Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Cien Chiles offers a range of sauces that emphasize natural ingredients and balanced flavors.
Cien Chiles isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with The Thai Bird in Hot Sauces.
United Markets stocks hot sauces 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 merchandises 1 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
keto, non-gmo, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Cien Chiles 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Where it would price in hot sauces. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Cien Chiles (orange) sits above the shelf.
Cien Chiles’ 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 →