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.
Pumpkin Tree Organics is a family-owned company that specializes in organic, non-GMO fruit and vegetable snack pouches for children.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Fruit & Vegetable Puree, Organic, Apple, Carrot & Pumpkin in Baby Food Purees.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks baby food purees thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
Sprouts Farmers Market carries baby food purees in real depth, 68 SKUs against a fleet median of 25, 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 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Pumpkin Tree 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 14 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in baby food purees. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Pumpkin Tree (orange) sits below the shelf.
Pumpkin Tree’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
