Making good on a pledge to expand in the D.C. area, Trader Joe’s will be opening its newest store next week in Rockville, Maryland.

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The new Trader Joe’s will officially open on June 12 at 225 N. Washington St. The 10,000-square-foot store replaces Dawson’s Market at Rockville Town Square, and joins three dozen restaurants and retailers at Town Square.

Dawson’s Market closed about a year ago.

The opening will mark the third Trader Joe’s store in Rockville. The California-based chain now has more than two dozen stores across the D.C. area.

Trader Joe’s opened a store in May in D.C.’s

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