Trader Joe's in South County: One Woman's Quest
Carol Boss and her fellow Trader Joe's believers have gathered more than 1,100 signatures, shot a video, scheduled an event - all to bring the grocery store to South St. Louis County.
It all started as a fun idea, one that residents of South St. Louis County have toyed with for years: Wouldn’t it be nice to have a Trader Joe’s grocery store here? Media have done a few articles about it. A local activism group submitted a letter. But not until Carol Boss launched her campaign did the efforts to bring Trader Joe’s to South County stop seeming like a long shot and start becoming a movement. Boss has clocked dozens of hours and invested her own money to bring a Facebook page, business cards, a map, an event, classified ads, an upcoming video, an online petition and dozens of paper petitions with hundreds of signatures from supporters into the mix, all with the goal of convincing the grocer to open its fifth St. Louis store …
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John Dough
7:13 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Don't put it in Crestwood...The planning board will take forever to nit pick and approve any business there.... more ›