Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Drumroll Snacks is a brand specializing in plant-based mini donuts, offering a variety of flavors such as chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
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 Chocolate Glazed Mini Donuts in Packaged Donuts.
Target stocks packaged donuts 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.
The more differentiated opening is packaged donuts: Target stocks only 9 there, so Drumroll Snacks Chocolate Glazed Mini Donuts stands out rather than blending in.
Target merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 40/100.
enters a thin packaged donuts shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Drumroll Snacks 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 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Drumroll Snacks’ 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 →