Bar Harbor at Target
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Bar Harbor is a premium grocery brand specializing in canned seafood and small-batch soups inspired by New England's coastal traditions.
Bar Harbor isn’t on Target’s shelf yet in any of its 6 stores. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Clam Chowder, New England Style, Condensed in Canned Soup.
Target stocks canned soup thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
Target merchandises 2 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, wild-caught against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
The full runway · across 6 stores
Every category Bar Harbor plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Target. 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
How it prices
Where it would price in canned soup. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Bar Harbor (orange) sits well above the shelf.
What to bring to land
Bar Harbor’s SKUs Target doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Target’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. Target profile →
