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Apex Seafood & Market — known for selling fresh fish and shrimp — is closing Saturday, Aug. 22.
“The price of seafood, gas, miscellaneous materials, and the inconsistency of revenue, where you can’t afford to pay yourself for extended amounts of time have just mounted to a point that we cannot continue to stay open,” owner Tyrone Hightower wrote Aug. 13 in a Facebook post.
Apex Seafood & Market announced the closure after more than eight years of serving customers. Shoppers can find the vendor at these markets on its final Saturday:
“I have witnessed a lot in your lives, from changing body images, pregnancy, new babies coming to the market and even watching them grow up and indulge in the many seafood selections that we have to offer each week,” Hightower wrote. “I want to thank each and every one of you who have purchased seafood from us or even come by to have a friendly conversation.”
After Apex Seafood & Market announced it was closing, dozens of messages of support poured in from social media users. The family-run business said it started as a way to expand options for people in its namesake Raleigh suburb.
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“Apex was one of the few cities in the Triangle that did not have a place to purchase raw seafood,” the business wrote on its website. “I have heard and witnessed so many people of Apex, voice that they wanted seafood, but didn’t want to drive to Cary, Durham, or Raleigh for it.”
In addition to serving customers in Apex and Holly Springs, the business said it appeared at the Black Farmers’ Market, Midtown Farmers’ Market and Moore Square Market.
The News & Observer has reached out to Apex Seafood & Market and is awaiting additional information.
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