Fresh Market coming to Pier Park (unofficially)

I like Fresh Market, was even there tonight in Destin, but I would have preferred that Whole Foods came to town. Fresh Market seems to be more foofy than healthy.

I'd also like to see a Meijer come to the area so I could get my deli turkey and cheese for 3.98/pound instead of 9.98/pound.

I like Fresh Market, was even there tonight in Destin, but I would have preferred that Whole Foods came to town. Fresh Market seems to be more foofy than healthy.

I'd also like to see a Meijer come to the area so I could get my deli turkey and cheese for 3.98/pound instead of 9.98/pound.

Me too. I'm going there today. Anybody need anything?:idontno:

I miss Meijer's. Grew up about a half mile from their Michigan HQ. I know at one time they were talking about possibly going into Atlanta, but haven't heard much more about possible expansions into Walmart territory in a couple of years.

Simon Says YES the Fresh Market is coming in spring 2008...

http://www.simon.com/mall/LeasingSheet/PierPark1204.pdf

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Whole Foods or Wild Oats is what we really need. They are true organic stores with much broader inventory. even their prepared foods are organic. We should get a drive going to entice them to our area!!

Ditto that, whole foods if WAY better!

Whole Foods or Wild Oats is what we really need. They are true organic stores with much broader inventory. even their prepared foods are organic. We should get a drive going to entice them to our area!!

The Wild Oats is nearby our home....however, ever since I read in the newspaper about how close our health dept was to shutting them down if they didn't get their act together and if they didn't get their scores up, I stopped going there for anything other than tea tree oil!! this was about a year ago....
we are getting a Whole Foods too in a couple of months....btw, I think the merger/buyout or whatever between the two is now Off.....

The Wild Oats is nearby our home....however, ever since I read in the newspaper about how close our health dept was to shutting them down if they didn't get their act together and if they didn't get their scores up, I stopped going there for anything other than tea tree oil!! this was about a year ago....
we are getting a Whole Foods too in a couple of months....btw, I think the merger/buyout or whatever between the two is now Off.....

Interesting interview with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey cnn.com today. Merger not off yet.


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I'm not familiar with Fresh Market...every Christmas, we "spring" for Christmas dinner at our son, daughter-in-law and grandbabies from Whole Foods. I was disappointed last year though...no stone crab claws and a lot less choice. If Fresh Market is coming, we'll certainly try it out when we're down in Jan/Feb!

I'll take what I can get but I'm with the rest of you. whole foods and trader joes would be great! stick a costco in somewhere close by and we should be set!

I liked Whole Foods until the CEO did his unethical thing, posing under another name online pumping up Whole Foods and saying bad things about Wild Oats, and then trying to take-over Wild Oats after trying to bring the stock price down. He seems a bit too nutty to support/trust. So, I'm now shopping at Trader Joes (love it) or the local market or local specialty shops unless I really HAVE to go to Whole foods. I figure that if Mackey does this type of thing online, what else is he capable of.

But I'd shop at Fresh Market if it was nearby. So far, Publix and local stores have worked for me. I wish we had a fresh vegetable stand closer to the east side of 30A.

Yes, Fresh Market is coming to Pier Park. It will be facing Back Beach, tucked in the space next to Dillard's / behind Longhorn's.

FYI, the other outlots (Longhorn's has one) are going to: Ruby Tuesday, The Olive Garden, Vanguard Bank, Regions Bank, and Starbucks (since we need 2 Starbucks in Pier Park... a self-standing store and one near the theater).

Yes, Fresh Market is coming to Pier Park. It will be facing Back Beach, tucked in the space next to Dillard's / behind Longhorn's.

FYI, the other outlots (Longhorn's has one) are going to: Ruby Tuesday, The Olive Garden, Vanguard Bank, Regions Bank, and Starbucks (since we need 2 Starbucks in Pier Park... a self-standing store and one near the theater).

Wouldn't that be three counting the one in Target?

I haven't been in the Target, but I almost posted the same thing. Then, I remembered that someone told me that it was Pizza Hut in that Target. Is there a Pizza Hut AND a Starbucks in that store?

I haven't been in the Target, but I almost posted the same thing. Then, I remembered that someone told me that it was Pizza Hut in that Target. Is there a Pizza Hut AND a Starbucks in that store?

Yes, all they need is a merry go round and a short entertainment skit and they can sell tickets.

Not to high jack the thread but the multiple Starbucks comments reminded me of the old, has it really been almost ten years, satirical "news" story from the Onion.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29030

:floor: This one was always good for a laugh!

I wish Pier Park had worked a lot harder to get something like a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. Fresh Market is just OK, but I had grown tired of it and had "converted" to the others before moving here. I have been to the Fresh Market in Destin exactly once since it opened.