Kodiak Cakes 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.
Kodiak Cakes is a brand specializing in high-protein, whole grain breakfast foods. Their product line includes pancake and waffle mixes, flapjacks, and protein-packed breakfast items.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 13 SKUs across 8 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Granola Pouch, Honey Oat in Granola Bars.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks granola bars 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.
Sprouts Farmers Market carries protein bars in real depth, 228 SKUs against a fleet median of 47, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 11 of the 12 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
an established national brand with proven demand.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
The full runway
Every category Kodiak Cakes 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 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
How it prices
Where it would price in granola bars. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
What to bring to expand
Kodiak Cakes’ 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 →
