Trader Joe’s opens in Asheville

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   Big Al October 1, 2013

   I don’t know what the BFD about TJ is. I found the selection puny and the prices high. I sampled a couple of things and found them unremarkable. Plus, the parking lot is too small. Granted, there was a big crowd there, even after a week, so I must be out of touch. The staff were all very friendly, lots of hellos and have a nice days, etc. Of course, that comes right out of the corporate handbook on customer service/recovery, and I though TJ was supposed to be above big corporate behavior.

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      chris October 2, 2013

      So corporate behavior regarding basic decency is more corporate than decent?

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   FDR September 30, 2013

   It’s not the NCDOT fault but the fault of Trader Joe’s and the soon to be Chick Fil A, they should no better. Harris Teeter alone would have been fine but then greed by real estate developers got in the way and crammed two more businesses into a block. Trader Joe’s could have done a lot more revenue at a different location with easier access and traffic flow. I hope people that walk can support TJs because Harris Teeter will soon not allow parking for TJs customers. LOL

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      chris September 30, 2013

      I’m guessing they have a second Asheville location planned.

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      Knowed October 2, 2013

      I went last Sunday to Trader Joes. Parking lot was mobbed. Two cops sitting on their fat ass in the parking lot watching the clusterfu@k unfold. We parked in Harris Teeter lot and walked over. The employees at HT said it was no big deal, that they were happy to have people park there and go to TJ’s because it meant that people might actually shop at HT afterwards, which we did. manager at HT said they would even wrangle up the TJ’s shopping carts and take them back over there if need be. It may not be the best situation, but it is here and it will never change so quit bitching ALL THE TIME about TJ’s and the traffic and whatever. TJ’s is a nice store.

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   Ron September 29, 2013

   Hey outsourced out-of-state Citizen-Times writers and copy editors: It’s Merrimon, not Marimon. Yeesh. See picture caption on http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20130928/NEWS/309280019/Trader-Joe-s-holds-Asheville-grand-opening?nclick_check=1

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   North Asheville Neighbor September 29, 2013

   To everyone who has made light of our complaints about the traffic debacle: Does the fact that an APD officer is required to keep Chestnut flowing, yet the road is still complete gridlock, and at least a dozen pedestrian near misses prove the point? Anyone with any sense saw this coming. Shame on NCDOT. One of our most dangerous streets is now 1000x more dangerous.

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      Lexingtonian September 30, 2013

      Really?
      I drive right through this intersection on my way to work and have encountered zero problems since the stores opened.

      I was thinking it all went pretty smoothly!

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5. 

   burnsey September 28, 2013

   Kon-Tiki, with Hank Bones is the band.

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6. 

   Melinda Tennison September 27, 2013

   I love how there’s no Trader Joe’s in Hawaii, but in AVL it opens with leis and ukes. 🙂

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