Alvarado Street Bakery at United Markets
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Alvarado Street Bakery is an employee-owned cooperative that specializes in organic, sprouted grain breads and bagels.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 4 new doors to enter.
Lead with Sprouted Wheat Flax & Chia Bread, Thin Sliced in Sprouted Grain Bread.
United Markets stocks sprouted grain bread thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is sprouted grain bread: United Markets stocks only 7 there, so Alvarado Street Bakery Sprouted Wheat Flax & Chia Bread, Thin Sliced stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 7 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin sprouted grain bread shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Alvarado Street Bakery 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 5 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
How it prices
Where it would price in sprouted grain bread. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Alvarado Street Bakery (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Alvarado Street Bakery’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 →
