Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale & Natural Grocers in Connecticut

Iceflower tracks 76 stores from 47 upscale & natural grocers in Connecticut. Whole Foods Market grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Trader Joe's and The Fresh Market.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
47
Tracked stores
76
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked upscale & natural grocers

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market - +0.6%
2 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +0.2%
3 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market - -3.2%
4 S Stew Leonard's - -5.6%
  • Trader Joe's
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Stew Leonard's
  • The Fresh Market
  • McQuade's Marketplace
  • Wegmans
  • Willimantic Food Co-op
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

76 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Trader Joe's (9)
  • Whole Foods Market (15)
  • Stew Leonard's (3)
  • The Fresh Market (4)
  • McQuade's Marketplace (1)
  • Wegmans (1)
  • Willimantic Food Co-op (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 15
  • 2 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 9
  • 3 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market 4
  • 4 S Stew Leonard's 3
  • 5 N Nutmeg State Nutrition 2
  • 6 B Balducci's Food Lover's Market logo Balducci's Food Lover's Market 2
  • 7 M McQuade's Marketplace logo McQuade's Marketplace 1
  • 8 M Makkah Halal Market 1
  • 9 N New Canaan Healthfare 1
  • 10 L Lim's Health Food Center 1
  • 11 Z Zaytuna Grocery 1
  • 12 N Nature's Goods Market 1
  • 13 W Wildcraft Herb Shoppe 1
  • 14 V Venus Nutrition 1
  • 15 L Litchfield County CBD 1
  • 16 R Rooted Market 1
  • 17 L La Flor De Mexico 1
  • 18 G Green Place Nutrition 1
  • 19 R Relish Market 1
  • 20 U Utuado Grocery 1
  • 21 B Bethel Organics and Specialty Market 1
  • 22 B Brighter Day Grocery 1
  • 23 H Halal Food Market 1
  • 24 H Healthy STYLE 1
  • 25 C Cultured Cafe 1
  • 26 R Ridgefield Organics and Specialty Market 1
  • 27 T The Nutrition Spot 1
  • 28 W Wegmans logo Wegmans 1
  • 29 W Willimantic Food Co-op logo Willimantic Food Co-op 1
  • 30 F Fiddleheads Food Co-op 1
  • 31 M Metropolitan 1
  • 32 T Thyme & Season 1
  • 33 E Edge of the Woods Market 1
  • 34 N New Morning Market logo New Morning Market 1
  • 35 F Fresh Farms Market 1
  • 36 K Kings Food Markets 1
  • 37 C Citarella logo Citarella 1
  • 38 R Red Fox Market 1
  • 39 T The Natural Food Store 1
  • 40 T T-Asian Market 1
  • 41 N Nature's Temptations 1
  • 42 B Bristol Farms 1
  • 43 H Harbor Point Organic Market 1
  • 44 C Chamomille Natural Foods 1
  • 45 I Indian Groceries 1
  • 46 N Nature's Way Health Foods 1
  • 47 T The Green Market 1

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