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First Whole Foods Market Daily Shop Now Open in New York City’s Upper East Side

Smaller new store format features first Juice & Java venue in New York City and more than 400 local products from 100+ Northeast-based suppliers


NEW YORK – WEBWIRE
WFM Daily Shop Lenox Hill
WFM Daily Shop Lenox Hill

Today, Whole Foods Market opened its first smaller format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, in New York City’s Lenox Hill neighborhood in the Upper East Side. Located at 1175 Third Avenue, the 9,101 square-foot store is designed to bring the freshest, high-quality ingredients to customers with a convenience that fits their fast-paced urban lifestyles.

“Opening this first Whole Foods Market Daily Shop location – which was specially tailored for the needs of an urban market like New York City – marks a special milestone for our company,” said Christina Minardi, Executive Vice President Growth & Development, Whole Foods Market & Amazon. “Whole Foods Market has been in New York City for more than 20 years now, and it’s one of the reasons I’m personally excited to be here today not only growing our footprint in this community but providing an entirely new shopping format to better serve New Yorkers.”

Features and product assortment of the Lenox Hill location include:

  • More than 400 local products, from 100+ Northeast-based suppliers, including New York-based favorites Family Farmstead Dairy, The White Moustache, Annie’s Ginger Elixir, Dam Good English Muffins and Mill Hollow Maple Syrup.
  • New local brands launching at the Lenox Hill location include Jack & Friends, P-Nuff Crunch and Mimi Cheng’s. Additionally, TALEA Beer Co. is introducing its Lenox Hill Pilsner, which will only be available at the Lenox Hill location.
  • First Juice & Java venue in New York City, offering coffee, tea, juices, smoothies, sandwiches, soups and various desserts.
  • Launch of new ready to heat sous vide entrees & sides from the Whole Foods Market Kitchens brand.
  • Single serve hot bowls and meals including health-forward Teriyaki Salmon, Falafel Tahini and Chipotle Chicken grain and protein bowls.
  • Whole Foods Market favorites, including an ample selection of fresh, seasonal produce, meat and seafood, prepared foods like sandwiches and pre-packed meals, breads, alcohol, and supplements, as well as a handpicked range of local specialties and our own 365 by Whole Foods Market brand.


“As a lifelong New Yorker, I am thrilled to welcome customers into our first Whole Foods Market Daily Shop,” said Timeisha Brisco, Store Leader for Whole Foods Market Daily Shop. “Whether they are picking up coffee or lunch on-the-go, or grabbing final ingredients needed for dinner, we look forward to providing our customers with a quick, convenient shopping experience that meets all of our quality standards.”

All food at Whole Foods Market must meet the company’s rigorous Quality Standards, 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.

Prime members who shop at Whole Foods Market have access to a number of benefits year-round, including deep discounts on select popular products each week and an additional 10% off hundreds of in-store sale items. Additionally, customers can pay in-store with their palm using Amazon One or with the Whole Foods Market or Amazon app. For more information on in-store benefits for Prime members and payment options, please visit https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/amazon.

Additional Whole Foods Market Daily Shop locations will follow at 409 E 14th Street, in the East Village’s StuyTown development, and in Hell’s Kitchen at 301 West 50th Street.

For more information on the Lenox Hill location, please visit www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/lenoxhill.

 

About Whole Foods Market

Founded in 1980, Austin-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 530 stores across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. To learn more about Whole Foods Market, please visit  https://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/.


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