Gopals Sprouties at Woodlands
Woodlands is a specialty independent running 3 Bay Area stores, small-format at about 2,336 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Gopals Sprouties isn’t on Woodlands’ shelf yet in any of its 3 stores. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Pumpkin Seed in Pumpkin Seeds.
Woodlands stocks pumpkin seeds 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.
Woodlands carries meat jerky in real depth, 42 SKUs against a fleet median of 21, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is pumpkin seeds: Woodlands stocks only 4 there, so Gopals Sprouties Pumpkin Seed stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the pumpkin seeds, and position the meat jerky as a finishing or gift item.
Woodlands merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin pumpkin seeds shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 3 stores
Every category Gopals Sprouties plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Woodlands. 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.
How it prices
Where it would price in pumpkin seeds. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
What to bring to land
Gopals Sprouties’ SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
How to get on the shelf · Woodlands
enriched 2026-09-05Presence and depth are measured from Woodlands’ 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. Woodlands profile →