Trader Joe`s to Open at 14th and U Streets in2013
Today`s scuttlebutt comes from the grocery
aisle, with the Prince of Petworth publishing a rumor from one of his readers
who overheard employees of the Trader Joe`s store in Foggy Bottom whispering
that the trendy market is expanding to the intersection of 14th and U streets
NW.
``Well it won`t be `official official until
they issue a press release,`` Dan Silverman wrote.
Well, one does not even need to wait for a
press release. A customer-service representative at Trader Joe`s corporate
headquarters in Monrovia, Calif. confirmed to DCist that a new location is in
the works for the bustling U Street corridor.
``That location is on our list of places``
targeted for expansion, the representative said, though cautioning that it will
be at least another year before Mid-City residents start filling their reusable
canvas grocery bags with boutique frozen dinners and Three Buck Chuck.
The tricky thing about Trader Joe`s is
getting the company on the phone. It does not list a number on its website, and
is famously press-averse. In 2010, Fortune called the niche grocery chain ``obsessively
secretive.``
But we were able to track down a working
phone number for corporate headquarters in Monrovia and, after identifying the
call as a media inquiry, were transferred to the customer-service line and
asked the same question about the forthcoming store.
Trader Joe`s will likely go in at the JBG
project known as Louis, which is consuming the southwest corner of the
intersection. Last December, the City Paper`s Lydia DePillis was so sure of it,
she even wagered a month`s shopping at Walmart if she was wrong. But it appears
she was correct.
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