Dr. Mcdougall's Right Foods at United Markets
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Dr. McDougall's Right Foods is a brand specializing in plant-based, vegan, and oil-free soups and noodle products.
Dr. Mcdougall's Right Foods isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Split Pea Soup Cup in Instant Soup.
United Markets stocks instant soup 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.
United Markets carries canned soup in real depth, 149 SKUs against a fleet median of 44, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is instant soup: United Markets stocks only 5 there, so Dr. McDougall's Right Foods Split Pea Soup Cup stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the instant soup, and position the canned soup as a finishing or gift item.
United Markets merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin instant soup shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Dr. Mcdougall's Right Foods 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.
What to bring to land
Dr. Mcdougall's Right Foods’ 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 →
