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Is this just a case of April Fools’ arriving early, or is Trader Joe’s actually closing?

Yahoo! Style reported Thursday that Trader Joe’s will be closing all of its 457 stores by January 2017. Additionally, the grocer would also discontinue all products.

The Yahoo article reported that Trader Joe’s released a press release Thursday morning, however, there is no announcement posted to the site.

In a statement to WHO-TV, Trader Joe’s public relations director Alison Mochizuki said:

“Although we don’t take ourselves too seriously, we don’t want anyone to mislead our customers. Trader Joe’s is open for business and has no plans to close. We had no involvement whatsoever in the April Fool’s hoax article.”

Heavy.com wondered if Yahoo messed up its publication schedule and published the story a day early.

Even though the story is not true, the Twitterverse made it clear how much they would miss Trader Joe’s.

Just got fooled by the first April Fools Joke — that Trader Joes is closing nationwide — and damn near had a heart attack. — conz (@radicalhearts) March 31, 2016

Omfg that April fools joke about Trader Joes closing all stores was not funny. I went into panic mode LOL @chrissyteigen — Zohal Amiri (@ZOHALxo) March 31, 2016

Dear #TraderJoes, please don't go away 😔 I still love you — Bex at ATVFEST 2/28 & GALAXYCON RICHMOND 2/28-3/1 (@IBexWeBex) March 31, 2016

Trader joes is shutting down 😢 — 🐺 (@BelowDaHype) March 31, 2016

"Early" April Fool's jokes are just called lies. #TraderJoes — Ninja Economics (@NinjaEconomics) March 31, 2016