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.
Brooklyn Delhi is a brand specializing in premium Indian pantry staples and prepared meals, designed to make authentic Indian cooking accessible at home.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Golden Coconut Curry, India Simmer Sauce in Curry Sauces.
Woodlands stocks curry sauces thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
Woodlands carries other sauces in real depth, 25 SKUs against a fleet median of 11, 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 curry sauces: Woodlands stocks only 10 there, so Brooklyn Delhi Golden Coconut Curry, India Simmer Sauce stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the curry sauces, and position the other sauces as a finishing or gift item.
Woodlands merchandises 5 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 80/100.
enters a thin curry sauces shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Brooklyn Delhi 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 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in curry sauces. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Brooklyn Delhi (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Brooklyn Delhi’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.
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
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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