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.
North Coast Organic is a brand specializing in organic juice products, primarily known for its apple-based beverages.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Apple Sauce in Applesauce.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks applesauce thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 12 other Bay Area grocers.
Sprouts Farmers Market carries applesauce in real depth, 17 SKUs against a fleet median of 7.5, 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 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category North Coast Organic 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 4 of 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in applesauce. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). North Coast Organic (orange) sits below the shelf.
North Coast Organic’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 →