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Press Releases

Fresh Thyme Market Nominated for USA Today's Cincinnati Best Awards

Downer's Grove, IL (December 12, 2024)  Fresh Thyme Market, a Midwest-based grocer dedicated to fostering healthier communities, is proud to announce its Harper's Point, Cincinnati location has been recognized as one of the top three Nutrition/Vitamin/Supplement Stores in USA Today's Cincinnati Best Awards.... 

Fresh Thyme Market Hosts 9th Annual Round Up at the Register Event Encouraging Shoppers to Give Back this Holiday Season

Downer's Grove, IL (December 3, 2024)  Fresh Thyme Market, a Midwest-based grocer dedicated to fostering healthier communities, is proud to announce its ninth annual Round Up at the Register event in partnership with Vitamin Angels — a nonprofit working to improve nutrition and health outcomes for the most nutritionally vulnerable groups: pregnant women, infants, and young children. Throughout the month of December, Fresh Thyme customers will be invited to donate to the cause at checkout each time they shop. The partnership — guided by Fresh Thyme's commitment to giving back to its communities and devotion to making a meaningful difference in the lives of families everywhere — has helped provide life-changing vitamins to more than 6.5 million* moms and kids worldwide since launching in 2015... 

Fresh Thyme Market Releases Second Annual Top 10 Food Trends for 2025

Downer's Grove, IL (October 7, 2024)  Fresh Thyme Market, a better-for-you, Midwest-based grocer with a mission to foster healthier communities by offering real, fresh food, vitamins and body care products, is unveiling its second annual food trend predictions for 2025. Driven by an engaged team who actively source a wide range of local and national products from reliable vendors, Fresh Thyme has secured itself as a trusted grocer for innovation and leading trends. The report – which is in collaboration with the leading retail data and intelligence provider SPINS - is the only one of its kind in the region and leverages shopping behaviors to spotlight the top 10 food trends that will shape the way Midwesterns will shop and eat in the coming year... 

Fresh Thyme Market, in Partnership with Fresh Thyme Customers, Helps Provide Over 3.4 Million Meals to Feeding America® in 2024

Downer's Grove, IL (September 24, 2024)  Fresh Thyme Market, a better-for-you grocer with a mission to improve the way communities eat by offering real, fresh food, is proud to announce this year's donation of over $250,000 - the equivalent of more than 2.6 million meals* - to Feeding America and other local food banks. With donations distributed to local food banks throughout the Midwest, these contributions reflect the grocer's ongoing commitment to community, addressing food insecurity in the surrounding areas it serves... 

Fresh Thyme Market Announces Winner of Its Official 10th Birthday Cake Contest

Downer's Grove, IL (July 25, 2024) Fresh Thyme Market, a full-service, better-for-you natural grocer with 70 stores in 10 states throughout the Midwest, is proud to announce the winner of its 10th Birthday Cake Contest in celebration of the company's anniversary. After inviting local bakers from across Fresh Thyme's 10-state footprint in the Midwest to submit their best better-for-you cake recipes, eight semi-finalists were invited to present their cakes at a special judging event at Fresh Thyme's headquarters in Downers Grove, IL in May...

CALLING ALL BAKERIES: Fresh Thyme Market Launches Open Call to Find The Best Better-For-You Birthday Cake in the Midwest

Downer's Grove, IL (April 10, 2024) – Fresh Thyme Market, a full-service specialty natural foods and grocery retailer with 70 stores in 10 states throughout the Midwest, is giving local bakeries the chance to win $10,000 in celebration of its 10th birthday. To honor a decade of freshness, Fresh Thyme Market is inviting local bakeries to submit fresh, better-for-you cake recipes for a chance to be named the brand's official 10th birthday cake, plus a cash prize of $5,000 for their business, an additional $5,000 donation towards a Fresh Thyme Market local Feeding America food bank, and mentorship from an expert panel*...

Fresh Thyme Market and Naturally Chicago Partner on Locally Made Retail Access Program

Downer's Grove, IL (January 24, 2024) – Fresh Thyme Market, a community-focused grocer, is honored to be the first grocery partner of Naturally Chicago's Locally Made Retail Access Program. This partnership, combined with other community efforts, helps Fresh Thyme Market expand its local assortment on shelves and furthers its mission of giving back to the communities it serves...

Fresh Thyme Market Helps Provide Over 6 Million* Moms and Kids with Life-Changing Vitamins Through Continued Partnership with Vitamin Angels

Downer's Grove, IL (November 30, 2023) – Fresh Thyme Market, a grocer that has a mission to improve the way communities eat by offering real fresh food, is proud to announce that it has helped reach over 6 million* moms and kids with life-changing vitamins through its long-standing partnership with Vitamin Angels. Vitamin Angels is a public health nonprofit working to improve nutrition and health outcomes for the most nutritionally vulnerable groups — pregnant women, infants, and children — by delivering evidence-based nutrition interventions....

Fresh Thyme Market Reveals Inaugural Top Ten Food Trends for 2024

Downer's Grove, IL (October 10, 2023)Fresh Thyme Market, a grocer with a mission to provide communities with real quality fresh food, vitamins, and body care products, is unveiling its first trends report with a focus on Midwest shopping behaviors and brands. The report's 10 insights offer a glimpse into the emerging trends that shoppers can expect to see in each aisle of the store next year....

Fresh Thyme Market Celebrates $400,000 In Donations to Local Food Banks

Downer's Grove, IL (September 21, 2023)Fresh Thyme Market, a grocer that has a mission to improve the way communities eat by offering real fresh food, is proud to announce for Hunger Action Month that it has donated over $400,000, the equivalent of around 4 million meals*, to the Feeding America network of food banks and other local food banks in 2023...

Fresh Thyme Market Celebrates Summer with a Vitamin & Body Care Super Sale

Downer's Grove, IL (July 26, 2023)Fresh Thyme Market, a community-focused grocer with a mission to provide shoppers with quality food, vitamins, and body care products that are affordable, is thrilled to announce its annual Summer Vitamin and Body Care Sale with all department products available for a remarkable 30% off. With summer in full swing, Fresh Thyme Market is here to remind you that your summer skin care regime is more important than ever and adding moisture, sunscreen, supplements, and more to your daily routine can help keep your skin healthy and protected from the summer sun...

Fresh Thyme Market Celebrates Memorial Day with Hot Deals for Grilling and Gathering

Downer's Grove, IL (May 24, 2023)Fresh Thyme Market, a community-focused grocer with a mission to provide communities with quality food that is affordable, is thrilled to offer hot deals and top picks on grilling staples and selections to ensure your Memorial Day events go according to plan...

Fresh Thyme Market Launches New Online Pickup Experience

Downer's Grove, IL (April 13, 2023)Fresh Thyme Market, a grocer that has a mission to improve the way communities eat by offering real fresh food at real low prices is launching their new Fresh Thyme Market Pickup. Fresh Thyme Market is making it even easier to shop and save with in-store prices online. Providing shoppers more access to unbeatable freshness, quality, and convenience, right at their fingertips...

Fresh Thyme Market Named to Forbes' America's Best Midsize Employers List

Downer's Grove, IL (February 16, 2023) – Fresh Thyme Market, a grocer that has a mission to improve the way communities eat by offering real fresh food with an emphasis on ease and convenience, was officially named to the list of Forbes' America's Best Midsize Employers. Out of the 500 companies awarded, Fresh Thyme is ranked 218 and appears 13 out of 43 in the Retail and Wholesale industry category...