Friday, February 1, 2013
Developers and local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a Trader Joe's planned at 1211 Chicago Ave. in Evanston. The store is expected to open in October.
Wielding a golden-colored shovel, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl officially broke ground Thursday on a new Trader Joe’s planned for 1211 Chicago Ave. Local officials joined representatives of the developer, Terraco, Inc., to mark the beginning of construction on the 13,000-square-foot store planned for the former location of Blockbuster Video. The grocery store is long awaited in Evanston, where a 2008 deal to bring Trader Joe’s failed. Residents have been talking of bringing the store to town for years, and broke into spontaneous applause when site plans were announced in June 2012. Read More: How Trader Joe's Came To Evanston “It is a question of what took you so long,” the mayor quipped. “We’ve wanted you for a long time and we’re …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Accompanied by local elected officials, developers will break ground on the site of a Trader Joe’s planned for 1211 Chicago Ave. on Thursday afternoon.
Work is finally underway on a much-awaited Trader Joe’s at 1211 Chicago Ave. in Evanston. Demolition has already begun at the former site of a Blockbuster store, and developers are planning to hold an official groundbreaking this Thursday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m., according to Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd Ward). "The development of this site into a new Trader Joe's is yet another sign that Evanston's economic health is definitely on the upswing," Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said in a press release for the city. "Trader Joe's will be a good asset to the economy not only for the added commerce it will generate but also for the jobs it will create and the visitors it will attract to our community that is already known for its excellent restaurants, shops …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Amidst a nation-wide recall on more than 100 products, the North Shore's branches of the grocery store chain are offering refunds to customers who recently bought the items.
Trader Joe’s corporate officials say they are acting “out of an abundance of caution” and ordering the recall of several house brand nut butter products over salmonella concerns. “Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter” should not be eaten, the Monrovia-based specialty grocery chain said. “We have no confirmed information that suggests this peanut butter is unsafe to eat,” the company stated. But the food should not be eaten “pending health-related inquiries.” Shortly after the peanut butter recall, the company decided to recall cashew butter, tahini and roasted blanched peanut products, all of which are manufactured at the same Sunland, Inc. plant in New Mexico, CNN reports. According to the Centers for Disease Control and …
Friday, February 17, 2012
The store will move into the old Blockbuster space at 1211 Chicago Ave.
Trader Joe's will open a 13,000-square-foot store in Evanston early next year, the company announced today. This will be the first outpost of the popular grocery store in Evanston, and the 14th in the state. Judging by the comments on a recent story about what businesses people want to see move into Evanston Plaza, as well as the responses on Evanston Patch's Facebook page to the Trader Joe's announcement that are heavily laced with exclamation points, the news will be warmly received by residents. City officials expressed their delight as well. "I am thrilled that Trader Joe's has signed a lease and is scheduled to come to Evanston in the next year," Third Ward Alderman Melissa Wynne, whose district will house the new store, said in a …
Barbara Perkins
2:11 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Hey Fred, check out the police blotter for Winnetka and other northshore communities. I'm afraid you'll find more heinous crimes than the one's you list here for Evanston. The theft you mention here is called "shrinkage" and is experienced by every retailer in every community. more ›