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.
Deep Indian Kitchen offers a range of frozen Indian meals that are crafted from family recipes and made from scratch.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 13 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Butter Paneer in Frozen Indian Meals.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks frozen indian meals thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
Sprouts Farmers Market carries frozen meals in real depth, 58 SKUs against a fleet median of 26.5, 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 7 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Deep Indian Kitchen 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 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in frozen indian meals. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Deep Indian Kitchen (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Deep Indian Kitchen’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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.