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Monday, March 24, 2008

Come on East Nashville

So H.G. Hills located at 615 Gallatin Pike is closing in May and they claim not to have a tenant yet. There have been rumors of an Aldi's, but I haven't heard it in a confirmed sense.

This is a prime time to for those of you who want an East Nashville Trader Joe's to contact Trader Joe's and let them know that there is a great location ready for them to move in.

Yes, I know, they don't have a distribution network set up (from what I have heard all they need is a warehouse in Atlanta and a few more solid nearby vendors). Yes, I know that the area we lovingly refer to as the 'hood isn't their typical first step into a new market. Whatever. It doesn't hurt to try and to get as many of our voices heard as possible. The more folks they hear from, the more likely they will give it a look.

So, I know I've been gone awhile. Thanks to those that are still subscribed. I haven't abandoned this, but it has been back burner for a number of personal and work related reasons. Let's see if we can't get some more traction with this new development!

1 comment:

Scott said...

You do know that Aldi is the parent company of, and owns Trader Joes, right? If not, Google "Trader Joes and Aldi" and you'll see that Aldi is indeed the parent company. The way I see the former H.G. Hill at Eastland is that Aldi can put a store there, given current demographics and test the market for a smaller-scale grocery store (being conservative in their approach), then "flip" the Aldi to a Trader Joes fairly easily.