Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 6 stores.
Lead with Big Trouble, Medium-Roast, Whole-Bean Coffee in Whole Bean Coffee.
Target stocks whole bean coffee thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is whole bean coffee: Target stocks only 8 there, so Counter Culture Big Trouble, Medium-Roast, Whole-Bean Coffee stands out rather than blending in.
Target merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 80/100.
enters a thin whole bean coffee shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Counter Culture plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Target. 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 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in whole bean coffee. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Counter Culture (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Counter Culture’s SKUs Target doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Target’s 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. Target profile →