[Summit] Trader Joe's
anna galloway highsmith
anna at occupant.org
Mon Jan 28 00:49:30 UTC 2008
This weekend, I heard from a friend (a fellow TJ's pilgrim from
Summit) that the last time she was at TJ's, the fellow who helped her
to her car with her groceries saw her RI license plate and said, "The
word is that we're opening a location in [Rhode Island]."
He did tell her what town in RI, and she duly told me, but I've since
forgotten. It only registered in my brain as "some town close to
Providence that would not be at all difficult for me to drive
to" (and I'm a reluctant driver). So my guess is... Warwick?
This is only second-hand information to me, third-hand to you, and
after all only a casual comment from one lowly TJ's employee, but it
might be worth asking about the next time someone on this list has a
chance at a tete-a-tete with a TJ's person. No hint of such news on
the official TJ's website.
yours in wild salmon and mochi treats,
Anna
On Jan 27, 2008, at 6:42 PM, Richard Streitfeld wrote:
> I am certainly willing to help, lobby, petition, whatever. There has
> been discussion on this list and elsewhere. For a few years the buzz
> was that "they are coming within two years" -- that's even what the
> clerks up in Mass would say, that it is the most heavily requested
> site
> in NE. Apparently they got very very close and then the building
> arrangement fell through. Then about a year ago the same people said
> that it was "off the table". No one seems to know or say exactly
> why --
> they apparently did try to get special dispensation for liquor
> liscenses
> but that failed. But even in Mass they are only allowed 3 (Framingham
> Cambridge and ?). There was also talk that they required a certain
> amount of parking spaces (but anyone ever been to their Brookline
> Store?
> Or Copley Square?). Also talk about Whole Foods "blocking
> them" (how?).
> Not surprising, although they co-exist quite nicely in nearby
> plazas on
> Route 9. And talk about other "RI issues". Okay --- then what about
> Seekonk?
>
> Bottom line is this is a very popular, fussy and tight-lipped
> chain. I
> am glad to hear that consumer demand brought a store to PA. And if
> Summit could pressure the powers that be to
> reopen a middle school in two years we certanly can organize around
> this
> effectively. My suggestion would be to focus on the petitioning to
> them
> in whatever manner seems best. I would not waste energy looking for a
> space for them until we know that if we "build it they will come".
> Somehow we have to get back on their map and get them to look past
> their issues. I suspect they do not realize how truly unbelievably
> popular they would be here, especially if the decision-makers are out
> West. I doubt if any city officials are willing to get involved in
> any
> public way, but my impression from one of the North Main Street
> meetings
> a couple of years ago was that Providence Planning and Development was
> certainly in the loop. Maybe someone with connections could try
> and get
> some "off the record" info. Until then I'll be caravaning to
> Framingham on occasional Sundays......
>
> Richard Streitfeld,
>
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> 1. Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence! (James Barfoot)
> 2. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> (Elizabeth Daniels)
> 3. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> (e2shatter2 at cox.net)
> 4. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> (marco pereira)
> 5. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> (ccancro at cox.net)
> 6. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> (libertyliterary at cox.net)
> 7. Re: Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> (ccancro at cox.net)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:49:59 -0500
> From: James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net>
> Subject: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: Neighborhood Summit <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Message-ID: <E6BE64BE-AE33-4A6E-82AC-D33412D83030 at cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's location request form. My
>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got a store! Forward
>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a local Trader Joe's
>>>> store.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>
>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:24:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net>, Neighborhood Summit
> <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Message-ID: <320534.9578.qm at web84007.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use to be a men's
> clothing store next to the old Sears building on N. Main St.
>
>
> --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>> Providence!
>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>> location request form. My
>>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>> a store! Forward
>>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>> local Trader Joe's
>>>>> store.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>> Summit mailing list
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>
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>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:39:36 -0500
> From: <e2shatter2 at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Message-ID: <20080126233936.NLOBP.40511.root at eastrmwml29>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> I too would love a Trader Joe's here but the fact that stores cannot
> sell food and booze together in this state has made Trader Joe's
> reluctant and unwilling to locate here. Perhaps they can get a special
> dispensation (I think they had to in Mass.) but don't hold your
> breath.
> Ellen Shatter
> ---- Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use to be a men's
>> clothing store next to the old Sears building on N. Main St.
>>
>>
>> --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>>> Providence!
>>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>>> location request form. My
>>>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>>> a store! Forward
>>>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>>> local Trader Joe's
>>>>>> store.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Summit mailing list
>>> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:12:15 -0800
> From: marco pereira <markenid2004 at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net>
> Cc: Neighborhood Summit <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Message-ID:
> <B35CF1B3-0117-1000-8F99-0DEA1D4AF4A7-Webmail-10013 at mac.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I love TJ also
> Put me on list for the request
> Lets send a letter with the request
> marco
>
>
>
> On Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 06:51PM, "James Barfoot"
> <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's location request
>>>>> form. My
>
>>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got a store! Forward
>>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a local Trader Joe's
>>>>> store.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 8:36:29 -0500
> From: <ccancro at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: e2shatter2 at cox.net, Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Message-ID: <20080127083629.6AT5A.131212.root at eastrmwml18.mgt.cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Do you know if they've ever opened up parallel storefronts, with the
> wine store adjacent to the main store? I'd be happy to spearhead this
> project, if we need to unify to demonstrate greater consumer demand.
>
> Carol C.
>
>
> ---- e2shatter2 at cox.net wrote:
>> I too would love a Trader Joe's here but the fact that stores cannot
>> sell food and booze together in this state has made Trader Joe's
>> reluctant and unwilling to locate here. Perhaps they can get a
>> special
> dispensation (I think they had to in Mass.) but don't hold your
> breath.
>> Ellen Shatter
>> ---- Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use to be a men's
>>> clothing store next to the old Sears building on N. Main St.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>>>> Providence!
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>>>> location request form. My
>>>>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>>>> a store! Forward
>>>>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>>>> local Trader Joe's
>>>>>>> store.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Summit mailing list
>>>> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
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>>> nce.ri.us
>>>> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
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>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 8:54:55 -0500
> From: <libertyliterary at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: ccancro at cox.net, e2shatter2 at cox.net, Elizabeth Daniels
> <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Message-ID: <20080127085455.191JO.131669.root at eastrmwml01.mgt.cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> I, too, would LOVE to have a Trader Joe's here, and Carol's suggestion
> sounds like a great solution to the concern about selling liquor. (I
> myself don't drink, but I recognize this is a problem for TJ)
>
> I had been wondering how we could follow up on Marco's suggestion of
> something like a joint letter. I don't think we can take a
> position as
> the Summit Neighborhood Association - at least not without it's being
> approved at a meeting. However, if Carol is willing to coordinate our
> efforts, I think writing TJ as a group of local residents could be
> effective.
> Everybody who agrees could sign on. We might also get signatures from
> folks not in Summit - you don't have to live next door to the store to
> patronize it.
>
> I'm even wondering about looking into putting up a petition online
> - there are several sites that provide that option. Does anybody know
> the cost of it? I just signed such a petition addressed to store
> owners
> (asking them not to carry cloned meat), so the appeal on such
> petitions
> does not need to be to government entitities.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Liberty G
> *********************************************************************
> ---- ccancro at cox.net wrote:
>
> =============
> Do you know if they've ever opened up parallel storefronts, with the
> wine store adjacent to the main store? I'd be happy to spearhead this
> project, if we need to unify to demonstrate greater consumer demand.
>
> Carol C.
>
>
> ---- e2shatter2 at cox.net wrote:
>> I too would love a Trader Joe's here but the fact that stores cannot
>> sell food and booze together in this state has made Trader Joe's
>> reluctant and unwilling to locate here. Perhaps they can get a
>> special
> dispensation (I think they had to in Mass.) but don't hold your
> breath.
>> Ellen Shatter
>> ---- Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use to be a men's
>>> clothing store next to the old Sears building on N. Main St.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>>>> Providence!
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>>>> location request form. My
>>>>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>>>> a store! Forward
>>>>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>>>> local Trader Joe's
>>>>>>> store.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Summit mailing list
>>>> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
>>>>
>>> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.provide
>>> nce.ri.us
>>>> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:48:09 -0500
> From: <ccancro at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in Providence!
> To: e2shatter2 at cox.net, Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>,
> ladylib at quakerworks.net
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> I've just put my best (short) pitch on the Trader Joe's location
> request
> site, emphasizing that:
>
> 1) while the greater east side has managed to sustain two branches of
> Whole Foods and the East Side Marketplace, we have no neighborhood
> grocery store
>
> 2) Summit is full of professionals who love exotic and healthy foods,
> but don't have much time to cook
>
> 3) they could make a fortune by opening a TJ's on North Main Street
>
> I'd be happy to start an e-petition that we could send to TJ's. My
> boneheaded suggestion is to forward the names, e-addresses, phone
> numbers, and relevant work or mailing addresses of all those
> interested
> in seeing a TJ's in the neighborhood.
>
> Additionally, I could draft a little insert for the next newsletter to
> solicit all those not electronically inclined. For that matter, we
> could put up flyers to get input from others in the neighborhood.
>
> I could see posting at the East Side-Mount Hope Y, the Miriam,
> Rochambeau library, and neighborhood businesses that would not be
> adversely affected by TJ's competition. Does this sound like a plan?
>
> Carol C.
>
>
> ---- libertyliterary at cox.net wrote:
>> I, too, would LOVE to have a Trader Joe's here, and Carol's
>> suggestion
>
>> sounds like a great solution to the concern about selling liquor. (I
>> myself don't drink, but I recognize this is a problem for TJ)
>>
>> I had been wondering how we could follow up on Marco's suggestion of
>> something like a joint letter. I don't think we can take a position
>> as the Summit Neighborhood Association - at least not without it's
>> being approved at a meeting. However, if Carol is willing to
>> coordinate our efforts, I think writing TJ as a group of local
> residents could be effective.
>> Everybody who agrees could sign on. We might also get signatures
>> from
>
>> folks not in Summit - you don't have to live next door to the
>> store to
>
>> patronize it.
>>
>> I'm even wondering about looking into putting up a petition online
>> - there are several sites that provide that option. Does anybody
>> know
>
>> the cost of it? I just signed such a petition addressed to store
>> owners (asking them not to carry cloned meat), so the appeal on such
>> petitions does not need to be to government entitities.
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Liberty G
>> *********************************************************************
>> ---- ccancro at cox.net wrote:
>>
>> =============
>> Do you know if they've ever opened up parallel storefronts, with the
> wine store adjacent to the main store? I'd be happy to spearhead this
> project, if we need to unify to demonstrate greater consumer demand.
>>
>> Carol C.
>>
>>
>> ---- e2shatter2 at cox.net wrote:
>>> I too would love a Trader Joe's here but the fact that stores cannot
>
>>> sell food and booze together in this state has made Trader Joe's
>>> reluctant and unwilling to locate here. Perhaps they can get a
> special dispensation (I think they had to in Mass.) but don't hold
> your
> breath.
>>> Ellen Shatter
>>> ---- Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> YES, YES, YES!! I suggest the empty building that use to be a
>>>> men's clothing store next to the old Sears building on N. Main St.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How about the empty store location where Shaw's used to be?
>>>>>
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Subject: FW: Let's get us a Trader Joe's in
>>>>> Providence!
>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:12:43 -0500
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is the address for the Trader Joe's
>>>>> location request form. My
>>>>>>>> mother and her friends did it in pa and they got
>>>>> a store! Forward
>>>>>>>> this to your other friends who might enjoy a
>>>>> local Trader Joe's
>>>>>>>> store.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.traderjoes.com/location_requests_form.aspx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Summit mailing list
>>>>> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
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>>>> dence.ri.us
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