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 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Cinnamon Flavor with Xylitol, No Aspartame 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 2 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is mints: Sprouts Farmers Market stocks only 4 there, so Spry Sugar Free Mints Cinnamon Flavor with Xylitol, No Aspartame stands out rather than blending in.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 1 of the 1 category 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 Spry Sugar Free Mints 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 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Spry Sugar Free Mints’ 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 →