The Fresh Market, Inc. is an American chain of supermarkets based in Greensboro, North Carolina.

[3] The Fresh Market was founded by Ray and Beverly Berry on March 5, 1982, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

[4] The Berrys' idea was to develop a better grocery store that brought back the feeling of open European-style markets.

[8] After increasing the price of its initial public offering from $18–20 to $22, Fresh Market raised $290 million, and on November 5, 2010, began trading on Nasdaq using the symbol TFM.

The U.S. federal court in South Bend, Indiana stated “The Fresh Market trademark is descriptive and therefore weak and not entitled to broad sweeping protection.