The wait is almost over for anyone wondering when the new Trader Joe’s location in Riverdale will open. The company announced Tuesday the store will welcome customers Friday, starting at 9 a.m.

A ribbon-cutting at 8:55 a.m. will precede the opening at 4060 S. Riverdale Road, the company said in a news release.

To staff the store, Trader Joe’s hired more 70 employees from the area and brought in others from existing stores, the company said.

The new location, which Riverdale’s mayor announced in December and Trader Joe’s confirmed in June , will be the sixth of the company’s stores in Utah. It will join Trader Joe’s locations in Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Orem and Salt Lake City, which has one in Sugar House and one on 400 South near 600 East.

Trader Joe’s has announced two other s

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