The Fresh Market that opened Feb. 26 in Northbrook, Illinois, is the speciality grocer’s seventh store in the greater-Chicago area and 168th location overall.
The grand-opening celebration kicked off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:30 a.m., as well as a $2,000 donation to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The first 500 shoppers received special The Fresh Market “Northbrook” reuseable gift bags.
“We look forward to delighting the community with our selection of the freshest meats, seafood, produce and carefully curated specialty items and inspiring our guests to make every day eating extraordinary,” said Brian Johnson, CEO of The Fresh Market.
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About The Fresh Market, Inc.
Based in Greensboro, North Carolina, The Fresh Market operates more than 160 stores in 22 states across the U.S.
It has been voted No. 1 in three categories by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for 2024: Best Grocery Store Bakery, Best Grocery Store Deli and Best Grocery Store Prepared Foods.
The company also has been recognized for three consecutive years as the “Best Grocery Store in America” and as a top five most-trusted grocery retail brand for specialty and natural/organic foods in the 2022 BrandSpark Most Trusted Awards.