Trader Joe’s opens second McKinney store May 7 in west McKinney

West McKinney shoppers will soon have a closer Trader Joe’s, and drivers along Eldorado Parkway should expect a busy opening morning as the chain cuts the ribbon on its second city location at Eldorado Neighborhood Shops, 8101 Eldorado Parkway.

The new store is set to open Thursday, May 7, with the company promoting a grand opening celebration featuring Captain Garth and Crew. The ribbon-cutting is scheduled to start at 8:55 a.m., and the store will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Shoppers can expect giveaways and samples as the retailer welcomes its first customers in the mixed-use center.

At 9,593 square feet, the McKinney-West store will carry the Trader Joe’s mix that has made the brand a draw across North Texas: store-branded staples, produce, baked goods, frozen meals, appetizers and packaged meats. The location matters for more than convenience. It sits less than five miles from Trader Joe’s existing McKinney store near U.S. 75, giving west-side neighborhoods a second option and likely splitting some of the demand that has built around the original store.

The opening also reflects how quickly McKinney keeps growing. The city had 195,308 residents in the 2020 Census, and the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population at 227,526 on July 1, 2024, a 16.5% increase from the 2020 base. Collin County, which counted 1,072,069 people in the 2020 Census, has remained one of the fastest-growing counties in Texas. City planning materials say McKinney’s comprehensive plan guides where new homes, businesses and amenities are built, and the Northwest Sector Study is intended to support continued development in the city’s northwest area.

Trader Joe’s said more than 40 local residents were hired for the store, while another 30 employees were transferred from other locations. The company also plans to use its Neighborhood Shares program to donate unsold but still edible food to local nonprofit and food-recovery partners seven days a week, a move that ties the new grocery anchor to the area’s broader network of community support.

For west McKinney, the opening is more than a new storefront. It adds another major grocery name to an area that keeps absorbing new homes, new traffic and new spending power, with the Eldorado corridor now taking a bigger share of the city’s retail map.