Sappington Farmers' Market Hopes for Short Goodbye
The shelves are empty and Farmer Fred is gone--but customers of the longtime Watson Road market "will see the farmer once again." Owners are looking at a handful of potential sites for a new store, according to their PR representative.
While managers of the Sappington Farmers' Market, 8400 Watson Rd., had announced an Aug. 24 closing for the store, longtime customers hoping to scoop up a last grocery cart of goodies have just about cleaned it out. Management told Patch last week that they would be selling remaining items at increasing discounts until stock was gone. A visit to the store on Aug. 20 revealed mostly empty shelves, and a handful of employees sweeping floors where displays had been moved. Farmer Fred, the fiberglass statue that greeted visitors with his son, Clyde, has been removed from the property. So has the fiberglass cow formerly located just inside the main entrance. "Thanks for the memories!" a sign on the entrance door reads. Owners will decide after …
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Sabra
1:56 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
I'm going to miss everything about Sappington! When I moved here from Northern Michigan, I was bombarded by how corporate the city is. Then I found Sappington's Market. Local & Sustainable products, wonderful staff & a complete difference from any other store around here. It felt like home, and did until this past weekend when I went to go shopping & the store had closed early. I had a bad … more ›