The Market Report

The Market Owner: Kiawah Island Opened:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  5480 Sea Forest Dr, Kiawah Island, SC Photographed:  January 2022 Kiawah Island is an upscale, private resort island and the main attraction is a large golf resort . The only grocery store of any kind within the gates of the island is The Market at Town Center, which is an interesting combination of convenience store and cafeteria. It seems to work quite well for what vacationers and residents are looking for. Plus, for large orders, I'm sure many stop at the Village Market by Harris Teeter just outside Kiawah Island. This store appears to be owned by the resort, as are all the restaurants (and all the businesses...?) on Kiawah Island. It's also considered to be the most, um, affordable dining option on the island. Other options include The Ocean Room, where a 12oz New York Strip steak will cost you $75 . In the front of the store is some Kiawah Island merchandise, with a few tables of g...

Harris Teeter Opened: 2013 Previous Tenants:  Piggly Wiggly Location:  515 Freshfields Dr, Johns Island/Kiawah Island, SC Photographed:  January 2022 Now are we on Johns Island, Kiawah Island, or Seabrook Island? Well, Google Maps says Freshfields Village, the upscale plaza where this grocery store is (it's set up more like a recreation of a downtown than a standard strip mall), is on Johns Island (it's not). Freshfields Village itself says it's on Kiawah Island (it's not). Geographically, it's actually on Seabrook Island, which is to the west of Kiawah and to the south of Johns, but nobody identifies this part of the island as Seabrook. Anyhow, we are here to tour the Village Market by Harris Teeter at Freshfields Village! This is the only full supermarket in the southern Johns/Kiawah/Seabrook Island area, and once again we see that the store is scaled back for the off-season since this area is tourist-heavy. Also as we tour the store, keep in mind that I visited...