![]() ![]() ![]() Having never purchased wine in a box, I was told to try Black Box Cabernet. I scanned for a few of my favorites and was pleased to find several. And as long as we are talking about chocolate we might as well bring up wine. There is an aisle that has pretty much chocolate-covered everything! Nuts, raisins, pretzels, ginger, gummy bears (I don’t understand that one) and much more. I bought both items I sampled, so bring your willpower. Speaking of sampling, you will indeed find a sample here and there throughout the store. Not too thin, not too thick, fantastic sauce, and higher end cheese. We all agreed that the pizza is reminiscent of the pizza slice you purchase on the streets of Rome. My daughter had a slice of fresh baked pizza in her hands just moments after walking in. He found a dozen eggs for 79 cents and was fascinated with the apple presentation. Husband was impressed by the earth-toned, stained concrete floors, as well as the cool signage throughout the store. On that second visit, I was accompanied by my other two daughters and my husband. Everyone they hire is passionate about healthy food. Our organic and gluten free sections cannot be beat, both from a selection and price standpoint.” She said they are always seeking local sources if possible, which is a huge check mark in my own personal “Yes” column! She added that even their shipping and receiving guy is a foodie. It’s like a mixture of Harvest Health and the Farmer’s Market. I asked her what she loves about Fresh Thyme. On to the huge luscious produce department where I ran into Haley. They also have good ground beef and chicken as well as a fresh fish and seafood market. ![]() Ok, don’t stop reading just because of wild boar. I can be very creative with unique and healthy types of meat.” He led me over to a display freezer and showed me bison, buffalo, venison, antelope, goat and even wild boar. He came out of retirement to work at Fresh Thyme because “This place is awesome for a gourmet chef who likes to think outside of the box. Not too many people share his enthusiasm for food, and for people! I have had the privilege of judging chili with Chef O and this man knows what’s going on with food. Of course, anywhere Chef O works is going to be a happy place. It was on visit number two that I spotted Chef O. I actually snapped a colorful pic right then, posted it on Facebook and captioned it “I want to live here.” If you are not a foodie, you will immediately feel like one as you begin to peruse the aisles here. The atmosphere is bright, colorful, an open air feel. My very immediate thought was that I could use one of just about everything my eyes could see at that moment. Everything looked, smelled and felt… so fresh. I stopped as I walked through the door for a second, just to take it in. Plus, she’d heard there were blueberries for 79 cents. She was set on taking the Sweet Onion Quinoa Straws back to school with her. I had my daughter, an MSU student with me. It was bustling, but not at all so very busy that I felt overwhelmed, as I did while shopping at another store nearby… the one Joe shops at. In November, the city awarded a contract worth more than $111,000 for the new signal.Ĭity work also includes a rebuild of nearby Milton Street, which will handle semi traffic for the store, and a Muncie Sanitary District storm drain.Not at all coincidentally I believe, just four days prior to receiving this writing task I popped into Fresh Thyme Farmers Marke t on Burton Street, located just east of Breton, where the former Michigan Athletic Club used to be. To facilitate the Fresh Thyme development in Muncie, the city offered incentives that include a traffic signal at the entrance to the supermarket. The Illinois-based company was founded in 2012 and will open 10 stores in 2018, down from 20 in 2017, Supermarket News reported in December. When Fresh Thyme opens, it will mark the entry into the local market of the Midwestern grocery chain, which touts its "healthy, fresh and organic" products. ►Fresh Thyme grocery store delayed for several months ►Traffic signal at Fresh Thyme contract awarded "They plan to open in early May," Donati told The Star Press on Monday.Ĭonstruction on the 29,000-square-foot grocery store has been underway for months, along with city infrastructure work on the site. The Fresh Thyme Farmers Market supermarket in the 500 block of West McGalliard Road is set to open this summer, according to a publicist for the company, and specifically in May, said Todd Donati, the city of Muncie's chief economic development officer. MUNCIE, Ind. - A new supermarket along McGalliard Road should be open by early summer. ![]()
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