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.
La Tourangelle is a French-American family-owned brand specializing in high-quality culinary oils.
La Tourangelle isn’t on Sprouts Farmers Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 7 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Grapeseed Oil, Expeller-Pressed in Seed Oil.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks seed oil thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 16 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is seed oil: Sprouts Farmers Market stocks only 3 there, so La Tourangelle Grapeseed Oil, Expeller-Pressed stands out rather than blending in.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 10 of the 11 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin seed oil shelf as a point of difference.
Every category La Tourangelle 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.
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.
La Tourangelle’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 →
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.
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.