Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Blobs is a brand that specializes in high-fiber, low-sugar gummies with a focus on clean and recognizable ingredients.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Orange-Peach, Gummy Candy in Gummy Candies.
United Markets stocks gummy candies 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.
United Markets merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Blobs 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 2 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in gummy candies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Blobs (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Blobs’ SKUs United Markets doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
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 →