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Fresh Thyme Market Support Office has 5 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforFresh Thyme Market Support Office

    Grocery Store
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
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    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    4 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    This is a multi-location business.

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    Fresh Thyme Market Support Office has 5 locations, listed below.

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      Headquarters
      2650 Warrenville Rd Ste 700, Downers Grove, IL 60515-2074
      BBB File Opened:
      10/12/2018
      Years in Business:
      11
      Business Started:
      4/30/2013
      Business Incorporated:
      4/30/2013
      Type of Entity:
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)
      Alternate Business Name
      • Fresh Thyme Market
      • Lakes Venture LLC
      • Fresh Thyme Farmers Market LLC
      Business Management
      • Daniel Webb
      • Lake Ventures Holding Company, LLC, Owner
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Daniel Webb
      • Lake Ventures Holding Company, LLC, Owner

      Customer Contact

      • Lake Ventures Holding Company, LLC, Owner
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      Customer Complaints

      4 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      03/18/2024

      Since Fresh Thyme opened near us, we have noticed overcharges more than 80% of the time. Not applying promotional prices, charging for multiple items when only one is purchased, etc. When there were multiple check out lanes, the manager/assistant manager would make the correction for us at the time, or the next time we visited the store. Now that there is just one lane with a check out person, that is rarely open, there is no way to get the issue corrected while at the store. Last May, we asked the store manager for a refund of the overcharges, and because there was a long line of people in line, he asked that I ask him the next visit. I agreed. Since then, we have bee overcharged $87.77 over 11 visits (May 2023-January 2024), and he is nowhere to be found. He is either unavailable, doesn't return calls, and has not responded to emails through the corporate office, To date, we have made 7 calls to the corporate office and left messages, 5 emails to corporate, 14 calls to the store directly and asked about it 11 times while in store. Still, no response. I am an investigative journalist, and when asking if anyone else has had this issue, I received over 110 responses in 24 hours of customers who have also been overcharged and not received a credit. Most have stopped going to the store entirely, some have drastically cut their visits, and others have filed complaints. Some are interested in a class-action lawsuit after finding that many of the Fresh Thyme stores, ownd by Lake Ventures, LLC, have failed to correct overcharging in their system and failed to respond to consumer complaints. We have given Fresh Thyme until Friday, February 16th, 2024 to correct the issue, respond to us, and give the refund of $87.77, or be the subject of a lawsuit. We will be asking for the refund amount, filing fees and court costs, and compensation for our time to have it corrected. A complaint to the ******* Attorney General's office is also underway.Staff is great, but need to fix it.
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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Julie B

      1 star

      08/25/2022

      This fresh thyme had stacked a wall of cases of water wrong and when I took one from the stack, the whole wall of cases fell on top of me knocking me to the ground and causing a back injury. This company refused to pay for any of my medical bills because in the court case it was noted that I had pre-existing conditions. There was injuries noted at the scene and pictures were taken but even though the fall made my already existing conditions 10 times worse, I was told by my lawyer that unless I had an MD say that my current status was caused by the Fresh Thyme fall that my case would not be considered. My MD who performed my initial assessment after the fall the next day, he noted that I had injuries but my lawyer said that just because I had deep bruises on my back that it didn't prove that I had internal injuries. I am unemployed now and can only perform desk jobs due to pain and back spasms. I am a veteran nurse of 22 years and now basically my career is over because desk jobs are few and far between in my line of work. I was out of work for a year after the fall and built up thousands of dollars in medical bills and they are refusing to pay for any of them. I am completely disgusted and will be homeless when I run out of my IRA ****** I have no respect for this company and am totally aghast that they wouldn't take responsibility for this injury due to their inept employees actions. This is definitely not a place to support by shopping there

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