Opening date set for new FreshTake supermarket in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An opening date is now scheduled for the new FreshTake supermarket on Washington Road at the former site of Whole Foods.

The Augusta-based company aims to open the first store in its chain on Aug. 30 during Labor Day weekend.

FreshTake has been taking shape in recent months at 2907 Washington Road near Bonefish Grill.

It’ll be a focused on the customer experience, with ample places to hang out, including a two-story indoor/outdoor seating area with balconies. And being about a mile from Augusta National Golf Club, it’ll have a putting green.

The store will reportedly have many take-out and catering options plus a beer and wine bar with small bites, sushi bar, coffee bar, pizza and pasta bar, hot bar, bakery, sandwich and salad bar, seafood, juice and smoothie bar, specialty cheese and an outdoor barbecue smoker.

The store will also include a “beer cave,” a flower department and a pharmacy that’ll offer vaccinations.

As far as actual groceries, the store will have traditional items plus organic and specialty offerings.

The announcement comes just weeks after the opening of a new Kroger Marketplace near Fort Eisenhower and days before the opening of a new Lowes Foods in Aiken.

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