Walnut Grove welcomes market-concept grocer featuring local foods from the Fraser Valley and beyond

Fresh St. Market to open Seventh location in Langley at Thunderbird Centre

OCTOBER 13, 2022, WALNUT GROVE, B.C. – With great excitement, B.C.-based and family owned Fresh St. Market will celebrate its seventh Fresh St. Market on October 22nd in Langley with their Walnut Grove market-concept grocery store.

“We are proud to bring Fresh St. Market and a local-focused shopping experience to Langley with the opening of our seventh location,” says Mark McCurdy, Vice President Retail Operations and Brand Strategy, Fresh St. Market. “At Fresh St. Market, with everything from our local seafood, cheese, and curated meats, we are bringing the best of British Columbia and world discoveries to Walnut Grove.”

Fresh St. Market in Walnut Grove will offer customers a store experience inspired by the executive and culinary team’s touring of top public markets and eateries across North America.

“This destination brings a market-like experience to those who live in and around the Fraser Valley who also enjoy supporting local farmers and producers,” adds McCurdy. “Langley and neighbouring communities in the Fraser Valley have long been known for rich agricultural produce and food. At Fresh St. Market we are proud to continue our support of the farmers and businesses operating in our community.”

LOCAL FOOD SELECTIONS

• Meat aficionados will appreciate finding local, fresh poultry sourced from the Fraser Valley, meats from Lepp Farms in Abbotsford and Two Rivers Meat from North Vancouver. Fresh St. Market offers a Certified all-Canadian Angus Beef Program that meets all 10 of the brand’s quality specifications. Only 3% of beef achieves the high standards of Certified Angus Beef ® brand Prime.

• Cheese lovers can enjoy local cheese from Golden Ears Cheesecrafters in Maple Ridge, Farm House Natural Cheeses from Agassiz, and family run Creekside Cheese and Creamery in the Fraser Valley.

• An in-house curry bar featuring family recipes from Spice Mantra Curries from Surrey will be a dining feature alongside a fresh sushi bar with daily creations by an in-house sushi chef.

• The Bog Riverside Cranberry Farm in Fort Langley will showcase their Pure Cold Pressed Cranberry Juice, Kenzie’s Cranberry Crunch and Farmer’s Cranberry Sauce on Fresh St. Market shelves. Abbotsford’s Lepp Farms locally grown and handcrafted products such as Dill Pickles, Spicy Dill Pickles, and Pickled Beans will be found on store shelves as well as North Vancouver’s Fume-eh olives.

• When shopping at Fresh St. Market, you can rest assured that you can find in the market’s full-service case 100% sustainable and part of Ocean Wise.

• Coffee lovers will enjoy beans from Lion’s Bay Coffee Company, perfect to pair with Fresh St. Market own Peak Donuts, baked fresh daily with a variety of exciting flavours.

Each area of Fresh St. Market is an adventure, catapulting the recipe imagination and taste buds of chefs and locals alike.

Commitment to Sustainability
Fresh St. Market’s sustainability manager has been very much part of the planning of this new location. Customers will find a clearly labeled and accessible compost and recycling area to reduce waste. In addition to in-house food waste composting, the Walnut Grove Fresh St. Market joins other locations in their work with food recovery program, FoodMesh, to ensure all unsalable edible food doesn’t end up in the landfill. The surplus food is diverted to local charitable organizations, to be used for meals, within the Langley community. Since partnering with Food Mesh in 2020, Fresh St. Market has diverted one million meals to over 200 local charities throughout British Columbia.

On October 22, Fresh St. Market will enhance the grocer choices in the Walnut Grove area while offering a second-to-none grocery shopping experience for residents and visitors.

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ABOUT FRESH ST. MARKET
Family-owned, operated and based in British Columbia, Fresh St. Market offers a public market food and shopping experience inspired by top markets and eateries in North America. Inside its seven locations, customers will find a wide variety of locally sourced foods, fresh produce, a significant amount of organic foods, specially curated foods and uniquely dedicated food destinations within the store. Current locations include Marine Drive, West Vancouver, two Surrey locations in Fleetwood Village and Panorama Village, Whistler Village North, Vancouver House at Howe and Pacific and Aberdeen Mall in Kamloops, and now at Walnut Grove Langley. Additional Fresh St. Market stores are being planned in more B.C. communities with more announcements in the near future. www.freshstmarket.com.