Are you going to the grand opening? Share your experience here after you shopped until you dropped at Trader Joe's.
Updated 10:41 a.m. Today's the day that plenty of Trader Joe's fans have waited for. At 8 a.m. Trader Joe's Sarastoa will officially opened for business in Sarasota. The Sarasota Trader Joe's the second in Florida — the first was open earlier this year in Naples and a third will open in Gainesville later this year. The Sarasota store is 11,200 square feet and replaces the former Rooms To Go store at 4101 S. Tamiami Trail. Folks drove as far as Tampa and Orlando, Gainesville and beyond to come to the opening. And the first people in line? They weren't from Sarasota, The Herald-Tribune reports: Tampa residents Amy Riddell and Christian Estrada showed up at 3 a.m. Friday to be the first customers inside the new Trader Joe's store in Sarasota…
Trader Joe's Grand Opening celebrations - to be held at 8 a.m. on Sept. 7 - will include a ceremonial Lei cutting with Trader Joe’s Crew Members and more.
When the ceremonial Lei is cut at 8 a.m. Friday, Trader Joe's will officially be open for business in Sarasota. The neighborhood grocery store's arrival to town has been well documented and wildly anticipated by Patch readers, who swear they will drive from Tampa and beyond for this Trader Joe's. "I am making the 1 1/2 hour drive to Traders Jones new Sarasota store this weekend!!" Patch reader Shelly McDermott Whitaker wrote, echoing similar sentiments from those living north of the Skyway. "Please keep coming North, we would love to have a Trader Joe's in Pinellas County!" The Sarasota Trader Joe's the second in Florida — the first was open earlier this year in Naples and a third will open in Gainesville later this year. The Sarasota …
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N Gardner
5:08 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
I also tried going there but the lot was way too crowded, will try again another time. A much better location, expecially for parking would have been where the old Big K-Mart was down on 41 and Beneva, oh well. I'm sure once the initial buzz winds down it won't be so crowded. more ›