Whole Foods Market to Open Six New U.K. Stores

Whole Foods Market has announced the opening dates for six new stores in the U.K. over the next few months. In March 2025, the natural and organic foods retailer opened its first U.K. location in more than a decade with its 21,000-square-foot store on King’s Road in London. The newest locations will open across Angel, Liverpool Street, Notting Hill Gate, Wood Wharf (Canary Wharf), Monument and St. James’s neighborhoods, doubling Whole Foods Market’s U.K. store count to 12.

Opening dates for each location:
- Angel, The Mall, 359 Upper Street, The Angel, London N1 0PD, April 2, 2026
- Liverpool Street, Unit 4b-5, Blomfield Street, London EC2M 7BD, April 23, 2026
- Notting Hill Gate, 66-74 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3HT, May 14, 2026
- Wood Wharf, 4 Water Street, Wood Wharf, London, E14 5GX, May 28,2026
- Monument, Unit 1, 20 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0BG, June 4, 2026
- St. James, 57 Victoria Street, London SW1P 2HX, June 11, 2026

“We’re happy to be expanding Whole Foods Market’s physical store presence in the U.K., allowing us to reach more customers with our uncompromising quality standards and carefully curated selection of natural and organic products,” said Jason Buechel, Vice President of Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores and Whole Foods Market CEO. “Each new store represents an opportunity to bring responsibly sourced, high-quality food to more communities who share our values of nourishing people and the planet.”

Special features and products will include:
- An array of certified organic and conventional produce.

- Prepared foods options, including lunchtime salads, sandwiches and seasonal favorites, including Spanish-style free range chicken, Teriyaki Salmon and Crackling Cauliflower.

- Meat and seafood assortment featuring a variety of convenient grab-and-go offerings, including steaks, marinated and seasoned options for quick meals at home and packaged smoked items. All meat items are animal-welfare certified and include organic options, and all seafood offerings are either sustainable wild-caught or Responsibly Farmed.

- Bakery department offering fresh bread daily as well as everyday favorites, such as Whole Foods Market’s Viennoiserie and brown butter cookies. The department also carries a wide variety of special diet items, including gluten and dairy-free brownies, doughnuts and cookies.

- Wellness & Beauty department with a large assortment of supplements, skincare, haircare and more.

- Specialty department dedicated to celebrating cheesemakers and artisan producers, featuring cheeses and charcuterie perfect for entertaining as well as local and premium range of beers, wines and spirits, including ready to drink options.

- New and exclusive products, including Flowers & Plants Premium Bouquet, Vidrate Mojito Electrolyte Sachet, Karma Kombucha Mojito Ginger Beer, Mojo Mate Original, Passionfruit and Açai Blueberry Iced Tea & Coffee, White Box Whiskey Sour and Walker Wodehouse Mexican Lager.

“We are thrilled to bring Whole Foods Market to more neighborhoods in London,” said Jade Hoai, Executive Leader of Operations for Whole Foods Market U.K. “We look forward to opening our doors to these wonderful communities, and to providing great customer service and an excellent product assortment that meets our high quality standards.”

To celebrate the store openings, Whole Foods Market is making monetary donations to community nonprofit organizations, including FoodCycle opens in a new tab, All Saints Food Bank opens in a new tab, Independent Food Aid Network opens in a new tab and Family Action Food Clubs opens in a new tab. Additionally, at the openings in Angel and Wood Wharf, Whole Foods Market will provide a food donation to The Felix Project opens in a new tab, which makes regular surplus food pickups from local Whole Foods Market stores to help prevent food waste and serve the surrounding community. The nonprofit previously received a refrigerated van through Whole Foods Market’s Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program, which aims to enhance the ability of local food rescue organizations to transport surplus food to areas facing the greatest need.

The new locations also represent the international expansion of Whole Foods Market’s Daily Shop format, which launched in New York City in 2024. The Daily Shop store design maximizes the number of high-quality offerings available in locations under 14,000 square feet. These six new locations will vary in size, roughly 3,300 and 10,000 square feet. All stores will provide Whole Foods Market’s signature selection of fresh, high-quality products with a wide selection of organic across its grocery, meat, seafood, cheese and prepared foods departments.

All food at Whole Foods Market must meet the company’s rigorous quality standards opens in a new tab, which prohibit hydrogenated fats, high-fructose corn syrup and more than 300 flavors, colors, sweeteners and other ingredients commonly found in food. In addition, all beauty and body care products must meet the company’s body care standards, which ban more than 240 commonly used ingredients, including phthalates, parabens and microbeads.

About Whole Foods Market
Founded in 1980, Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market is the world’s leading natural and organic foods retailer and the first certified organic national grocer in the United States. Part of Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores, Whole Foods Market serves customers in more than 545 stores across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. To learn more about Whole Foods Market, please visit www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company-info/newsroom. opens in a new tab

About Amazon Grocery U.K.
Millions of customers across the U.K. already turn to Amazon for affordable groceries and everyday essentials. Whether it’s through Amazon.co.uk, Whole Foods Market, or trusted partners like Morrisons, Co-op, Iceland and Gopuff, customers can shop from a selection of more than two million grocery and household products, from cupboard staples and fresh produce to cleaning and beauty items, all delivered quickly and at great value.