The Fresh Market
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | March 5, 1982 |
| Founders | Ray Berry and Beverly Berry |
| Headquarters | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
Number of locations | 159 (all in USA)[1] |
Area served | Southeastern U.S. Mid Atlantic U.S. Midwest |
Key people | Potter, Jason (CEO) |
| Products | Food |
| Revenue | US$1.75 billion (2014)[2] |
| US$103.6 million (2014)[2] | |
| US$63 million (2014)[2] | |
Number of employees | 13,000 |
| Website | thefreshmarket.com |
The Fresh Market is an American chain of gourmet supermarkets based in Greensboro, North Carolina.[3]
History
The Fresh Market was founded by Ray and Beverly Berry on March 5, 1982, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Berrys' idea was to develop a better grocery store that brought back the feeling of open European-style markets.[4] The company operates 176 stores in 24 states,[5] located in the Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, with plans for continued expansion throughout the country. Their first store in the West opened in October 2012 in Roseville, California. However, in March 2014, the company announced that it was closing all three of its Sacramento area stores including its Roseville store.[6]
In 2012, Fresh Market acquired and remodeled four locations of longtime family-owned Houston grocer Rice Epicurean Markets.[7] These locations were subsequently closed in May 2016 when Fresh Market shuttered its 13 locations in Texas, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas.[8]
After increasing the price of its initial public offering from $18–20 to $22, Fresh Market raised $290 million, and on November 5, 2010, began trading on Nasdaq using the symbol TFM.[9]
Apollo Global Management, LLC (APO), a leading global alternative investment manager, acquired the stock of The Fresh Market, Inc. (TFM) ("The Fresh Market") as of April 27, 2016. As a result, The Fresh Market became a privately held company and The Fresh Market's common stock ceased trading on the NASDAQ.[10]
Trademark disputes
The Fresh Market lost a trademark dispute with "Marsh Supermarkets" relating to the 'Fresh Market' trademark [11]
The Fresh Market was in a trademark dispute with “Fresh Market at Roth’s” [12]
"The Fresh Market" was in a trademark dispute with a different company wanting to use the name "A Fresh Market". It is argued that the term "Fresh Market" is too generic to be trademarked. [13]
References
- ^ "Store Locations - The Fresh Market".
- ^ a b c [1] Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine." Fresh Market. Retrieved on July 13, 2010. "Mail: 628 Green Valley Road Suite 500 Greensboro, NC 27408-7041"
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.thefreshmarket.com/about.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kaplan, David. "Rice Epicurean to close four stores to make way for The Fresh Market." Houston Chronicle. November 14, 2012. Retrieved on November 15, 2012.
- ^ "The Fresh Market announces closure of 13 locations across the U.S., including four in Houston". Houston Chronicle. 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "Report: Fresh Market raises $290 million at IPO". News & Record. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ "Certain Funds Affiliated with Apollo Global Management Announce Completion of the Acquisition of The Fresh Market, Inc". www.apollo.com. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ https://progressivegrocer.com/federal-court-rules-favor-marsh-trademark-dispute
- ^ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489979/000119312511334120/d233446d10q.htm
- ^ https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-amp-financial/fresh-market-trademark-dispute
