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Since 1982, The Fresh Market, Inc. has helped guests make every day eating extraordinary. As a premier fresh-focused specialty food retailer, The Fresh Market is known for our carefully curated offerings and an unparalleled shopping experience that inspires guests to try new products, cook with confidence, and serve easy delicious meals. The Fresh Market currently operates 172 stores in 22 states across the U.S. For more information, please visit www.thefreshmarket.com or follow the company on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest.

For more than 30 years, we’ve been listening and responding to the needs of our guests. What they want is convenience and a variety of food that is good for you and good tasting. That’s exactly what they have come to expect from Nature’s Table – “Sensible Food that Tastes Great!” We’ve successfully carved a niche in fast casual dining with our line of gourmet wraps, nutritional smoothies, signature sandwiches, seasonal soups and specialty salads. Our guests are confident that we prepare excellent, great tasting food made with only the freshest ingredients served in a comfortable, family atmosphere. And we understand the busy lifestyles of our guests. Our goal is to offer a variety of high-quality, customized menu choices where people work, shop, or travel. Where can you find a “Table?” With our modern, casual café settings and the freshest menu around, it’s no wonder that Nature’s Table are popping up everywhere! We’ve seen success in shopping plazas and mall locations, corporate offices, airports, health centers, college campuses, hospitals, and even a church! You can find Nature’s Table in 10 different states throughout the United States! But we continue to grow and desire to grow with dedicated franchisees who are passionate about foodservice and hospitality; who are actively involved in the communities they serve; and who desire to provide a remarkable dining experience! Our ingredients for success: Nature’s Table offers a strong brand, a thriving business model and an excellent product. We are committed to making your experience and the opening of your restaurant a promising product. The Nature’s Table Franchise System has developed a carefully crafted system to support each franchisee through a proven business model. The qualifications for joining our system are exacting, but we believe the results are worth it.

Local Foods is a distributor and retailer of local food. Through our one-of-a-kind distribution center, grocery and event space, we bring the stories of producers to life. Local Foods makes it easy to eat local. Local Foods’ store showcases the best of the Midwest, including the sustainable whole-animal meat mecca Butcher & Larder, and Stock, Chicago’s truest farm-to-table cafe. Behind the scenes, Local Foods operates Chicago's first locally-focused wholesale distribution center dedicated to supplying the best local products to more than 250 of the city’s most acclaimed chefs, hotels, grocers, caterers, schools and institutions. Local Foods is a mission-oriented organization, partnering with the area’s finest small-scale, family farms with the aim to revive and strengthen the Midwest’s local food system and infrastructure. Local Foods market is open M-F 11a-8p and Sa-Su from 9a-6p. Free parking is available in Local Foods’ lot as well as on the street. For more information, visit us at 1427 W. Willow St (behind the Hideout) or at www.localfoods.com.