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.
Van Leeuwen is a premium ice cream brand known for its rich and diverse flavors, including both traditional and vegan options.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 18 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Sprouts Farmers Market merchandises 2 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Van Leeuwen 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 17 of 32 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Van Leeuwen’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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.