Dive Brief:
- The Fresh Market is closing two stores, one in Naperville, Illinois, and another in Framingham, Massachusetts, a spokesperson for the specialty grocer confirmed in a Friday email to Grocery Dive.
- Both stores have been open for less than a year. The Naperville, Illinois, store opened in November and the Framingham, Massachusetts, location opened in December.
- Despite these closures, The Fresh Market is still eyeing growth. It plans to open four new stores over the next several months — two before the end of 2025 and another two early in the first quarter of 2026, according to the spokesperson.
Dive Insight:
The Fresh Market decided to close the two locations based on its routine portfolio evaluation, noting it will support affected team members through transfers to nearby locations or through severance, the grocer’s representative said.
According to WARN notices, 47 employees were impacted by the Naperville location shuttering and 50 team members were affected by the Framingham store closure.
The specialty grocer “remains on a growth trajectory,” the spokesperson said…