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.
Credo isn’t on Sprouts Farmers Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Queso, with Cashew Butter, Medium, Plant-Based in Cheese Dips And Spreads.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks cheese dips and spreads thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is cheese dips and spreads: Sprouts Farmers Market stocks only 7 there, so Credo Queso, with Cashew Butter, Medium, Plant-Based stands out rather than blending in.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin cheese dips and spreads shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Credo 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in cheese dips and spreads. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Credo (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Credo’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 →