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Wed May 16, 2012
Business and the Economy

Lexington Trader Joe's Opens June 29

Credit Pable Alcala / Lexington Herald Leader
Exterior of Trader Joe’s under construction on Nicholasville Rd. in Lexington, Ky., on May 16, 2012. Trader Joe’s has announced it will open its Lexington store on June 29.

In a long-awaited announcement, gourmet grocery Trader Joe's said Wednesday it will open its first Lexington store at 8 a.m. June 29. Construction is nearly complete on the grocery at 2326 Nicholasville Road, the former site of Joe's Crab Shack. The 12,000-square-foot grocery will have a separate wine shop of about 3,000 square feet. This will be Trader Joe's second Kentucky store. The first one opened in October at 4600 Shelbyville Road in Louisville.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/05/16/2189846/lexingtons-trader-joes-to-open.html#storylink=cpy