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Article: Trader Joe's arrival elates fans.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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October 21, 2006
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Byline: Patti Bond

Oct. 21--You would've thought they had a bit too much of the Two-Buck Chuck.

Grocery groupies were downright giddy as they rushed the doors of Trader Joe's on Friday for the California retailer's debut in metro Atlanta.

"I've been waiting eight years -- eight years -- without their frozen food section," said Julie Wheeler, a former San Franciscan who now lives in Marietta. She took the day off from her insurance job to fill up her cart with Trader Joe's private-label goods, the chain's calling card.

Wheeler reached into her cart and pulled out a bag of frozen peppers called "Melange a trois."

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