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Organic American grocery chain Whole Foods Market just announced plans to open six new locations across London this spring, doubling its UK footprint to 12 stores total.
The expansion comes just over a year after the retailer reopened its King’s Road location in March 2025 — the first new UK Whole Foods store to open in more than a decade. Now, the brand will spread across the capital with new branches arriving from April through June. Five of the six new stores will be in old Amazon Fresh stores, which shut last year.
First up is the Angel location, which opens on April 2 on Upper Street, followed by Liverpool Street on April 23. Two openings will take place in May, with Notting Hill Gate on May 14 and Woof Wharf on May 28, followed by two more in June (Monument on June 4 and St James on June 11).
The new outposts range in size from 3,300 to 10,000 square feet, and are part of a ‘Daily Shop’ concept that aims to provide smaller-designed stores for busier neighbourhoods. Think: quick lunch stops on your break, after-work dinner pick-ups and the occasional impulse kombucha splurge.
Despite the more compact design, shoppers can still expect to find a variety of the brand’s organic produce, ready-to-eat meals and specialty items. Prepared food counters will feature salads, sandwiches and hot dishes like teriyaki salmon and Spanish-style free-range chicken, while the bakery will turn out fresh bread and the chain’s cult-favourite brown butter cookies.
There’ll also be a selection of animal-welfare-certified meat, responsibly sourced seafood and – best part – beloved cheeses like its treasured truffled brie. Wellness and beauty shelves will also be stocked and loaded with supplements and at-home skincare.
The retailer said all food sold in its stores must meet strict internal standards that exclude hydrogenated fats, high-fructose corn syrup and hundreds of additives. Beauty and body-care products follow similar guidelines, banning ingredients such as parabens and microbeads.
New Whole Foods Market locations in London in 2026
Here are the locations of the new Whole Foods shop coming to the capital this spring, with opening dates
- Angel, The Mall, 359 Upper Street, The Angel, N1 0PD – April 2 2026
- Liverpool Street, Unit 4b-5, Blomfield Street, EC2M 7BD – April 23 2026
- Notting Hill Gate, 66-74 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3HT – May 14 2026
- Wood Wharf, 4 Water Street, Wood Wharf, 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
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