If you've seen news floating around that Trader Joe's is closing all its locations [1] — that's 457 stores, to be exact — by January 2017, you've been fooled! Trader Joe's public relations director Alison Mochizuki responded to the claims [2] in this statement:

"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."

Even Chrissy Teigen [3] got involved with the meltdown the Internet had over the news.

i want to be sad about trader joe's but that place was always weird and creepy too me. except their cookie butter.

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 31, 2016 [4]

closing all stores. or perhaps the most boring, granola april fools joke ever? https://t.co/6A6RdYslkT [5] https://t.co/SRQX8QyMkC [6]

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 31, 2016 [7]

fucking shit, it is an april fool's joke

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 31, 2016 [8]

now i hate trader joe's even more

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 31, 2016 [9]

there is no "early" april fools joke. u can start effing with ppl/planting seeds but NO EARLY PUNCHLINES. this freakin world i'll tell ya

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 31, 2016 [10]

Related: 8 Things You Never Knew About Trader Joe's, Straight From a Former Employee [11]