Poll Results: Phoenixville Says No To Most Chains, Yes To Healthy Eating

The results are in.

On Tuesday, we asked you what businesses you’d most like to see in Phoenixville.

As it did in neighboring Roxborough, Lansdale and Norristown, Trader Joe’s led all vote-getters. But in Phoenixville, the healthy food chain had a much narrower margin of victory, earning 34% of the total vote.

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There are 457 Trader Joes scattered throughout the United States.

In a town famous for small local businesses, ”local mom and pop shops” garnered only enough votes for second place, with 26%.

However, more atypical chain stores received only a comparatively small fraction of the vote.

And while Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods are chains, their focus on local, healthy products sets them apart from more traditional nationwide corporations.

Seen that way, over 72% of Phoenixville respondents want healthy options that are at least locally oriented, rather than fast food chains.

As has been the case in other towns around the area, outdoor outfitters and general stores like Target and Walmart were not nearly as popular as supermarkets.

Full results are included below:

• Trader Joe’s 34%
• The area needs less chains and more local stores and mom and pop shops 26%
• Other 18% (Starbucks 5%)
• Whole Foods 12%
• REI 8%
• Burger King 1%
• Pizza Hut 1%
• Eastern Mountain Sports 0%