Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Acme Smoked Fish is a leading American purveyor of smoked fish products, renowned for its high-quality smoked salmon and other seafood delicacies.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Nova Smoked Salmon in Smoked Salmon.
United Markets stocks smoked salmon thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 6 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is smoked salmon: United Markets stocks only 12 there, so Acme Smoked Fish Nova Smoked Salmon stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 2 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin smoked salmon shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Acme Smoked Fish 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 8 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in smoked salmon. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Acme Smoked Fish (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Acme Smoked Fish’s SKUs United Markets doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.