Whole Foods Opening 43,000-Sq-Ft Holbrook Store March 5, Features 900+ Local Products

Whole Foods Market will open a full-service store at the Shops at SunVet, 5801 Sunrise Hwy in Holbrook, on March 5, 2026, with doors opening at 8:00 a.m. The company said the new location will operate daily from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will serve as the shopping center’s anchor tenant. Whole Foods described the store as a 43,000-sq-ft location; Newsday published an alternate figure of 40,000 sq ft.

The Holbrook store will be Whole Foods Market’s eighth location on Long Island, joining Lake Grove, Huntington Station, Massapequa, Jericho, Westbury, Commack and Manhasset. The company credited John Lawson, Forager for Local & Emerging Brands, with sourcing more than 900 local items from the Northeast that will be stocked at the store. Patch highlighted examples such as packaged herbs from Goodness Gardens, Row 7 Seed Co.’s Starling Purple Sweet Potato and SnapDragon apples from Hudson River Fruit. Patch also noted the store will source foods to meet Whole Foods Market’s Pollinator Health Policy to reduce use of certain chemical pesticides.

The store will feature a broad prepared-foods program including hot bars, salad bars, fresh pizza, gourmet sandwiches and daily-made sushi supplied by Genji. Specialty departments will include a staffed cheese counter with trained cheesemongers and a certified cheese professional, a seafood counter with sustainably sourced options and a full-service meat counter offering animal-welfare certified selections and custom butchering. The store will carry 290 craft beers and ciders, will accept Amazon returns and will introduce grocery pickup service shortly after opening. Prime members will receive weekly discounts and an additional 10 percent off sale items.

Economic context for Holbrook includes the larger Shops at SunVet redevelopment, a project Newsday describes as a $93 million overhaul of the former Sun Vet Mall across an 18-acre site. Blumenfeld Development Group Ltd. signed a 99-year ground lease in 2022 and later entered a joint venture with Regency in 2023; Newsday reported Regency holds the majority interest and renamed the center. Whole Foods is the largest tenant on the property, and Newsday reported the store will employ 160 workers. Whole Foods Market is owned by Amazon.com Inc., according to Newsday.

Opening-day promotions include samples from NAVAD Bakers and coffee from Sail Away Coffee Co., and the first 300 customers will receive a limited-edition tote and a Secret Saver coupon with savings up to $100. To mark the opening, Whole Foods will make a food donation to We All We Got, Inc., and provide monetary contributions to Pronto of Long Island and Branches Long Island through its Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program; We All We Got previously received a refrigerated van via that program.

For Holbrook residents, the store promises new retail jobs and expanded market access for local producers while anchoring a major redevelopment that aims to reshape a longstanding commercial corridor. Consumers should expect the main store opening on March 5 with pickup services and membership benefits rolling out in the weeks after, and local vendors and community groups will be among the first to see whether the new anchor translates into sustained sales and greater donations to hunger-relief efforts.