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.
Garden Of Eatin' isn’t on Sprouts Farmers Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Taco Shells, Yellow Corn in Taco Shells.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks taco shells thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 11 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is taco shells: Sprouts Farmers Market stocks only 4 there, so Garden of Eatin' Taco Shells, Yellow Corn stands out rather than blending in.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin taco shells shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Garden Of Eatin' 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.
Garden Of Eatin'’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 →
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.