01/21/2020
The Fresh Market Launches Online Store And Mobile App
Expanding on the successful partnership with Instacart rolled out last May, specialty grocer The Fresh Market has launched a new online store: https://shop.thefreshmarket.com/ along with a corresponding mobile app that can be downloaded on the App Store* or on Google Play*...
01/16/2020
Take Time To Smell The Roses This Valentine’s Day
A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but did you ever think where those roses you buy come from, and what qualities to look for when buying a bouquet?
Buying flowers at a typical supermarket may be risky, but specialty grocer The Fresh Market has longstanding relationship with a premier grower who is also The Official Rose of the Rose Bowl Game, the Tony Awards and the Miss America Competition...
01/08/2020
The Huddle Is Real: Serve A Winning Spread With The Fresh Market’s Top Game Day Grub
The backbone of any football team is the quarterback, and as the second largest food “holiday” of the year after Thanksgiving, the big game has its own quarterback of foods – ribs. The National Pork Board estimates that 10 million pounds of ribs are sold the week of the big game, and The Fresh Market’s baby back ribs take entertaining to the next level whether you’re feeding a crowd of 15 or four...
12/04/2019
20/20 Vision: The Fresh Market’s Food Trend Predictions For 2020
Specialty food curators at The Fresh Market have to make their buys months in advance of when consumers will see the products on the shelves, so it is imperative they stay ahead of the curve and know what guests will be shopping for well in advance...
11/13/2019
Party Time: The Fresh Market Makes Entertaining Easy This Holiday Season
Football games, friendsgiving, family visiting from out of town, all leading up to the main holiday dining events -- one could spend all of November and December cooking in the kitchen, or they can let specialty grocer The Fresh Market do all the prep for them...
10/22/2019
Feast Mode: Friendsgiving Favorites From The Fresh Market
Hosting a Thanksgiving meal with friends a week or two before the actual holiday has become a standard celebration rightfully earning the title of “Friendsgiving.” This year, whether you’re hosting or attending your group’s Friendsgiving, specialty grocer The Fresh Market has both traditional and fun, festive dishes to take your celebration up a notch from start to finish...
10/14/2019
The Cream Rises To The Top: The Fresh Market Pledges To Donate $1.00 From Every Cream Pie Sold Between October 30 – November 30 To Feeding America
Giving back this holiday is easy as cream pie during The Fresh Market’s Take A Slice Out Of Hunger fundraiser benefitting Feeding America...
10/08/2019
Buon Appetito With The Fresh Market’s Authentic Italian Cucina
October is Italian Heritage Month, National Pasta Month, as well as National Pizza Month and specialty grocer The Fresh Market is celebrating by offering guests the best of Italian cuisine imported direct from Italy, including single-sourced Parmigiano Reggiano, artisan pastas and sauces, vino, pizza, gelato and more...
09/19/2019
Just Picked: The Fresh Market’s Latest ‘Meet The Curators’ Episode Puts The Spotlight On Produce
What makes The Fresh Market’s produce selection standout from other retailers? In the newest episode of the specialty grocer’s “Meet the Curators” series, viewers learn that not all fruits and vegetables are created equal and what differentiates The Fresh Market in terms of quality based on higher specifications, freshness built on long-term, trusted grower relationships and taste through offering a wide assortment of unique and seasonal varieties...
09/16/2019
Elevating ‘Store Brand’ To Extraordinary: The Fresh Market Curates New Crop Of Private Label Items
Specialty grocer The Fresh Market’s mission is to inspire their guests to make everyday eating extraordinary. To do this, their merchandisers scour food trade shows, track trend and industry data, and work closely with vendors to curate and create the best product offerings within their categories...
09/03/2019
The Fresh Market Unveils New Signature Selection Of Elegant Cakes Curated From Top Specialty Bakeries Across North America
Gourmet cakes and grocery stores don’t typically go hand-in-hand, unless you are specialty grocer The Fresh Market. The bakery team recently completed a six- month quest to find the best cakes across America. The benchmark was that the cakes had to rival any local bakery in taste and quality. Two hundred cake tastings later, the team unanimously agreed on their top five cakes from specialty bakeries across North America...
08/15/2019
Oh My Gourd – Pumpkin Palooza Has Arrived At The Fresh Market
Specialty grocer The Fresh Market is elevating pumpkin spice to everything nice with both new and classic pumpkin products arriving this Fall. More than 60 pumpkin items across various departments will be available at all 161 stores.
08/01/2019
Holy Hydration! The Fresh Market Curates A Craft Selection Of More Than 300 New Beverage Offerings
To say that The Fresh Market’s new beverage offerings unveiling in all 161 stores this week have been carefully curated would be an understatement. Over the past three months, the specialty retailer made a bold goal of doubling the number of beverage offerings in-store, from the latest in cold brews, kombuchas, adaptogenics, and energy drinks, to truly clean label sparkling waters...
07/19/2019
Specialty Grocer The Fresh Market Issues Voluntary Recall of Thai Lobster Salad Sold in the Seafood Department Due to Possible Contamination of Listeria Monocytogenes
Greensboro, NC (July 19, 2019) – Specialty grocer The Fresh Market has been alerted by its supplier, Elevation Foods, of a voluntary recall on its Thai Lobster Salad sold by the pound in the self-serve seafood salad bar and pre-packaged in the seafood display case as House of Thaller Thai Lobster Salad due to possible contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. The product is sold in all The Fresh Market locations and no illnesses have been reported.
07/19/2019
Tin Is In – Taking The Latest Restaurant Trend To The Table
Tinned seafood is the latest food trend coming straight from the Mediterranean Sea and on to the tables of fashionable tapas restaurants. The tin-to-table trend has been catching on in the U.S., but is commonplace in Europe where it is served at room temperature with some crusty bread and a glass of wine...
06/25/2019
Whet Your Appetite For Watermelon: What Trends Have Our Mouths Watering
There is a reason July kicks off National Watermelon Month, because it is peak season for this iconic summer fruit. The Fresh Market brings in over 300,000 pounds of watermelon in July alone. To celebrate, stores will offer watermelon for $2.99 on Friday, July 12th, and free watermelon samples the weekend of Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14 between 12 - 4 pm...
06/18/2019
The Fresh Market Issues Allergen Alert On Undeclared Tree Nuts (Walnuts) In The Fresh Market Four-Count Blondies
Specialty grocer The Fresh Market is issuing a voluntary recall of four-count Blondies which may contain undeclared walnuts, a tree nut allergen. The product was sold from the bakery departments with sell-by dates of May 24, 2019 through June 22, 2019 and have a UPC code of 23317100000...
06/13/2019
What’s Hot In Summer Candy? The Fresh Market’s Candy Curators Spill The Jelly Beans
With hundreds of varieties of specialty chocolates and sweet treats, a trip to The Fresh Market can make you feel like a kid in the candy store. Ever wonder how this specialty grocer decides which candies make it into the curated selection or what the hot summer sweet is going to be?...
05/22/2019
Dine In With Dad With A Father’s Day Feast From The Fresh Market
Fresh-focused specialty grocer The Fresh Market is taking dining in with Dad to the next level this Father’s Day with an extraordinary ready-to-cook (or grill) holiday meal offering that serves four, including a main course plus three side dishes and dessert...
05/21/2019
Time to Prime the Grill
Get tips for picking the perfect steak, learn about our new prime offering and what’s hot on the grill at The Fresh Market...
05/21/2019
It’s Prime Time For Pork At The Fresh Market
Pork is getting an upgrade at specialty grocer The Fresh Market. Starting this week, all of the fresh pork sold at the butcher counter will be elevated to “prime”...
05/16/2019
The Fresh Market Expands Instacart Partnership To All 161 Stores
Fresh-focused specialty retailer The Fresh Market announced today that they are making it even more convenient to make everyday eating extraordinary by offering personal shopping and home delivery service through Instacart, a North American leader in online grocery...
04/24/2019
The Fresh Market Launches Meals On A Mission Fundraiser
As a national mission partner of Feeding America®, fresh-focused specialty grocer The Fresh Market is launching “Meals on a Mission”, a monthlong fundraising campaign in all 161 of The Fresh Market locations. Every dollar donated helps provide at least 10 meals* to people in need...
04/24/2019
French Broad Chocolate Flows Into The Fresh Market
Making a stop at French Broad Chocolate lounge or French Broad Chocolate Factory & Café is a must-do, quintessential Asheville experience. The lines are typically out the door for the handcrafted chocolatier’s confections, and rightly so. Founder Jael Rattigan is a leader in the bean-to-bar chocolate movement and sought-after speaker around the world...
03/21/2019
Hop To The Fresh Market For All The Essentials To Elevate Your Easter
Fresh-food focused specialty grocer The Fresh Market is helping make Easter entertaining eggstraordinarily elegant with offerings like luscious rack of lamb, standout standing rib roasts and classic honey hams, paired with a fresh crop of seasonal spring vegetables (like in-season-for-a-hot-minute fiddlehead ferns)...
03/05/2019
The Fresh Market Launches ‘Meet The Curators’ Series To Help Educate Guests On This Specialty Grocer’s Signature Categories
Specialty grocer The Fresh Market is known for their curated assortment of signature items. Many of the products brought in are highly allocated because they are from smaller producers or single estates, and may not be as recognizable as some national brands...
02/28/2019
Celebrate National Nutrition Month By Making Memories Around Meals
Sitting down to a shared meal is one of the most important family rituals. Studies show eating together as a family not only helps forge healthy eating habits, it can also help children perform better at school and make them less likely to engage in risky behaviors...
01/07/2019
Eat Your Heart Out (At Home) This Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is the second busiest day of the year for restaurants, so if your favorite restaurant is booked, you can still enjoy a romantic, restaurant quality meal with your loved one from the comfort of your own home...
12/19/2018
Tasty Tropicals And Flavor-bomb Fruits Lead The List Of The Fresh Market’s Top Produce Predictions For 2019
First it was kale, then came cauliflower. Will 2019 be the year of yellow dragon fruit or purple Brussels Sprouts? Vic Savanello, The Fresh Market’s Vice President of Produce Merchandising, predicts that in the New Year consumers will discover new, flavorful twists of traditional fruit and vegetable varieties, where taste takes a premium over price...
01/09/2019
Hike To The Fresh Market To Score A Touchdown At Your Game Day Party
On the first Sunday in February, millions of viewers will gear up for a night of football, and food – lots of it! After Thanksgiving, the Sunday of the big game is the second largest food consumption day in America. To elevate your spread, The Fresh Market put together this ultimate food playbook broken down from quarter to quarter, so you can be the MVH (Most Valuable Hostess) of the game...
12/14/2018
May Your Holidays Be Merry And Light
Between holiday get-togethers and office parties, cookie exchanges and dashing through the mall to buy gifts with little time to eat a healthful meal, it is no wonder that the average person gains one to three pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year’s day, according to the Calorie Control Council...
12/12/2018
Break Out The Ladles For A “Souperb” January
January not only marks the start of a New Year, but it’s also National Soup Month. Whether you are seeking comfort food to warm you up on a cold winter day or are looking for lighter meals as part of your resolution to eat healthier, The Fresh Market has just the soup to satisfy your craving...
11/28/2018
Move Over Generic Fruit And Candy Gift Baskets – The Fresh Market Has You Covered With Customizable Gifts For Every Food Lover On Your List
Got a cook, a baker or a seriously adventurous eater on your list? When a generic fruit and candy basket won’t do, specialty grocer The Fresh Market can help you curate a one-of-a-kind holiday gift filled with coveted items that will surprise and delight the toughest connoisseur...
11/26/2018
The Holiday Season Is Prime Time For Beef At The Fresh Market
Whether guests don’t want to have ‘big bird’ taking up residence in their refrigerator, or they are looking to serve something extra special this holiday, The Fresh Market is betting that beef will be big this holiday season...
11/13/2018
Cheers To Cheese!
Whether you are entertaining or are looking for a gift for the cheese-lover on your list, the holidays are the perfect time to celebrate with cheese. From goat to gouda, stilton to bleu, The Fresh Market’s cheese specialists...
10/23/2018
Giving Back Is As Easy As Pie This Holiday At The Fresh Market
The holidays are a time to bring family together around the table to enjoy good food and give thanks. For many families, getting food on the table remains a struggle, particularly...
10/04/2018
The Fresh Market Celebrates The Grand Re-Opening Of First Charlotte Store
The Fresh Market has been surprising and delighting Charlotteans with signature and fresh products since 1991. After 27 years of serving guests at the Strawberry Hill location on Providence Rd., the specialty grocer is re-opening their original Charlotte store...
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About THE FRESH MARKET
Since 1982, The Fresh Market, Inc. has helped guests make everyday eating extraordinary with time-saving meal solutions, unique ingredients and delicious food for any occasion. From fresh produce and exceptional meat and seafood, to signature baked goods and thousands of organic options, this specialty grocery retailer has something to please every palate. The Fresh Market currently operates 159 stores in 22 states across the U.S., inspiring guests to discover new flavors and cook with confidence. For more information, please visit www.thefreshmarket.com or follow the company on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.