Trader Joe’s Sets Opening Date In Hamden

HAMDEN, CT — Trader Joe’s will open its new store in Hamden on Thursday, Feb. 5, the company announced.

The new store is located in the former LA Fitness building at 46 Skiff Street, next to the Marketplace at Hamden Shopping Plaza.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held before the doors open at 9 a.m. on Feb. 5.

The 9,256-square-foot store will be the first Trader Joe’s in the immediate area and the chain’s 11th location in Connecticut. The store hired more than 40 new employees from surrounding areas and transferred in others from nearby Trader Joe’s stores, according to officials.

“In addition, through the company’s longstanding Neighborhood Shares Program, the new Hamden Trader Joe’s will donate 100% of products that go unsold but remain fit to enjoy to a range of non-profit, community-based organizations, seven days a week,” officials wrote in an email.

The Hamden Trader Joe’s will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

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