In a word, yes.
You could put first receptacle on the black, second on the red, and feed thru to the third receptacle from the second. Still effectively two 120 volt circuits but one less GFCI.
You can use a two pole gfci breaker or you can do what kwired said. Either will work fine.
In the OP's case, a passel is just three. Not too much greater than the minimum of two with your wiring scheme.
That is the way I wired my kitchen.
I even done that to the first outlet, and GFCI's were required (at least within six feet of sink) when I first started in the trade. You could always split into two wire only circuits after that first outlet. If you want two circuits at each duplex, nothing prohibits it, but just isn't so practical when it comes to meeting the other codes that apply. If they made a so called "split circuit GFCI receptacle" it probably would cost as much or more then a two pole GFCI breaker, why not just go with the breaker if that is how you want it? Now we need AFCI on top of that so that presents another challenge, 2 pole AFCI may be out there but certainly are not common as of yet.
Three wire cable to the last outlet in my description there was only using black and white and was connected to the "feed thru" terminals of the second outlet. You still have two 120 volt circuits but this way can use two GFCI's instead of three. You still only have one 120 volt circuit that is usable at any one receptacle outlet location no matter which way you do it with receptacle type GFCI's.
Unless AFCI rules were amended out if you are still on 2011 NEC or earlier where you are, you don't run 12-3 to the first box for kitchen outlets anymore.
Unless AFCI rules were amended out if you are still on 2011 NEC or earlier where you are, you don't run 12-3 to the first box for kitchen outlets anymore.
If using "feed thru" terminals of a GFCI receptacle - you can not supply MWBC wiring on load side of that GFCI.
If you have "three wire cable" running from outlet box to outlet box, you can put a GFCI receptacle in every box, but you can not have both 120 volt halves of the MWBC available at any individual duplex GFCI receptacle like you can with a standard receptacle.
I suppose you could run one GFCI load wire to the top of a standard duplex and the bottom of that duplex could be supplied via the load side of a second GFCI that is supplied from the other half of the MWBC. But you can not do this with only a 12-2 cable as the feed to the load side receptacle, sharing the neutral will not work with the GFCI's.
Otherwise a 2 pole GFCI breaker at the origin of the source gives you the same flexibility of which receptacle or half of receptacle is on which half of the MWBC there once was before GFCI protection was a requirement. It also is likley more expensive, and does leave user having to find the breaker should the GFCI trip, where the receptacle has the reset right at the outlet location. Feed through protected outlets can sometimes have you hunting for the GFCI though.
