Castellino at United Markets
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Castellino isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 4 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Semi Dried Tomatoes in Sun Dried Tomatoes.
United Markets stocks sun dried tomatoes thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
United Markets carries olives in real depth, 61 SKUs against a fleet median of 19.5, 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 sun dried tomatoes: United Markets stocks only 11 there, so Castellino Semi Dried Tomatoes stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the sun dried tomatoes, and position the olives as a finishing or gift item.
United Markets merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin sun dried tomatoes shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Castellino 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.
What to bring to land
Castellino’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 →