The Fresh Market

The Fresh Market is a specialty grocery store offering easy meals and delicious fresh foods, including restaurant-quality meat and seafood, premium produce, signature baked goods, and deli platters for any occasion. Each department features a wide selection of unique ingredients, seasonal finds, and friendly, knowledgeable team members to help you discover new flavors every day. The Fresh Market is proud to be Voted #1 Best Grocery Store by USA Today Readers Choice again in 2026, as well as Voted #1 Best Grocery Produce, Bakery, Deli, and Prepared Foods.

The Fresh Market is a specialty food store in Asheville, North Carolina. It is listed at 944 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804, which places it among the local businesses of Asheville that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as american grocery store, bakery, butcher shop, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

Store size varies enormously, from a small corner grocery with a few aisles to a full supermarket chain location in Asheville with a bakery, seafood counter and food court under one roof. Sales and promotions are often posted in-store or in a weekly flyer rather than online, so prices listed on a website may be out of date. Seafood markets sell live and on-ice product and can usually clean or prepare fish on request for a small fee. Specialty food stores in North Carolina may focus narrowly on one category, like a butcher, a rice and dry goods shop, or an import store, so calling ahead to confirm stock for a specific item saves a wasted trip.

Hours are published for 7 days a week. The most common schedule is 8 am–9 pm. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach The Fresh Market at (828) 252-9098; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, stores.thefreshmarket.com.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.4 out of 5 from 669 reviews, which is a strong result for a specialty food store in Asheville and suggests consistent service.

Asheville is in North Carolina, in the Southeast, where summers are long, hot and humid, winters are mild, and afternoon thunderstorms and the hurricane season from June to November can change plans at short notice. Traffic in Asheville peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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