In August, Trader Joe’s opened new locations in Yucaipa, Calif., and New Orleans.
The new stores now in the pipeline are a continuation of Trader Joe’s expansion, which also includes the construction of a new distribution center on New York’s Long Island. Located in the hamlet of Islandia, the grocer’s new 921,000-square-foot facility will sit on the property that was formerly home to CA Technologies.
The new distribution center is expected to include a 756,032-square-foot warehouse with a portion dedicated to cold storage, a 125,433-square-foot freezer storage building with an option to expand to 159,000 square feet, and a 6,261-square-foot maintenance building. Work at the site has started, but it is not known when the facility will be fully operational…