Listen to Kevin and Jenna all this week at 4pm to play “I Should Have Known That” to win a $75 Whole Foods Gift Card in celebration of the new Whole Foods Opening in Stamford Thursday!

Join Kevin Begley Thursday December 12th from 11am-1pm at the Grand Opening of Whole Foods, 110 High Ridge Road in Stamford!

Stamford’s Whole Foods will open its doors Thursday, December 12 at 9am and will be open 8am–9pm daily.

On Opening Day customers will enjoy complimentary coffee and muffins from Abe’s. The first 300 customers in line will receive a limited-edition tote bag and a Secret Saver coupon featuring offers up to $100 off. 

Store Features

The store’s product assortment will include more than 1,000 local items from the Northeast sourced with the help of John Lawson, Forager for Local & Emerging Brands at Whole Foods Market. A vibrant produce section, evoking a fresh, organic market feel, with an array of certified organic, conventional and Sourced for Good produce, including potatoes and squashes from Row 7 Seed Co., salad varieties from Gotham Greens and microgreens from Gilberties Organics.

Specialty department dedicated to celebrating cheesemakers and artisan producers. Local items include mozzarella from Lioni Latticini and pasta from Nuovo Pasta. The cheese counter is overseen by trained cheesemongers who can offer recommendations for any occasion.

Curated grocery section filled with private label favorites from 365 by Whole Foods Market and local products, including tortillas from Vista Hermosa, grassfed milk from Family Farmstead Dairy and artisan loaves from Heidelberg Bread Company.

New local items launching with the Stamford location include plant-based cookie dough from Doughy, oat and pistachio milks from Edenesque and kitchari from Divya’s.

Full-service seafood counter featuring only sustainable wild-caught or Responsibly Farmed seafood and a large selection of ready-to-cook seafood. Local seafood options include smoked salmon from Catsmo Artisan Smokehouse, oysters from West Robins Oysters and seafood cakes from Lagniappe Foods.

Full-service meat counter, with butchers available to cut steaks and poultry to order. Features include dry-aged beef and sausage made in-house. Local suppliers include Briar Woods Farms, which will be exclusive to this store at the time of opening.

Extensive selection of more than 220 craft beers, including products from more than 30 local breweries including Athletic Brewing Co., Two Roads Brewing and Kent Falls Brewing Co.

Prepared Foods department featuring a hot bar, salad bar and pizza. Department highlights also include made-to-order sandwiches, sushi made fresh daily from Genji and a Market Plate venue, where customers can choose from a variety of entrée and side options like salmon, roasted chicken and homestyle macaroni and cheese.

Wellness and Beauty department with a large assortment of wellness, beauty and lifestyle items. Local products include ginger shots from Annie’s Ginger Elixir and artisan soap bars from RAD Soap Co.

Bakery department offering bread baked fresh daily as well as everyday favorites, such as Whole Foods Market’s Berry Chantilly Cake and brown butter cookies. The department also carries a wide variety of special diet items, including vegan brownies, cakes and chocolate chip cookies along with several gluten-free selections. Local options include artisan pitas from Angel Bakeries, muffins from Abe’s and assorted desserts from By the Way Bakery.

Community Partnerships

Whole Foods Market is donating to two local organizations working to improve food access.

The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County serves as an efficient and effective provider of nutritious food to nonprofit organizations that feed the hungry in Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford and Wilton, while seeking to raise awareness of and promote action to combat hunger in those communities.

Person to Person provides healthy, nutritious food via four food pantries, including neighborhood pantries in Darien and Norwalk and two mobile pantries serving Stamford residents, that are the cornerstones of the organization’s extensive and hands-on food assistance program.

Whole Foods Market is also giving back through their Nourishing our Neighborhoods program, which aims to expand the capacity and capability of community-based food rescue organizations to move food from where it’s available to where it’s needed most.

Whole Foods Market has recently donated a refrigerated van to New Covenant Center, a Stamford-based community nonprofit. In partnership with their Grocery Rescue program, they will be able to safely transport rescued food from the store to be used in their food pantry and soup kitchen. As part of the opening day celebration, Whole Foods Market will stuff the van full of food, including pantry staples and fresh produce, providing more than 1,200 meals to our food-insecure neighbors.