Dear Trader Joe’s:

Love your stores. We don’t have a Trader Joe’s up here in Duluth, Minnesota. The neighborhood of West End (aka Lincoln Park) doesn’t have a grocery store at all. (please see: “Get fresh food back into Lincoln Park.” A Trader Joes would work well located near the Duluth Grill, which is known around these parts for using local ingredients and making much of their food from scratch. West End could become a new food destination with the addition of a Trader Joe’s. A Trader Joe’s in West End would be far enough from, but not too far from, Whole Foods Co-op, so that there would be some healthy competition while preserving good access geographically for the citizens of this area. Thank you for your consideration.

I know many of the local gas stations have tried offering produce and stopped because they’d throw away so much.

I don’t want to be just throwing out negativity on here but as I live in the neighborhood I’ve been hearing more and more about this and I’m just not sold that it’s the best thing to be investing time and money into.

I live smack in the middle of Lincoln Park and do the majority of my grocery shopping at Cub. I do have access to a vehicle which I know part of the pitch is that many in my neighborhood apparently don’t.