Fruit Center Marketplace

The store is nice and clean. A lot of produce varieties. All team members there were very nice and helpful.

A higher-end grocery store than Stop & Shop or Shaw's. It's worth the drive. The salad bar has a great variety of items. The cheese selection is very good and there are a few kinds of pâté. You can get milk from Hornstra and cakes from Montilio's. The bread selection is good, as is the butcher (Kinnealey's) and seafood (Rocky Neck Fish) section. Check out the reduced rack on the right-hand side of the store after the produce section. You never know what you'll find. Yesterday there were cute containers of lotion for $8 (instead of $14) along with various baked goods, apples, and dirty martini mixers. The floral department always has nice choices for gifts. There's a liquor store attached (with occasional free beer & wine tastings, check their website) so you don't have to make a separate trip. Park to the side, not out front. It's not as busy. Check out https://www.fruitcentermarketplace.com/eat/menus/ for the daily soup menus. Also, "All organic waste from all departments, including our flower department, is picked up at our stores by Black Earth Compost to be turned into compost." Points for that! Catering, fresh sushi, and gift baskets are available.

Most importantly, the staff at this wonderful market consistently go above and beyond to deliver customer satisfaction. I was searching for a very specific brand of wine and although he pointed me to similar bottles, the wine expert at FCMP went online to research where I might find the exact bottle I was seeking. (Ends up it's not distributed in Massachusetts!) The fresh produce selection is comprehensive and staggering, with a surprising assortment of unusual greens and lettuces. Kinneally Butchers, under the same roof, has organic meats for a fraction of the prices at Whole Foods/Amazon. The checkout staff are unflinchingly pleasant and efficient, with a genuine greeting and eye contact with everyone who passes through the line. All in all, a pleasant and relaxing food-shopping experience AND a non-mega-chain, privately-owned local business.

There is a lot to like in this little store. it is a little tight in spacing, though. It also closes early, like 7 pm currently. Most of the customers were masked on a recent visit. But not all, and they (often the most vulnerable) wondered why I was laughing at them! they have lots of interesting foods as well as some staples. They have an interesting remainder shelf where you can see what other people don't want, and I often want! I like going there, but sometimes have to laugh at what is on sale and the maskless old people. I met a nice cashier, and found her delightful, although she did not take umbrage at being thought australian, as I had hoped to tease her. no newspapers. everytime I find a new delight, will be back.

Very nice family run supermarket. The fresh produce that they sell here is outstanding. Aside from all of the fruits and veggies that they have they also have a full service deli, a meat market, seafood product, a great variety of grocery items, even beer and wine here. You can also get some prepared meals here as well. The store is laid out very nicely and is easy to navigate. I have never had a problem finding anything I needed while shopping this store. The customer service here is great and the store is kept well stocked, neat and clean. The cashiers here are efficient and friendly and the checkout process is always smooth. Plenty of free parking in their very good sized parking lot. Highly recommended.