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.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 10 SKUs across 5 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen.
Lead with Fig & Honey, Goat Cheese, Chèvre in Goat Cheese.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks goat cheese thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is goat cheese: Sprouts Farmers Market stocks only 10 there, so LaClare Family Creamery Fig & Honey, Goat Cheese, Chèvre stands out rather than blending in.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 5 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin goat cheese shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Laclare Family Creamery 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 6 of 8 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in goat cheese. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Laclare Family Creamery (orange) sits below the shelf.
Laclare Family Creamery’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 →
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
