Fresh Thyme plans 50 new stores with Esri

Redlands, Calif. — Start-up Fresh Thyme Farmers Market plans to open 50 new stores across 12 Midwestern states over the next six years. To find the right locations, Fresh Thyme is using Esri technology and data to prioritize markets and rate, rank and compare potential sites based on geographic and demographi9c analyses.



Esri’s location-based solutions analyze existing stores and visualize future stores from the cloud. The system enables Fresh Thyme executives to access research sites in the office and out in the field, visiting old sites and considering new ones.