Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale & Natural Grocers in Alabama

Iceflower tracks 85 stores from 69 upscale & natural grocers in Alabama. Trader Joe's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sprouts Farmers Market and Whole Foods 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
69
Tracked stores
85
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. Trader Joe's and Sprouts Farmers Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's ▲1 +12.7%
2 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market - +9.4%
3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market - -0.3%
4 S South's Finest Meats - -6.2%
5 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market ▼1 -13.4%
  • Trader Joe's
  • The Fresh Market
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Sprouts Farmers Market
  • South's Finest Meats
  • Virginia's Health Foods
  • Manna Grocery & Deli
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

85 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Trader Joe's (3)
  • The Fresh Market (7)
  • Whole Foods Market (3)
  • Sprouts Farmers Market (3)
  • South's Finest Meats (3)
  • Virginia's Health Foods (1)
  • Manna Grocery & Deli (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market 7
  • 2 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 3
  • 3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 3
  • 4 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market 3
  • 5 S South's Finest Meats 3
  • 6 V Valley Health Foods 2
  • 7 N Nature's Apothecary 2
  • 8 2 251 Nutrition 1
  • 9 C Creative Healing 1
  • 10 H Highway 231 Nutrition 1
  • 11 A A'ville Nutrition 1
  • 12 A A Better Way 1
  • 13 T The Valley Nutrition 1
  • 14 2 2 Gals & A Goat 1
  • 15 P Pearly's Natural Food and Mercantile 1
  • 16 W Wendy's Health and Nutrition 1
  • 17 F Fit Five Meals 1
  • 18 B Belinda Kay's Health Store 1
  • 19 H Honey & Spice Health Foods 1
  • 20 S Spartan Nutrition 1
  • 21 D Daily Dose Nutrition 1
  • 22 D Dega Nutrition 1
  • 23 T The Nutrition Spot 1
  • 24 U Unrivaled Nutrition 1
  • 25 L La Casa De La Familia Hispana 1
  • 26 G Guntersville Nutrition 1
  • 27 M Marion Meat Market 1
  • 28 L Linden St Grocery 1
  • 29 L Luxe Nutrition 1
  • 30 J Jacksonville Nutrition 1
  • 31 9 9A Nutrition 1
  • 32 N Near to Me CBD 1
  • 33 D Daphne Nutrition 1
  • 34 H Huguley Nutrition 1
  • 35 M Margaret Nutrition 1
  • 36 M Munford Nutrition 1
  • 37 T Tanner Nutrition 1
  • 38 T The Joyful Food Co. 1
  • 39 V Virginia's Health Foods 1
  • 40 M Manna Grocery & Deli 1
  • 41 F Fountain City Health Foods 1
  • 42 H Health Wise Foods, Inc. 1
  • 43 F Fairhope Health Foods 1
  • 44 A Apple A Day Health World 1
  • 45 S Spillin The Tea 1
  • 46 B BB's Health Foods 1
  • 47 S South Nutrition 1
  • 48 B Bama Health Foods 1
  • 49 N Nico’s Supermarket #2 1
  • 50 S South End Market Inc 1

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