Old Dog Ranch 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.
Old Dog Ranch isn’t on Sprouts Farmers Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Organic Candied Walnuts in Walnuts.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks walnuts thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
Sprouts Farmers Market carries chocolate covered nuts in real depth, 24 SKUs against a fleet median of 7, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is walnuts: Sprouts Farmers Market stocks only 3 there, so Old Dog Ranch Organic Candied Walnuts stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the walnuts, and position the chocolate covered nuts as a finishing or gift item.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin walnuts shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Old Dog Ranch 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.
What to bring to land
Old Dog Ranch’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 →
