New Fresh St Market in Lower Lonsdale will host Opening Celebration Event November 15

New Fresh St. Market in Lower Lonsdale will host an Opening Celebration Event November 15^th with samplings and surprises throughout the store   

Food Diversion partner FoodMesh will also be present acknowledging more than 2.3 million meals donated back into the community

November 7, 2024, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) traditional territory – With great excitement, B.C.-based and family owned

 will celebrate the official opening of its eighth Fresh St. Market on November 15 located at 150 Esplanade West in North Vancouver.

“We are proud to officially open Fresh St. Market in Lower Lonsdale and wish to sincerely thank our customers for their patience during renovations and we also offer gratitude for the positivity and encouragement we have been hearing from so many people in the local community,” said Palle Knudsen, Senior Director Retail Operations, Fresh St. Market. “We are really excited to introduce Fresh St. Market’s first-ever Burrito Bar, a hot meal self-service bar and carving station, and we also have a seating area for customers to comfortably enjoy their food and beverages.”

In addition to celebrating all the new food offerings and experiences at this new

Fresh St. Market location, one of its most significant partners, , will be sharing a new milestone in its efforts with Fresh St. Market to rescue and distribute surplus foods to vulnerable people in our communities.      

“We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with Fresh St. Market’s new store to ensure all of its unsalable food is redistributed to local hunger-relief organizations,” said Jessica Regan, CEO and Co-Founder of FoodMesh. “This partnership is a true testament to

Fresh St. Market’s commitment to keeping its unsold food out of waste streams, which has already helped to create 2.3 million meals for people in need since we started working together in April 2020.”

“For people who live on the North Shore they may already be familiar with Fresh St. Market with our very first location having opened in West Vancouver in 2013,” adds Knudsen.  “Similar to our West Vancouver store, this new location also offers a unique market-like experience with the interior of the store reflecting the surrounding community. Customers will have the opportunity to enjoy Garden of Lo Lo (Lower Lonsdale), Shipyards Housewares and the Esplanade Deli.”

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. This includes Charcuterie from Two Rivers as well as Charcuterie from Chop N Block from Kamloops.

• Fresh St. Market offers a Certified 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. There is also a dry aged case with Certified Angus Beef – aged minimum 50 days.

• 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.

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

• Coffee lovers will enjoy a fantastic selection of Whistler’s Forecast Coffee and paired with Fresh St. Market’s signature chocolate chip walnut and salted caramel cookies always served warm, it is a perfect reason to stop in the store.

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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 eight 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, Aberdeen Mall in Kamloops, Walnut Grove in Langley and now in Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver. Additional Fresh St. Market stores are being planned in more B.C. communities with more announcements in the near future. .