Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Creminelli Fine Meats specializes in artisan meats, particularly Italian-style salami and deli products, combining traditional techniques with modern practices.
Creminelli Fine Meats isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 5 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Uncured Italian Salami With Provolone Cheese & Crackers in Snack Packs.
United Markets stocks snack packs 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.
The more differentiated opening is snack packs: United Markets stocks only 4 there, so Creminelli Fine Meats Uncured Italian Salami With Provolone Cheese & Crackers stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 5 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin snack packs shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Creminelli Fine Meats 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.
Creminelli Fine Meats’ 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 →
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.
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.