gene Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/news/article/Fresh-Market-opening-four-area-stores-4681986.php !!! sounds awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 It's ...fine. Went to the one on Holcombe. Their dry goods/bulk and candy selections are great, but I'm not sure that's enough to pull me away from WFM/HEB/Phoenicia/DiscoKroger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 yeah? well the funny part is the one that is opening on August 21st on San Felipe by my work and home will probably be well received...but then a handful of months later, the new Whole Foods will be opening up across the street haha! Not sure how the Fresh Market-San Felipe will do after that happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I liked it. The prices seemed better than Whole Foods and so far, the produce has passed the test. That said, it is too small and too limited to be your go-to store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I liked it. The prices seemed better than Whole Foods and so far, the produce has passed the test. Wow, the prices were lower than Whole Foods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 i am thinking its kind of like an Eatzis or Hubble and Hudson more than a Whole Foods correct?i miss Eatzis and love the Hubble and Hudson in The Woodlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 It is *not* really like Hubble and Hudson. Not that fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 I see! well cant wait to just see what its all about...decided not to check out another location and just wait the few more weeks left until my location opens to go. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Bought a Kombucha at the one on Holcombe only to notice after drinking half of it that it had expired by 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 omg!!! thats craziness! well i will know by your next post that you are still alive! but yeah, i would definitely tell the manager of the store so they can remove the rest and maybe they will give you extra credit or do something nice for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Bought a Kombucha at the one on Holcombe only to notice after drinking half of it that it had expired by 2 weeks.Years back, a friend of mine showed me the kombucha tea he was "brewing". It certainly looked expired with the big fungus top growing on it. With that in mind, can kombucha really "expire"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Rice Epicurean was supplied by Grocers Supply Co., right? As from what I've seen, I've never been particularly happy with produce offerings at stores where I've seen it (in quality or price), though it could vary from store to store (the produce at the local Walmart is better than a nearby Kroger, for instance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 well this place should be pretty great then as they are bragging about having the best and most fresh produce in town...i have decided to not visit another location that has opened and just wait on the san felipe location to open since its one street away from both my work and my home... cant wait to at least check it out and then decide for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2014/03/as-one-store-closes-experts-say-grocery-biz-still.html The Fresh Market will close its River Oaks store next week amid an active grocery store war. The Greensboro, N.C.-based company reported late March 6 that it will close one of its stores in the city after it bought up several former Rice Epicurean Market locations a year earlier. IIt only recently opened a fourth store in Houston in August and has plans for a fifth this year. The Fresh Market (Nasdaq: TFM) saw its profits drop 90.4 percent in the fourth-quarter of 2013. CEO Craig Carlock said the company's Houston stores have faced issues with profitability and dragged down corporate earnings. The company will also close three stores in Sacramento. A company spokesperson said it still plans to open a new store in Webster, Texas, later this year, and the other three Houston-area stores will not be affected. The River Oaks store that will close is at 3745 Westheimer Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 interesting that they are closing just that one since its across the street from Central Market but yet keep the one on San Felipe open which is about to have a Whole Foods open across the street... lets see how long that one takes to close as well.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 The one across from Central Market, I blame The Fresh Market's incompetence rather than Central Market's dominance. Here's the reasoning: Central Market opened 2001. The grocery store where Rice was later opened in the 1970s or 1980s, changing hands (Safeway->AppleTree->Rice Epicurean). From 2001 to 2013, Rice successfully fended off Central Market, yet Fresh Market folds in a year where Rice Epicurean, a far smaller chain, was able to survive. Of course, it didn't help that TFM's product mix was too similar to Central Market's, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 http://www.newquest.com/Content/properties/399/WES-SP03.pdf Walgreens is moving in the old fresh market space which probably means that the walgreens next to highland village is relocating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Cool. Was that store ever a Weingarten, or did it open as a Safeway? I wonder how much space was shaved off originally when it went from Rice to TFM. Also, how much did TFM downscale Rice's square footage? Did Walgreens cut it even further? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 http://www.newquest.com/Content/properties/399/WES-SP03.pdf Walgreens is moving in the old fresh market space which probably means that the walgreens next to highland village is relocating More evidence in favor of the Walgreens moving there. https://portal.dailycourtreview.com/downloads/publicnotices/2014/10/PublicNotices9Oct2014.pdf Too bad, the old Walgreens was really old - made it interesting, in an anachronistic sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 and in other news lets see how long it takes the fresh market on san felipe to close since the new Whole Foods Post Oak opens this thursday................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 and in other news lets see how long it takes the fresh market on san felipe to close since the new Whole Foods Post Oak opens this thursday.................In Atlanta, Fresh Market and WholeFoods competed and co-existed a mile from each other for years.I assume that the same will happen here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 well these are across the street from each other and no lie, any time i have gone into fresh market there has been at the most 10 people shopping....so if they stay open i am not sure how...with or without whole foods across the street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 well these are across the street from each other and no lie, any time i have gone into fresh market there has been at the most 10 people shopping....so if they stay open i am not sure how...with or without whole foods across the street! I go to the Fresh Market on Holcombe occasionally. It's dead every time I go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Game over. http://www.chron.com/business/article/The-Fresh-Market-announced-closure-of-13-7390962.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 yep!!!! i saw it coming and may they RIP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 The one on Holcombe was nice enough, but we never really went to it for some reason. I'd love for a Trader Joe's to come into that spot but it's probably too close to the one on Shepherd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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