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Trader Joe’s on track to open store in Oswego this fall · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Trader Joe's on track to open store in Oswego this fall.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Eric Shelkoff, This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. California based
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  Speaker 1: grocery chain Trader Joe's is still on track to open
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  Speaker 1: its new grocery store in Oswego in the fall. Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Economic Development Director Evanlady told members of the village's Economic
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  Speaker 1: Development Commission earlier this month that the project is moving
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  Speaker 1: full speed ahead. At the August eighteenth Oswego Village Board meeting,
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  Speaker 1: village trustees approved a liquor license that will allow Trader
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  Speaker 1: Joe's to sell package liquor. In March, the Monrovia, California
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  Speaker 1: based company confirmed on its website that it is building
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  Speaker 1: a new store at US Route thirty four and Kendall
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  Speaker 1: Point Drive in Oswego, next to Delta Sonic. Although Trader
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  Speaker 1: Joe's previously had confirmed that it plans to open a
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  Speaker 1: store or in Oswego, it had not said where the
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  Speaker 1: store will be located. The address for the new store
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  Speaker 1: is nineteen thirty US Route thirty four. In addition to
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  Speaker 1: the new Oswego store, Trader Joe's is also building a
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  Speaker 1: store in a space at twenty seven to forty one
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  Speaker 1: Plainfield Road and Joliet in the Joliot Commons shopping center
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  Speaker 1: that previously housed a Joe Anne Fabric store. Trader Joe's
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  Speaker 1: promotes itself as a neighborhood grocery store. At Trader Joe's,
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  Speaker 1: you won't find a lot of branded items, according to
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  Speaker 1: its website. Instead, you'll discover a store full of unique
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  Speaker 1: and interesting products along with everyday basics in the Trader
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  Speaker 1: Joe's label. Batavia, Glen Ellen, Naperville, Downers Grove, and Oak
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  Speaker 1: Park are some of the other communities where Trader Joe's
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  Speaker 1: stores are located. During his State of the Village address
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  Speaker 1: on March fourth, Oswego Village President Ryan Kaufman talked about
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  Speaker 1: the Trader Joe's plans as just another example of the
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  Speaker 1: strength of the village. When Trader Joe's chooses your community,
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  Speaker 1: it says that this is a place with energy, stability
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  Speaker 1: and a customer base that executives believe in, Kaufman said.
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  Speaker 1: Last year, village trustees unanimously approved plans for a twelve thousand,
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  Speaker 1: five hundred square foot grocery store at the site. Benderson
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  Speaker 1: Development Company LLC is building the store, along with a
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  Speaker 1: ten thousand square foot building on the property.