ST. CHARLES, Ill. (May 27, 2025) – Whole Foods Market will open a new 36,234-square-foot store located at 300 S. 2nd Street in St. Charles, Ill., at 9:00 a.m. on June 25. Regular store hours will be 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. daily. The new location’s product assortment features more than 650 products from the Midwest, sourced with the help of Margie Omastiak, Forager for Local and Emerging Brands at Whole Foods Market.
Features of the new St. Charles store include:
- An array of certified organic, conventional and Sourced for Good Local offerings include cilantro from Harmony Valley Farm, Windy City crunch salad from Gotham Greens and cherry on the vine tomato from Mighty Vine.
- Specialty department dedicated to celebrating cheesemakers and artisan producers. Local items include citrus Gochujang candied pecans from Fortune Favors and spicy nduja from Tempesta Artisan Salami. The department also features a cheese counter overseen by trained cheesemongers who can offer recommendations for any occasion.
- Curated grocery section filled with exclusive brand favorites and local products, including pasta meals from Lazy Food Co., frozen waffles from Evergreen and seaweed snacks from Geem.
- Full-service seafood counter featuring only sustainable wild-caught or Responsibly Farmed seafood and a large selection of pre-seasoned and marinated ready-to-cook items. Local options include fresh rainbow trout, rainbow trout spread and salmon spread from Rushing Waters Fisheries.All offerings are either sustainable wild-caught or Responsibly Farmed.
- Full-service meat counter, with butchers available to cut steaks and poultry to order. Features include in-house dry-aged meat selections and made in-house sausage. Local options include boneless skinless chicken breast from Pine Manor Farms and chicken meatballs, burgers and sausage from Amylu Foods.
- Extensive selection of more than 240 craft beers, 180 spirits and 555 wines. Local options includeRight Bee Cider, Dovetail Brewery and Judson & Moore.
- A Prepared Foods department featuring fresh pizza, rotisserie chicken, made-to-order sandwiches and sushi made fresh daily from Kikka.
- Bakery department offering made-in-house bread as well as everyday favorites, such as Whole Foods Market’s Berry Chantilly Cake and Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. The department also carries a wide variety of special diet items. Local offerings include bread varieties from Sweet Ali’s, Defloured Bakery and Treasure Breads, Inc.
- Whole Body department with a large assortment of wellness, beauty and lifestyle items. Local products include candles from Bright Endeavors, Kobo Candles and Kalamazoo Candles.
Opening morning, customers will enjoy complimentary coffee from Big Shoulders Coffee, mini waffles from Evergreen and savory snack bars from Undressed. The first 300 customers in line will receive a custom tote bag and Secret Saver coupon featuring offers up to $100 off.
Also on opening morning, Whole Foods Market will provide a food donation to HCS Family Services, which makes regular surplus food pickups from local Whole Foods Market stores to help prevent food waste and serve the surrounding community. Following the opening, Whole Foods Market will also donate an all-electric refrigerated van to the nonprofit organization. Both donations are part of Whole Foods Market’s Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program, which aims to enhance the ability of local food rescue organizations to transport surplus food to areas facing the greatest need. Whole Foods Market will also make monetary donations to area organizations Lazarus House and Fox Valley Food for Health.
Whole Foods Market will also present Chicago-based supplier Evergreen with a low-interest loan through the Whole Foods Market Lending Program, to help grow their operations and support expansion to more Whole Foods Market locations. Through the program, Whole Foods Market lends money to small-scale, local or emerging producers to help them grow their businesses. To date, the retailer has provided 419 loans, representing roughly $35.7 million in capital for recipients.
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.
For more information, please visit https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/stcharles.
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 535 stores across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. To learn more about Whole Foods Market, please visit https://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/.
