Guittard at Sprouts Farmers Market
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.
Guittard Chocolate Company, established in 1868, is the oldest continuously family-owned chocolate maker in the U.S., known for its premium couverture chocolate crafted using traditional…
It’s already on the shelf here, with 15 SKUs across 6 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Milk Chocolate Baking Chips in Chocolate Chips.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks chocolate chips thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 13 other Bay Area grocers.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 6 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
The full runway
Every category Guittard 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 7 of 15 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
How it prices
Where it would price in chocolate chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Guittard (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Guittard’s SKUs Sprouts Farmers 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 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 →
