4th & Heart at United Markets
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
4th & Heart is a brand specializing in ghee, a type of clarified butter known for its rich, creamy texture and gut-friendly properties.
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 Ghee Clarified Butter Himalayan Pink Salt in Ghee.
United Markets stocks ghee 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.
The more differentiated opening is ghee: United Markets stocks only 3 there, so 4th & Heart Ghee Clarified Butter Himalayan Pink Salt stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
grass-fed, non-gmo, pasture-raised against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin ghee shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category 4th & Heart plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at United Markets. 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 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
What to bring to expand
4th & Heart’s SKUs United Markets doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
Presence and depth are measured from United Markets’ 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. United Markets profile →
