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.
Kettle Brand is a renowned American snack food company that specializes in kettle-cooked potato chips, known for their bold flavors and crunchy texture.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 13 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Krinkle Cut Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper Potato Chips in Potato Chips.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks potato chips thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 14 other Bay Area grocers.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Kettle Brand 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 13 of 51 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Where it would price in potato chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Kettle Brand (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Kettle Brand’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 →
