Fresh Start Food Hub & Market: Feeding Community with Style and Purpose in Manchester, NH

Fresh Start Food Hub & Market in Manchester, NH isn’t your typical grocery store or food pantry. It’s a vibrant, mission-driven space where fresh, local produce meets community impact. Designed to increase access to healthy food while preserving dignity, Fresh Start blends the feel of a neighborhood market with the goals of a regional food justice organization.

Whether you're picking up weekly groceries or using SNAP benefits, Fresh Start creates a welcoming environment for everyone—with thoughtful store design, local partnerships, and displays that look like something out of a modern farmers market.

Empowering Through Access: A New Model of Food Distribution

Unlike a traditional grocery store or a basic food bank, Fresh Start functions as a hybrid—offering dignified access to healthy food choices with an emphasis on local sourcing, community health, and food justice. This food hub model connects local farmers with families, reduces food insecurity, and strengthens the regional food system.

Fresh Start isn’t just about affordability—it’s about dignity. Shoppers are met with vibrant displays, helpful staff, and a retail experience that feels curated, intentional, and community-focused.

The Perfect Display for a Purpose-Driven Market

One of the most striking visual elements of the market is their use of Wood Vintage Produce Orchard Display Bins with Casters, provided by DGS Retail. These display fixtures do more than just hold fruits and vegetables—they elevate the presentation, encourage exploration, and enhance the customer experience.

The set of three bins—each at different heights—mimics the look and feel of an authentic farmer’s market. Constructed with rough-sawn pine and detailed with black industrial corner guards and handles, these orchard bins are a visual nod to tradition while providing modern mobility and convenience. The sturdy locking casters make repositioning easy, whether for restocking, floor cleaning, or creating fresh visual merchandising layouts.

Paired with the black ABS plastic liners, these bins ensure hygiene and longevity, making them as practical as they are beautiful.

More Than Produce: A Multi-Use Display Solution

These orchard bins aren't just for fruits and vegetables. Fresh Start has creatively used them to display:

• Local honey and preserves

• Fresh herbs in rustic baskets

• Seasonal squash and greens

• Pre-packaged berries in neat, tiered risers

This flexibility has allowed the market to adapt displays for each season, from crisp apples in fall to vibrant peppers in summer. The market also leverages JONATHAN tilt-top Euro tables and tiered produce risers, adding vertical variety and maximizing merchandising impact with a small footprint.

Functionality Meets Aesthetic

What makes these fixtures ideal for Fresh Start’s mission is their blend of form and function:

• Cross-merchandising-friendly: Easily combine related products like salsa next to tomatoes, or bread near leafy greens.

• Mobile and modular: Move displays outside to attract passersby or inside for climate-sensitive goods.

• Appealing design: The vintage wood look adds warmth and character, giving the food hub a modern-farmhouse retail aesthetic.

These details make every visit feel like a curated shopping experience, not just a chore.

A Fresh Take on Food Equity

Fresh Start Food Hub & Market isn’t just about access—it’s about rethinking the grocery experience. They’ve shown that you can offer affordable, local food while still embracing design, quality, and retail innovation. The use of thoughtful displays like DGS Retail’s orchard bins sends a strong message: everyone deserves to shop with dignity.

If you’re in Manchester, NH, visit Fresh Start and experience the difference. If you're a food bank, co-op, or community grocer looking to reinvent your space, let their model—and their merchandising—be your inspiration.