Reading the shelf…
Woodlands is a specialty independent running 3 Bay Area stores, small-format at about 2,336 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Beeler’s: Beeler's Pure Pork is a family-owned company with over 170 years of experience, specializing in premium, antibiotic-free pork products.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Uncured Applewood Smoked Bacon in Sliced Bacon.
Woodlands stocks sliced bacon 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.
Woodlands carries other sausage in real depth, 15 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. The more differentiated opening is sliced bacon: Woodlands stocks only 11 there, so Beeler’s Uncured Applewood Smoked Bacon stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the sliced bacon, and position the other sausage as a finishing or gift item.
Woodlands merchandises 4 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
grass-fed, non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin sliced bacon shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Beeler’s plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Woodlands. 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 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in sliced bacon. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Beeler’s (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Beeler’s’ SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Woodlands’ 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. Woodlands profile →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.

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