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New Trader Joe’s store in Oswego expected to open by mid-November · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  New Trader Joe’s store in Oswego expected to open by mid-November. Written
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  by Eric Shelkoff. This article is being read by an automated voice,
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  brought to you by Everlet. Those who have been waiting for Trader
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  Joe's to open its grocery store’s in Oswego may only have to
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  wait a few more weeks. The new store At
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  US Route 34 and Kendall Point Drive in Oswego is expected to
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  open in early to mid-November, Oswego Economic Development Director Kevin Lady said.
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  The store's interior build out will be completed this month, and then
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  Trader Joe's will stock the shelves, he said. At the August 18
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  Oswego Village Board meeting, village trustees approved a liquor license allowing Trader
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  Joes to sell packaged liquor. In March, the Monrovia California based company
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  confirmed on its website that it is building a new store at
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  US Route 34 and Kendall Point Drive in Oswego next to Deltasonic.
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  Although Trader Joe's previously had confirmed that it plans to open a
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  store in Oswego, it had not said where the store would be
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  located. The address for the new store is 1930 US Route 34.
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  In addition to the new Oswego store, Trader
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  Joe’s, also is building a store in a space at 2741 Plainfield
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  Road in Joliet in the Joliet Commons Shopping Center that previously housed
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  a Joann store. The Joliet City Council approved a liquor license for
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  Trader Joe’s this week. That store is expected to open by early
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  December. Trader Joe’s promotes itself as a neighborhood grocery store. At Trader
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  Joe’s your won't find a lot of branded items according to its
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  website. Instead, you'll discover a store full of unique and interesting products,
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  along with everyday basics, in the Trader Joe's label. Batavia, Glen Ellen,
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  Naperville, Downers Grove, and Oak Park are some of the other communities
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  where Trader Joe's stores are located. During his State of the Village
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  address on March 4, Oswego village president Ryan Koffman talked about the
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  Trader Joe's plans as just another example of the strength of the
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  village. When Trader Joe's chooses your community, it says that this is
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  a place with energy, stability, and a customer base that executives believe
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  in, Kaufman said. Last year, village trustees unanimously approved plans for a
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  12,500 square foot grocery store at the site. Benderson Development Company LLC
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  is building the store along with a 10,000 square foot building on
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  the property.