The Fresh Market

The Fresh Market is a specialty grocery store offering easy meals and delicious fresh foods, including restaurant-quality meat and seafood, premium produce, signature baked goods, and deli platters for any occasion. Each department features a wide selection of unique ingredients, seasonal finds, and friendly, knowledgeable team members to help you discover new flavors every day. The Fresh Market is proud to be Voted #1 Best Grocery Store by USA Today Readers Choice again in 2026, as well as Voted #1 Best Grocery Produce, Bakery, Deli, and Prepared Foods.

Located at 1060 International Dr, Wilmington, NC 28405, The Fresh Market operates as a specialty food store serving Wilmington in North Carolina. This page gathers the practical details people usually look for before visiting: where it is, how to reach it, when it opens and how customers rate it. Google also lists it under american grocery store, bakery, butcher shop, which is worth knowing if you are comparing several options in the area.

Store size varies enormously, from a small corner grocery with a few aisles to a full supermarket chain location in Wilmington with a bakery, seafood counter and food court under one roof. Sales and promotions are often posted in-store or in a weekly flyer rather than online, so prices listed on a website may be out of date. Seafood markets sell live and on-ice product and can usually clean or prepare fish on request for a small fee. Specialty food stores in North Carolina may focus narrowly on one category, like a butcher, a rice and dry goods shop, or an import store, so calling ahead to confirm stock for a specific item saves a wasted trip.

The business lists hours on 7 days of the week. The most common schedule is 8 am–9 pm. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. You can reach The Fresh Market at (910) 256-3524; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. Its website is stores.thefreshmarket.com, where you may find menus, price lists or booking options.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.5 out of 5 from 550 reviews, which is a strong result for a specialty food store in Wilmington and suggests consistent service.

Wilmington is in North Carolina, in the Southeast, where summers are long, hot and humid, winters are mild, and afternoon thunderstorms and the hurricane season from June to November can change plans at short notice. Traffic in Wilmington peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

See the other specialty food stores in Wilmington listed below to compare ratings, hours and locations before you decide. Details on this page come from public sources and may change; confirm anything important by phone before relying on it. Business owners can claim the listing to keep it up to date.