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.
Simply is a prominent juice brand known for its high-quality, real ingredient-based beverages.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 4 categories to widen and 7 new doors to enter.
Lead with Peppermint Mints in Mints.
Sprouts Farmers Market stocks mints thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
Sprouts Farmers Market carries probiotic & gut-health drinks in real depth, 86 SKUs against a fleet median of 30, 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 mints: Sprouts Farmers Market stocks only 4 there, so Simply Peppermint Mints stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the mints, and position the probiotic & gut-health drinks as a finishing or gift item.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 12 of the 13 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin mints shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Simply 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 2 of 13 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Simply’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 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
