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.
Fruition Chocolate Works is a brand dedicated to crafting high-quality chocolate products by combining ethically sourced cocoa beans with both modern and traditional production techniques.
Fruition Chocolate Works isn’t on Sprouts Farmers Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Colombia Tumaco Dark 85% Chocolate Bar in Chocolate Candies.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks chocolate candies 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 merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Fruition Chocolate Works 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Where it would price in chocolate candies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which).
Fruition Chocolate Works’ 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 →
