Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale & Natural Grocers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Iceflower tracks 84 stores from 26 upscale & natural grocers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Trader Joe's and Lakewinds Food Co-op.

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
26
Tracked stores
84
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. Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op and Trader Joe's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op logo Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op - +7.3%
2 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +3.4%
3 L Lakewinds Food Co-op - +1.1%
4 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market - -0.4%
5 K Kowalski's Market logo Kowalski's Market - -0.8%
6 L Lunds & Byerlys logo Lunds & Byerlys - -1.7%
7 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market - -6.4%
  • Lunds & Byerlys
  • Trader Joe's
  • Kowalski's Market
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Fresh Thyme Market
  • Lakewinds Food Co-op
  • Seward Community Co-op
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

84 tracked store locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Lunds & Byerlys (25)
  • Trader Joe's (9)
  • Kowalski's Market (10)
  • Whole Foods Market (7)
  • Fresh Thyme Market (7)
  • Lakewinds Food Co-op (3)
  • Seward Community Co-op (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 L Lunds & Byerlys logo Lunds & Byerlys 25
  • 2 K Kowalski's Market logo Kowalski's Market 10
  • 3 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 9
  • 4 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 7
  • 5 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market 7
  • 6 L Lakewinds Food Co-op 3
  • 7 M Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op logo Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op 3
  • 8 S Seward Community Co-op logo Seward Community Co-op 2
  • 9 I Impact Nutrition of STMA 1
  • 10 N North Country Nutrition 1
  • 11 T Tailor Made Nutrition 1
  • 12 R Rise Up Nutrition 1
  • 13 C Chan Oriental Market 1
  • 14 B Bear Nutrition 1
  • 15 S Sassafras Health Foods 1
  • 16 N Nutrition Haven 1
  • 17 S Spartan Nutrition 1
  • 18 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market 1
  • 19 W Whole Earth Market Co-op 1
  • 20 A Adom Market 1
  • 21 M Mastel's Health Food 1
  • 22 C City Center Market 1
  • 23 R River Market Community Co-op 1
  • 24 W Wedge Linden Hills 1
  • 25 V Valley Natural Foods 1
  • 26 E Eastside Food Co-op 1

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