Reading the shelf…
Sprouts Farmers Market is a natural independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 20,322 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Almond Breeze is a brand specializing in almond-based milk alternatives, offering a variety of almondmilk products that are dairy-free, lactose-free, and vegan.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Shelf-Stable Unsweetened Original Almondmilk in Almond Milk.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks almond milk thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
Sprouts Farmers Market carries almond milk in real depth, 41 SKUs against a fleet median of 16, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Almond Breeze plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Sprouts Farmers Market. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
On shelf here, but only 9 of 17 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in almond milk. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Almond Breeze (orange) sits below the shelf.
Almond Breeze’s SKUs Sprouts Farmers Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Sprouts Farmers Market’s current Bay Area storefront: its online catalog plus our shelf photos, a partial view. A widely-distributed brand shown as a new door may already be carried through channels we don’t index. Sprouts Farmers Market profile →