Whole Foods Market preps six London stores by June including Angel and Monument

Whole Foods Market is gearing up to open six new stores in the UK over the next few months. In March 2025, the Amazon owned natural and organic foods retailer went live with its first UK location in more than a decade with its 21,000 square foot store on King’s Road in London.

The newest ones will open across Angel, Liverpool Street, Notting Hill Gate, Wood Wharf (Canary Wharf), Monument and St. James’s neighbourhoods, doubling Whole Foods Market's UK store portfolio to 12.

Opening dates for each location are as follows:

·       Angel, The Mall, 359 Upper Street, The Angel, London N1 0PD, 2nd April

·       Liverpool Street, Unit 4b-5, Blomfield Street, London EC2M 7BD, 23rd April

·       Notting Hill Gate, 66-74 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3HT, 14th May

·       Wood Wharf, 4 Water Street, Wood Wharf, London, E14 5GX, 28th May

·       Monument, Unit 1, 20 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0BG, 4th June

·       St. James, 57 Victoria Street, London SW1P 2HX, 11th June

"We're happy to be expanding Whole Foods Market's physical store presence in the UK, 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 who share our values of nourishing people and the planet."

“We are thrilled to bring Whole Foods Market to more neighbourhoods in London,” says Jade Hoai, Executive Leader of Operations at Whole Foods Market UK. “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.”

The new locations also represent the international expansion of Whole Foods Market’s Daily Shop format, which launched in New York City in 2024. They will vary in size between roughly 3,300 and 10,000 square feet.

2026 RTIH Innovation Awards

Physical stores will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards are now open for entries and celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Wednesday, 4th November.

Check out our 2025 winners here.

Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”

“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”

He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”

Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering.