By Barbara A. Preston for The Montgomery News | August 6, 2026
Whole Foods Market will open a new 45,000-square-foot store, located in the Montgomery Promenade shopping center on Route 606 in Skillman on August 21. The store will open at 8 am on opening day, and regular store hours will be 8 am to 9 pm daily.
Whole Foods will be the first business to open at Montgomery Promenade.
The Montgomery location’s product assortment features more than 1,000 local items from the Northeast, sourced with the help of John Lawson, forager for local & emerging brands at Whole Foods Market.
The store’s décor nods to nearby Princeton with a collegiate feel including distressed white shiplap mixed with darker colors of rich green, blazer blue, and black.
• Certified organic produce. All fresh produce and floral items meet Whole Foods’ pollinator health policy to reduce the use of chemical pesticides.
Local options include shiitake mushrooms from Mushroom King Farm, tinned vegetables from Row 7 Seed Company, and EverCrisp apples from Hudson River Fruit.
• A curated grocery section filled with exclusive brands and products from local suppliers, including ice cream from Adirondack Creamery, hummus from Abraham’s Natural Foods, and Jonesbar.
• A Seafood counter providing expert fishmonger service, ready-to- cook and ready-to-eat meal solutions, and a variety of packaged smoked items. All offerings are either sustainable wild-caught or responsibly farmed.
Local options include seafood cakes, stuffed clams casino, and stuffed bay scallops from Lagniappe Foods.
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• A full-service meat counter, with animal-welfare certified selections and expert butchers available to cut steaks and poultry to order. Features include made-in-house fresh sausage and marinated and seasoned meats for quick and easy meals.
Animals must be raised with no antibiotics ever. Local options include bacon from Wellshire, chicken sausage from Bilinski’s, duck, lamb, chicken, and pork sausage from Brooklyn Cured, and chicken from Bell & Evans and Koch Foods.
• A specialty foods department. It includes a cheese counter overseen by trained cheesemongers who can offer recommendations for any occasion and create custom boards. Local options include mozzarella from Lioni Latticini, pasta and pasta sauces from Severino Pasta Co., and candies and chocolate from Nassau Candy.
• A prepared foods department featuring hot food and salad bars with a rotating menu of comfort foods and seasonal options, fresh pizza by the slice or by the whole pie, a Market Sandwich venue featuring gourmet sandwiches and sushi rolled fresh daily by Genji.
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• A bakery department offering bread baked fresh daily, Whole Foods’ Berry Chantilly Cake, and brown butter cookies. Seasonal offerings include Honey Graham Brown Butter Cookies and Honey Corn Muffins, and local options include artisanal bread from Bread Alone Bakery, breads and pastries from Balthazar Bakery, and sliced sandwich breads from Paind’Avignon.
• A Wellness & Beauty department, with a wide range of products.
Opening morning, customers may enjoy samples from Palazzone1960 and coffee from Paper Plane Coffee Co. The first 300 customers in line will receive a limited-edition Montgomery tote bag and a Secret Saver coupon featuring savings up to $100 off.
For more information visit wholefoodsmarket.com.
