The Fresh Market opened Tuesday in Glen Ellyn.
The brand new, European-style gourmet grocery store is now open at 285 Roosevelt Road in Glen Ellyn, according to the Fresh Market website. Store hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.
The store is the anchor tenant at the Glen Ellyn Market Shopping Center, 285 Roosevelt Road, which recently was developed on property where an abandoned car dealership once stood.
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The business is based in North Carolina. It operates 131 stores in 25 states, primarily located in the Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast, with plans for continued expansion throughout the country. In the Chicago area, it operates stores in Crystal Lake, Geneva, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire and Wilmette.
The store joins another specialty grocer, Mariano's, which opened just down Roosevelt Road in Wheaton in October.
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The Fresh Market retailers typically bring 80 to 90 jobs to the towns where they are developed, and the Glen Ellyn store is no exception.
The Fresh Market considers itself more than "just a store." From the company website:
"We are active members of the community. We support local producers, growers and fishermen. We support local food banks and charities. We are neighbors serving neighbors."
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