Reading the shelf…
Driver's Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
ALOHA is a brand specializing in plant-based protein snacks and beverages. Their products include protein bars, powders, and drinks, all crafted with simple, organic ingredients.
Aloha isn’t on Driver's Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Soy Sauce, Lower Salt in Soy Sauces.
Driver's Market stocks soy sauces thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
Driver's Market merchandises 3 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Aloha plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Driver's Market. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in soy sauces. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which).
Aloha’s SKUs Driver's Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Driver's 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. Driver's Market profile →
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.