Whole Foods to open first new UK site since 2014

Whole Foods Market has announced it is set to open its first new UK site since 2014 on London’s King’s Roads. Whole Foods Market has more than 535 stores in the US, UK and Canada, with nearly 90 stores in the pipeline. In 2024, the grocer announced and opened a new store format, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, a quick-shop format designed to provide customers in urban neighborhoods a convenient shopping experience. The new store, located at 120 King’s Road, SW3, is set to open on 25 March and will feature a full-service seafood counter featuring only sustainable wild-caught or Responsibly Farmed seafood and a large selection of ready-to-cook seafood. The new 21,800-square-foot store will also offer a curated grocery section, Full-service meat counter, with butchers available to cut steaks and poultry to order, prepared foods department featuring a hot food bar, salad bar with new condiment station and made-in-house hot pizza and wellness and beauty department with a large assortment of wellness, beauty, and lifestyle items, including an assortment of local products. Vice president of Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores and Whole Foods Market CEO, Jason Buechel, said: “Whole Foods Market has roots deeply planted in the UK, and we are thrilled to be bringing more natural and organic food to this market with the opening of our new King’s Road store this March. “Continuing our expansion outside of the US enables us to extend our reach to more customers while advancing our higher purpose to nourish people and the planet.” Christina Minardi, executive VP Growth and Development, Whole Foods Market and Amazon, added: “We know customers in the UK are seeking high quality natural and organic products. As we plan for the future, we are actively looking at this market and opportunities to bring Whole Foods Market to more customers there.”