Looked through the last few pages and couldn't find a recent thread, apologies if I missed it and feel free to close/merge this one if there is an existing.

Was perusing local news this morning and came across this:
By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer | 6 comments

Trader Joe's spokeswoman Rachel Broderick said Thursday that Tulsa is not in the specialty grocer's short-term expansion plans.

"It is not in our two-year plans," she said by phone from the company's headquarters in Monrovia, California.

I, like many Tulsans, have heard rumblings that the supermarket chain is coming to town.

And I'm still not convinced that won't happen.

Here's why:

Preliminary development plans for a 12,000-square-foot grocery store to be built between 37th Street and 37th Place on Peoria Avenue were presented to the city late last year.

They're detailed: neat little rows for produce, neat little rows of display shelves, neat little rows for frozen foods. A line of cash registers.

It sure looks like a Trader Joe's.

Then there is this: The county's land records show the 1.5-acre property is owned by Brookland North LLC — the same folks who presented plans for the supermarket to the city last fall...

...So I called John Philips with Venture Properties, an affiliate of Brookland North LLC, to ask if he is bringing a Trader Joe's to town.

He was kind but mum.

"We can't, at this time, discuss who we are in conversation with," he said."
Rest of the story here:

City Hall Blog: I think Trader Joe's is coming to town, no matter what they say - Tulsa World: Homepagelatest

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Rumblings have been going on for a few years now. Not sure who started the rumors, but I think they're closer to entering the Oklahoma market than they are admitting. Tulsa or OKC, either would be good for them. We are sorely in need of some diversity and choice when it comes to grocers and food chains in general.
If you click on the link, they have a PDF of the proposed store that was unnamed, and as stated in the story, to them it looked like a Trader Joe's layout. I cannot personally confirm/deny this, can anyone else?