Overview
- The Riverdale Trader Joe’s opened at 9 a.m. Friday at 4060 S. Riverdale Road with a ribbon-cutting by store captain Myles Bradshaw and marching-band fanfare.
- A Riverdale police officer estimated the turnout at least 1,200 people, with lines forming well before sunrise.
- The site becomes Utah’s sixth Trader Joe’s and the chain’s northernmost location in the state.
- Mayor Braden Mitchell and other officials say the store can help rejuvenate the Riverdale Road corridor in a city of about 9,500 residents but a much larger daytime population.
- Shoppers welcomed shorter trips for favorites as a Holladay store opens Oct. 31 and a Herriman location is planned for 2026 with the date not yet set.