MONROVIA, CALIF. — Trader Joe’s, a Monrovia-based chain of neighborhood grocery stores, opened the last of its new locations for 2017.
On Oct. 12, stores opened in Allston, Mass.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; and North Brunswick, N.J. Fourteen new locations opened this year, bringing the total number of Trader Joe’s stores to 474. Other new locations include: San Francisco; West Hollywood, Calif.; San Diego; Hoboken, N.J.; Las Vegas; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Somerville, Mass.; Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Coralville, Iowa; San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; and Jacksonville, Fla.
For the past 10 years, Trader Joe’s has opened an average of 23 stores annually. Plans for 2018 locations are already underway.
The first Trader Joe’s store opened in 1967 in the Los Angeles area. Since then, Trader Joe’s has expanded to more than 470 stores in 41 states.