Deep Indian Kitchen at United Markets
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Deep Indian Kitchen offers a range of frozen Indian meals that are crafted from family recipes and made from scratch.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 8 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 4 new doors to enter.
Lead with Butter Chicken in Frozen Indian Meals.
United Markets stocks frozen indian meals thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 6 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is frozen indian meals: United Markets stocks only 11 there, so Deep Indian Kitchen Butter Chicken stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 6 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin frozen indian meals shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Deep Indian Kitchen 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.
On shelf here, but only 6 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
How it prices
Where it would price in frozen indian meals. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Deep Indian Kitchen (orange) sits above the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Deep Indian Kitchen’s SKUs United Markets doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
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 →
