Garden Of Life at Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market is a natural independent running 10 Bay Area stores, large-format at about 30,160 sq ft each, indexing high on established names versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 10 stores.
Lead with Organic Original Sport Greens in Green Food Blends.
Whole Foods Market stocks green food blends thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
The more differentiated opening is green food blends: Whole Foods Market stocks only 2 there, so Garden of Life Organic Original Sport Greens stands out rather than blending in.
Whole Foods Market merchandises 1 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin green food blends shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 10 stores
Every category Garden Of Life plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Whole Foods 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 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
What to bring to expand
Garden Of Life’s SKUs Whole Foods Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
Presence and depth are measured from Whole Foods 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. Whole Foods Market profile →
