9 through Sunday, Oct.15 to collect food, supplies and funds for Swoop’s Student Food Panty at the University.

The next Fresh Thyme store is set to open mid-June in Greenwood, Ind.YPSILANTI – Eastern Michigan University and Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market, a rapidly growing Midwest specialty retailer focused on value-priced fresh, healthy and organic offerings, are teaming up to help students in need of food assistance.ĮMU and three Fresh Thyme locations – Ypsilanti, Canton and Northville – will collaborate from Monday, Oct. Prospect charities, in support of environmental conservation and animal protection efforts. To give back to the community that begins welcoming it today, Fresh Thyme will make donations to local Mt. Fresh Thyme will also have a private label line that they plan to grow in future. In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, Fresh Thyme will feature all the essential departments: meat and seafood, with hormone-free meat and fresh seafood daily deli and cheese a bakery offering house-baked goods and treats from local bakeries a bulk foods area with some 400 bins with organic items like grains and rice grocery, featuring a mix of specialty and conventional foods, 1,200 gluten-free items, dairy options, Earth-friendly cleaning supplies, and locally roasted organic coffee beans frozen and dairy vitamins and body care and the whimsically named Hops and Grapes, featuring craft beer, local ciders, gluten-free beverages, imports and domestic beers, and wine from around the world.

“We’ve made the store's nucleus to ensure that the bounty of fruits and vegetables is visible from all other departments,” Sherrell notes. The foundation of the 28,000-square-foot Mount Prospect store is built on healthy eating: fruits and vegetables will be core offerings with locally sourced seasonal and organic produce taking center stage. It is what we want you to feel when you enter our store.” 'Fresh Thyme Farmers Market is convenient like your traditional neighborhood store and welcoming like your fresh farmers market,' says Sherrell of the merchant’s concept. To entice early crowds, the first 250 guests on opening day will receive a limited-edition, custom-designed Fresh Thyme reusable bag, created just for the Mount Prospect opening and filled with more than $50 worth of groceries. Many activities will extend throughout the weekend. 'We are so excited to open our very first store in Mount Prospect,' says Sherrell, adding that grand-opening day will be filled with events for the entire community, such as a hot-dog cart and live in-store demos from Boar’s Head, kids’ face painting, outdoor grilling, wine tastings, sampling, and giveaways.

The opening kicks off the retailer’s aggressive development plan for the Midwest region, where it intends to open 59 more stores over the next five years. The new Midwest retailer plans to open 60 locations over the next five years.įresh Thyme Farmers Market, a new natural grocer led by former Sunflower Farmers Market president and CEO Chris Sherrell and a team of colleagues from the business that last year merged with Sprouts Farmers Markets, will open its first location today in Mt.

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