Aug 18, 2020
Fresh Thyme has been one of the few natural and organic grocers to focus its growth in the Midwest.
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MENOMONEE FALLS — Fresh Thyme announced they will be closing their store at N89-W16849 Appleton Ave. in Menomonee Falls on Aug. 21.A … Jacobowitz said Whole Foods has typically targeted more affluent and higher density areas, while Sprouts began in the western U.S. and headed southeast for expansion. The Brookfield location, 17300 W. Bluemound Road, and the Milwaukee location, 470 E. Pleasant St., opened in 2015.Fresh Thyme Farmers Market offers fresh vegetables in its produce section. The first store opened in Mount Pleasant, Illinois, in 2014. Dive Brief: Fresh Thyme Farmers Market will close three stores in mid-November, according to local reports.
The World-Herald shared a statement from Fresh Thyme President and CEO Chris Sherrell: “Like any organization experiencing rapid growth and expansion, sometimes we need to …
"Inevitably they might be able to find a space, but the population density just isn’t there to support it," Jacobowitz said. • Fresh Thyme has recently announced the closing of its stores in its Lakeside location in Omaha, and Grand Island and Ames locations in Nebraska, in a move to redirect resources and energy toward higher-performing stores.
We are continuing to refine our real estate strategy, but sometimes certain stores are simply not as successful as others.
“This was not an easy decision for us,” CEO and President Chris Sherrell said in a statement to local news.
The company has six stores scheduled to open this year, according to its website. • "Our talented team members in this store have worked incredibly hard to engage with the Menomonee Falls community, and we appreciate their efforts.
including the promotion of Dean Little to chief operating officer and the hiring of Tod Pepin as chief merchandising officer. “Fresh Thyme will be closing our Grand Island, Nebraska, store on November 16,” CEO Chris Sherrell said in a statement.
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One store, which opened in 2015, closed in in August, local media reported.
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The stores in Milwaukee, Greenfield, Brookfield and Kenosha will remain open, he said.Fresh Thyme Farmers Market launched its five-year plan in 2014 to open 60 new stores and create 5,000 jobs in the Midwest. Aug 18, 2020 Fresh Thyme Farmers Market The company will close two stores in Nebraska, one These closures follow two others that took place over the summer.
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The free newsletter covering the top industry headlinesThe free newsletter covering the top industry headlines The company will close two stores in Nebraska, one located in Grand Island, Nebraska that opened last February and another in Omaha.A store in Ames, Iowa, which opened last year, is also slated for closure.
Jay Jacobowitz, president and founder of Retail Insights, told Grocery Dive he doesn’t see Fresh Thyme’s closures as a sign of more troubles ahead, but a signal that the company is running up against the natural limitations of expanding quickly in the Midwest, where he said there’s less wealth and population density. Fresh Thyme Farmers Market launched its five-year plan in 2014 to open 60 new stores and create 5,000 jobs in the Midwest.. Two Fresh Thyme Farmers Market locations, one in Ames, Iowa, and one in Grand Island, Neb., are closing their doors in mid-November after opening in early 2018.
The first store opened in Mount Pleasant, Illinois, in 2014.
The changes were billed as a way to bring fresh ideas and innovation to the growing company.
Natural Grocers, which has over 150 stores including several in Midwestern states like Kansas, Iowa and Missouri, could be a notable challenger to Fresh Thyme. After three years, Menomonee Falls Fresh Thyme Farmers Market will close Aug. 21, said President Gerald Melville in a written statement.According to its website, Fresh Thyme Farmers Market focuses on fresh, healthy, natural and organic products.The 29,050-square-foot Fresh Thyme Farmers Market opened at N89 W16849 Appleton Ave. in May 2017.“All successful organizations continually review their performance and look for ways to improve.