Reading the shelf…
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Anchovy Fillets in Olive Oil in Canned Anchovies.
Mill Valley Market stocks canned anchovies thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
The more differentiated opening is canned anchovies: Mill Valley Market stocks only 11 there, so Agostino Recca Anchovy Fillets in Olive Oil stands out rather than blending in.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin canned anchovies shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Agostino Recca plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Mill Valley 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 2 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Where it would price in canned anchovies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Agostino Recca (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Agostino Recca’s SKUs Mill Valley Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Mill Valley 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. Mill Valley Market profile →