What we know about the future matthews trader joe's


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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: A Trader Joe's spokesperson confirmed to Axios Charlotte that it does plan to open a store in Matthews but could not yet share a location or timeline. *


However, signs point to the Matthews Gateway development off East John Street as the location. DRIVING THE NEWS: Monday night, the Matthews town board considered approving some architectural


changes for the development, where "we still expect to be a Trader Joe's," planning staff said. * Last July, the board reviewed designs for a grocery store resembling a


Trader Joe's. The submission included renderings for a building that used the grocer's unique font but only spelled "Grocery Store." ZOOM OUT: Trader Joe's joins a


list of other local, highly anticipated grocery store announcements, from Wegmans' first Charlotte location (opening late 2026) to Sprouts in NoDa (August).