Poll Results: The Businesses Roxborough Wants The Most

The results are in.

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

As it did in neighboring Lansdale and Norristown, Trader Joe’s led all vote-getters, this time in dominating fashion, earning 40% of the total vote.

>>SEE: Roxborough Really Wants A Trader Joe’s

There are 457 Trader Joes scattered throughout the United States.

Whole Foods and “local mom and pop shops” followed in a tie for second place, with 17%, respectively.

More atypical chain stores received only a comparatively small fraction of the vote.

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

Seen that way, over 74% of Roxborough respondents want healthy and local-oriented options, 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 40%
• Whole Foods 17%
• The area needs less chains and more local stores and mom and pop shops 17%
• Other 12% (Wegmans, Target, Aldi, Walmart)
• REI 5%
• Pizza Hut 4%
• Burger King 3%
• Eastern Mountain Sports 3%