Stay with me if you’ve heard this before: a big-name national retailer parachutes into Lafayette and announces plans to open a store.
In 2024, everyone went bananas for Buc-ee’s. In 2025, it was Trader Joe’s. And just like Buc-ee’s did the year prior, Trader Joe’s closed on its deal to buy land to make their Lafayette plans official.
Trader Joe’s coming to Lafayette is the top Acadiana business store of the year for 2025…