Whole Foods Market plans to open six new stores in the United Kingdom 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 neighborhoods, doubling Whole Foods Market’s U.K. store count to 12.
“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,” says 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 that share our values of nourishing people and the planet.”
The company says 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 sarmed.
- 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 and beauty department with a large assortment of supplements, skin care, hair care 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.
“We are thrilled to bring Whole Foods Market to more neighborhoods in London,” says 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 says it is making monetary donations to community nonprofit organizations, including FoodCycle, All Saints Food Bank, Independent Food Aid Network and Family Action Food Clubs.
Additionally, at the openings in Angel and Wood Wharf, Whole Foods Market plans to provide a food donation to The Felix Project, 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, according to the company. These six new locations will vary in size from roughly 3,300 and 10,000 square feet. The company says all stores will provide Whole Foods Market’s signature selection of fresh, high-quality products with a wide selection of organic products across its grocery, meat, seafood, cheese and prepared foods departments.
