When does Whole Foods Market restock?
Whole Foods Market restocks throughout the week; no single day stands out. A product that goes out of stock at Whole Foods Market is typically back within 3 days; 84% are back within a week.
This page answers one question for Whole Foods Market: when products that go out of stock come back. It is Whole Foods Market’s slice of The Retail Availability Gap, StoreLocators’ study of retailer-reported availability across U.S. retail. “Restock” means Whole Foods Market’s website reported the item back in stock for that store; the day is the first day it was reported back, so it can run up to a day late.
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brands
281
products
522
Whole Foods Market stores
237,731
restock events
Availability as reported by Whole Foods Market’s website for a specific store, June 21 to September 18, 2026.
What day does Whole Foods Market restock?
Whole Foods Market restocks throughout the week. No single day stands out: every day of the week accounts for between 13.8% and 15.6% of restocks, against 14.3% for an even spread.
n = 13,036 product-days across 28 brands.
The day is the first day the product was reported back, so it can run up to a day late.
How long do products stay out of stock at Whole Foods Market?
Half of the products that go out of stock at Whole Foods Market are back within 3 days; 84% are back within a week and 89% within 30 days. 11.2% were still out after 30 days.
n = 203,389 out-of-stock spells across 27 brands. Each share counts only spells that had that many days to come back.
Worth checking tomorrow?
A product reported out today at Whole Foods Market has a 49% chance of being reported back within 1 day, 74% within 3 days and 84% within 7 days.
n = 203,389 out-of-stock spells across 27 brands. Each share counts only spells that had that many days to come back.
More sections as data accumulates
Whole Foods Market has enough restock events for the sections above and not yet for category breakdowns, nearby availability or seasonality. Those appear on their own once the data clears the bar described in the methodology.
What "available" means at Whole Foods Market
The Whole Foods Market website reports whether each store has an item in stock. "Back in stock" here means the site reported the store had it again.
In the study's terms this is a store stock feed. Readings for a specific store were recorded daily at most chains; no shelf was audited.
Source
These numbers are one retailer's slice of The Retail Availability Gap, StoreLocators' study of retailer-reported availability across U.S. retail. Data through September 18, 2026. This page is about Whole Foods Market over time and never compares it with another retailer.