Aidells at United Markets
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Aidells is a premium food brand known for its artisanal sausages and meatballs, founded in 1983 by Chef Bruce Aidells in San Leandro, California.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 13 SKUs across 6 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Savory Applewood Hardwood Smoked Chicken Sausage Links, 4 Count in Other Sausage.
United Markets stocks other sausage thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
United Markets carries other sausage in real depth, 27 SKUs against a fleet median of 7, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
United Markets merchandises 6 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 55/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
The full runway
Every category Aidells 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 6 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
How it prices
Where it would price in other sausage. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Aidells (orange) sits below the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Aidells’ 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 →
