have a TON of customers up here
There are so many people who dirve over an hour to go to the TJ's in Paramus, Danbury and Albany. Come on TJ's the money is in the HV!
Kingston/Woodstock my
Please bring Trader Joe's to Dutchess county NEW York
PLEASE BRING TRADER JOES TO KINGSTON NEW YORK!!!!
Please look into comming to Kingston,n.y. so we may enjoy OUR Trader Joe's.Waiting to hear from you about this subject .
Please, please! Everyone I know would love having a Trader Joe's in the Hudson Valley! We already drive an hour and a half to Albany or Danbury to get it and would shop their so much more if one was close by!
Bring Trader Joe to Kingston, NY
Bring Trader Joe's to poukeepsie! Many locations available!
Lived in California & Boston. Love what Trader Joes has to offer & at good prices Too!! We need Trader Joes in the Hudson Valley. Don't forget Beacon is a sweet spot also!
Yes please!!!
I drive over to Danbury area to shop at TJS Please open a store near Kingston or Rhinebeck
Bring Trader Joe's to the Hudson Valley !
Can't wait for my favorite store to be opened up in orange county! Please!
Hudson !
Please bring a Trader Joes to Kingston NY My family and friends love the products and do not receive them often as they have to travel upstate or way across to Connecticut
bring trader joes to Rosendale, NY 12472 thank you
There's a perfect space, a former K-Mart in the Wappingers Falls/Poughkeepsie area, just sitting empty waiting for Trader Joe to move in!
I moved to Saugerties 3 years ago from Los Angeles. I have been emailing Trader Joe's for 3 years about getting one closer than Albany! Never received a response. What are the chances we will get one here in Ulster County soon. Thank You
Poughquag ny
Yes we need one around here there's nothing close
Oh yes, please. We are in desperate need of a trader joes.
Trader Joe's is a great store and we would benefit in ulster county
Would be Great! I'm moving to NY and will miss the 2 Trader Joe's that are each 10 min. From my home in Washington State.
Please Please! Trader Joes would do so well in Kingston NY
GREAT location on RT 9, perfect size for a TJ's- in Hyde Park near the colleges and the Historic Sites, 1 mile from the Culinary Institute! Old Stop & Shop Location- a GOLD mine off St. Albans rd! Just Below the FDR Library! PLEASE!!!
Trader Joe's would be great in newburgh or Hyde park!
Yes we could use a Traders Joe in our area.
Heard rumor Trader Joes coming to old Kmart space in South Hills Mall in Poughkeepsie. Hope its true!
Wish I thought TJ would listen. We truly need you here!
I love Trader Joe's and shop at the Delray Beach or Wellington stores exclusively during the winter. I would definitely patronize a TJ store if one were located in the Hudson Valley (Danbury is just too far from my home).
Have wished for years that Trader Joe's would come to the Hudson Valley!
This area definitely needs Trader Joe's
Would love to have TJs closer than Albany or Danbury.
We need a Trader Joes
PLEASE come to the Hudson Valley!!! It's a long drive to Albany or Danbury!
Long time coming.
Please come to Kingston, NY! I have to drive to NJ to get to you. We are foodies here and we will shop in your store!!
We have to wait until we travel to shop at Trader Joe's; it is our favorite store. I wish they'd open a store in the Poughkeepsie area!
you are a unique alternative to the traditional grocery stores. We have a farm market that does well in Dutchess County(now expanded to 2 in Dutchess, 1 in Orange and 1 in Ulster. Your offerings are far superior. Dutchess is an excellent market for you.
Would love to see Trader Joes on the east side of the Hudson River.
The opportunity in the Dutchess County area of NY is significant and a store like Trader Joe's would do very well here
Dutchess. We need a Trader Joe's
Great variety of fresh products and moderately priced. Would be a great place for Dutchess County.
There should be a trader joes in the hudson valley mall!
Would love to see Trader Joes come to Kingston
A Trader Joe's in the Kingston community would be amazing. It would be much more easier than having to travel to Albany to shop at Trader Joe's.
Hudson, NY
Finally, a reason to be extatic! Trader Joe's in Kingston??? A dream to hopefully come true! Please, please hurry. Our community would welcome you with open arms.
Trader Joes in Kingston by please
We so need a Trader Joes in the Hudson valley we have minimal choices for health food at reasonable cost. Please come to this area.
I am moving to the Hudson Valley and am sad to leave my NYC Trader Joe's so let's bring it up to the Hudson Valley.
We love your store Please come to Kingston, NY
Please bring a Trader Joe's to our area-please!
Please!! I can give you at least 5k in business a year!!
Please!
Please come to Kingston! It will be a win-win for you. Lots of business from all over the Hudson Valley, plus you will feel good because you will help Kingston!! More artists in Ulster County than any other county in the country!! We all need YOU!!
Please bring Trader Joe's to the Hudson Valley!
Please?
Hudson Valley needs you!
Trader Joe's please come to Kingston ny. Thank you
Love TJ
Even though I don't currently live in the area right now, I am here frequently, and I would love to see TJ's here.
Long overdue
Please put Trader Joe's in Kingston You will find a full population of very happy shoppers We LOVE Trader Joe's!!!!!
I have to drive 45 minutes to Danbury CT, an hour to Paramus NJ or 90 minutes to Albany, NY. None of these are viable solutions. We are a vibrant, diverse college community. We deserve TJ within a commutable distance
We would live a Trader Joe's in Kingston NY!!
Pretty please?!?!?
Please!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
Have to believe it would be a roaring success!!!
TJ! TJ! TJ!
bring NOW PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! we already have an ALDY....
Come The the Hudson Valley
We love Trader Joe's. there's two over an hour from here so we just can't get there often enough!! Please put one in Kingston or at least somewhere close by!!!!
Please, PLEASE a Trader Joes would be wonderful. I have to travel over an hour to Danbury to shop at one. If you opened in Kingston or Highland or Poughkeepsie or Hyde Park
There are many great places in the Kingston area that would accommodate a Trader Joe’s and I am sure the population will support it.
I love Trader Joe's!! Would shop there all the time.
What are you waiting for TJ?
Moved up here recently from the city , the only thing I miss about it is TJ
We absolutely need a TJ’s in Kingston. There are no good stores in the Hudson Valley
This would be a great opportunity for the area!!!
Please! My friends and I drive to Paramus NJ to go to Trader Joe's!
Having recently moved to Red Hook from West Los Angeles, the one thing I REALLY miss is my local TJ's. A Kingston location would be perfect!
We need Trader Joe's!
Bring TJ to the Hudson valley please! Our favorite store!
Please, our nearest location is in Danbury CT, and during the winter it's a harsh drive to make regularly from Putnam county.
We need you bad. Had a traders joes in Long Island ny and loved it. Heard that you are considering Kingston. We would love this. Please consider Kingston. So many have stated they need one here.
We’re tired of driving to New Jersey for Trader Joe’s!
I am moving to the Hudson Valley this summer from Peoria Az where I shop almost weekly and would love to have a Trader Joe’s close to my new residence.
PLEASE!
PLEASE!
I am going to move to New Paltz, NY and I don't know what I will do without Trader Joe's. Where I live now in Queens, NY, there is an accessable Trader Joe's but none in the Hudson Valley. Please bring Trader jope's to the Hudson Valley!-
I am going to move to New Paltz, NY and I don't know what I will do without Trader Joe's. Where I live now in Queens, NY, there is an accessable Trader Joe's but none in the Hudson Valley. Please bring Trader jope's to the Hudson Valley!-
Please come to Kingston!
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Put one along the Route 9/84 corridor in Fishkill/Wappinger's for easy access from Beacon, Cold Spring and across the river. Those of us who came up from Brooklyn/lower Manhattan are going crazy up here. TJs, your target demo. awaits here in droves!