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Locals want a Trader Joe’s in Myrtle Beach. What other businesses should come to town?

Myrtle Beach lacks a Trader Joe’s grocery store. The nearest locations are in Wilmington N.C. and Mount Pleasant, outside of Charleston.
Myrtle Beach lacks a Trader Joe’s grocery store. The nearest locations are in Wilmington N.C. and Mount Pleasant, outside of Charleston. Austin Weinstein aweinstein@charlotteobserver.com
Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Seemingly every week, Myrtle Beach get a new restaurant or store, as the region grows ever faster.

Even with all this growth, there are plenty of restaurants and stores the area doesn’t have. Many people talk about how the Grand Strand doesn’t have a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods.

But where’s our Apple store? Our Cheesecake Factory? Why don’t we have a Macy’s?

We want to hear from you about what popular businesses Myrtle Beach is missing that you wish we had. Fill out the poll below.

This story was originally published February 24, 2022 at 5:00 AM.

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Chase Karacostas writes about tourism in Myrtle Beach and across South Carolina for McClatchy. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020 with degrees in Journalism and Political Communication. He began working for McClatchy in 2020 after growing up in Texas, where he has bylines in three of the state’s largest print media outlets as well as the Texas Tribune covering state politics, the environment, housing and the LGBTQ+ community.
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