Whole Foods Market Brings Private-Label Products to Asia for the First Time

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 22, 2025--

Whole Foods Market is expanding the international reach of its private-label brand, introducing a broad selection of organic and responsibly sourced products to Asia. Starting Sept. 23, grocery shoppers in Singapore will be able to purchase hundreds of Whole Foods Market exclusive branded items including many the top sellers previously only available in the U.S.

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The leading organic grocer will start with nearly 300 private-label products across many categories—adding to the tens of thousands of grocery and everyday essentials from Amazon.sg, Amazon Fresh and local grocery and specialty retailers in the region. Additionally, the Whole Foods Market Exclusive Brands will be available in-store at Little Farms, a natural and organic supermarket in Singapore. With eight locations across the city-state and a recognized commitment to quality sourcing products, Little Farms is the ideal retailer to introduce these brands to the region.

The Whole Foods Market Exclusive Brands coming to Singapore include a selection of items from the 365 by Whole Foods Market, Whole Foods Market Exclusive Brand and Whole Paws. 365 by Whole Foods Market offers a wide assortment of essentials without compromising on value. The Whole Foods Market private label provides customers with culinary-forward food flavors. For our four-legged furry friends, Whole Paws offers nourishment without compromise.

“Whole Foods Market has passionate fans around the world, and we’re thrilled to bring a piece of Whole Foods Market to Singapore,” said Sonya Gafsi Oblisk, Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer at Whole Foods Market. “For 45 years, we’ve been committed to making organic products more accessible, and we’re excited to introduce ourselves to an entirely new market where the demand for high-quality and sustainable grocery options continues to grow.”

Since 1990, the company’s 365 by Whole Foods Market brand has become a customer favorite, combining affordable prices, exceptional quality and industry-leading standards in organic sourcing, animal welfare and culinary innovation. All these products meet Whole Foods Market’s rigorous quality standards, which ban more than 550 ingredients such as hydrogenated fats, high-fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners.

Whole Foods Market currently has more than 4,000 SKUs in their Exclusive Brands portfolio. In 2025 the Exclusive Brands portfolio sales are up 50+% compared to 2019.

The move is part of Whole Foods Market’s broader growth strategy, including the introduction of new formats like its Daily Shop stores and an expansion of direct-to-consumer shipping for private-label products across the U.S. Whole Foods Market currently has 100 stores in the pipeline.

“Expanding Whole Foods Market’s footprint by bringing these thoughtfully developed products to Singapore is one more way we’re fulfilling the company’s higher purpose, to nourish people and the planet,” said Jason Buechel, Vice President, Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores, and CEO, Whole Foods Market. “We’re confident our new customers will fall in love with their taste and quality.”

About Whole Foods Market

Founded in 1980, Austin-based Whole Foods Market is the world’s leading natural and organic foods retailer and the first certified organic national grocer in the U.S. Part of Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores, Whole Foods Market serves customers in more than 535 stores across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. To learn more about Whole Foods Market, please visit https://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/.

Whole Foods Market exclusive brands debut in Singapore, meeting demand for trusted organic, high-quality grocery staples

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Vote counting was underway Friday in Uganda’s tense presidential election, which was held a day earlier amid an internet shutdown, voting delays and complaints by an opposition leader who said some of his polling agents had been detained by the authorities.

Opposition leader Bobi Wine said Thursday he was unable to leave his house and that his polling agents in rural areas were abducted before voting started, undermining his efforts to prevent electoral offenses such as ballot stuffing.

Wine is hoping to end President Yoweri Museveni's four-decade rule in an election during which the military was deployed and heavy security was posted outside his house near Kampala, the Ugandan capital, after the vote.

The musician-turned-politician wrote on X on Thursday that a senior party official in charge of the western region had been arrested, adding there was “massive ballot stuffing everywhere.”

Rural Uganda, especially the western part of the country, is a ruling-party stronghold, and the opposition would be disadvantaged by not having polling agents present during vote counting.

To try to improve his chances of winning, Wine had urged his supporters to “protect the vote” by having witnesses document alleged offenses at polling stations, in addition to deploying official polling agents.

Wine faced similar setbacks when he first ran for president five years ago. Museveni took 58% of the vote, while Wine got 35%, according to official results. Wine said at the time that the election had been rigged in favor of Museveni, who has spoken disparagingly of his rival.

Museveni, after voting on Thursday, said the opposition had infiltrated the 2021 election and defended the use of biometric machines as a way of securing the vote in this election.

Museveni has served the third-longest tenure of any African leader and is seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. The aging president’s authority has become increasingly dependent on the military, which is led by his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Uganda has not witnessed a peaceful transfer of presidential power since independence from British colonial rule six decades ago.

Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station, during the presidential election, in the capital, Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Election officials count ballots after the polls closed for the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

An election official holds up unmarked ballots during the vote count after polls closed for the presidential election, at a polling center in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A political representative speaks as he works to observe and verify the counting of ballots after polls closed in the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A supporter of leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine cheers while watching election officials count ballots, after polls closed at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)