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.
Casa Sanchez Foods is a family-owned company based in Hayward, California, specializing in Mexican-style snacks such as tortilla chips and fresh salsas.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Salsa, Chunky, Pico De Gallo in Fresh Salsa.
Woodlands stocks fresh salsa thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 12 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is fresh salsa: Woodlands stocks only 6 there, so Casa Sanchez Salsa, Chunky, Pico De Gallo stands out rather than blending in.
Woodlands merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin fresh salsa shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Casa Sanchez 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 3 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in fresh salsa. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Casa Sanchez (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Casa Sanchez’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.

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