Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale & Natural Grocers in St. Louis, MO-IL

Iceflower tracks 34 stores from 20 upscale & natural grocers in St. Louis, MO-IL. Straub's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's.

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
20
Tracked stores
34
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. Straub's and Whole Foods Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Straub's logo Straub's - +4.5%
2 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market ▲1 +1.4%
3 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +0.6%
4 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market ▼1 -4.8%
  • Trader Joe's
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Fresh Thyme Market
  • Straub's
  • Gateway Market
  • Green Earth Grocery
  • Carniceria Latino Americana
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

34 tracked store locations in St. Louis, MO-IL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Trader Joe's (4)
  • Whole Foods Market (3)
  • Fresh Thyme Market (7)
  • Straub's (3)
  • Gateway Market (2)
  • Green Earth Grocery (1)
  • Carniceria Latino Americana (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market 7
  • 2 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 4
  • 3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 3
  • 4 S Straub's logo Straub's 3
  • 5 G Gateway Market logo Gateway Market 2
  • 6 C Cheryl's Herbs 1
  • 7 S Seema Indian Grocery Store 1
  • 8 R Roosters Health Store 1
  • 9 C Cleta's Nutrition 1
  • 10 N Natural Health Center 1
  • 11 2 2 Simple Sisters 1
  • 12 E European Delicatessen 1
  • 13 M Meehan's Grocery 1
  • 14 F Fit Flavors logo Fit Flavors 1
  • 15 C Central Market logo Central Market 1
  • 16 N New Asian Spices 1
  • 17 F fit-flavors logo fit-flavors 1
  • 18 B Benefit Meals 1
  • 19 C Carniceria Latino Americana 1
  • 20 G Green Earth Grocery 1

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