Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate at Mill Valley Market
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate is a bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer based in Eureka, California, known for its single-origin, two-ingredient chocolate bars.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Brown Butter with Nibs & Sea Salt Chocolate Bar in Chocolate Candies.
Mill Valley Market stocks chocolate candies thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 7 other Bay Area grocers.
Mill Valley Market carries chocolate candies in real depth, 423 SKUs against a fleet median of 159, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 85/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
The full runway
Every category Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Mill Valley Market. 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 2 of 15 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 chocolate candies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate (orange) sits well above the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate’s SKUs Mill Valley Market 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 Mill Valley Market’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. Mill Valley Market profile →
