Blue Circle at United Markets
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Blue Circle isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Norwegian Arctic Smoked Salmon in Smoked Salmon.
United Markets stocks smoked salmon thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
United Markets carries other sausage in real depth, 27 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 smoked salmon: United Markets stocks only 12 there, so Blue Circle Norwegian Arctic Smoked Salmon stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the smoked salmon, and position the other sausage as a finishing or gift item.
United Markets merchandises 4 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin smoked salmon shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Blue Circle 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
How it prices
Where it would price in smoked salmon. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Blue Circle (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to land
Blue Circle’s 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 →
