Trader Joe’s is busy adding pins to the map again. The grocery chain’s latest coming-soon list names 30 new stores in 16 states, stretching from Spokane Valley, Washington, to Boynton Beach, Florida, according to CNN Newsource reporting published by KTTC on Oct. 23.
Most of those stores still have no opening date. Two of them, one in California and one in West Jordan, Utah, opened last week, which leaves 28 in the pipeline.
Where the 30 announced Trader Joe’s stores are headed
Illinois and California lead the list with four stores each. Illinois gets two in Chicago, at 6191 N. Lincoln Ave. and 804 W. Montrose Ave., plus Joliet and Oswego. California’s four are in Encinitas, Riverbank, San Diego’s Clairemont Mesa area and Anaheim. New grocery options matter to shoppers watching budgets, since grocery bills still feel high in 2026 even as food inflation slows.
Store-brand pantry staples are a big part of the chain’s appeal, and many of them overlap with the list of budget foods that even the wealthy eat…