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.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Baked Sriracha Soy-Free Fava Tofu in Tofu And Bean Curd.
Woodlands stocks tofu and bean curd 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.
The more differentiated opening is tofu and bean curd: Woodlands stocks only 10 there, so Big Mountain Foods Baked Sriracha Soy-Free Fava Tofu stands out rather than blending in.
Woodlands merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin tofu and bean curd shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Big Mountain Foods 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 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Where it would price in tofu and bean curd. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Big Mountain Foods (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Big Mountain Foods’ 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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
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