Reading the shelf…
Woodlands is a specialty independent running 3 Bay Area stores, small-format at about 2,336 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Ellenos is a premium Greek yogurt brand celebrated for its rich, creamy texture and handcrafted flavors.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 8 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Plain Unsweetened, Greek Yogurt in Greek & Icelandic Yogurt.
Woodlands stocks greek & icelandic yogurt thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
Woodlands carries greek & icelandic yogurt in real depth, 76 SKUs against a fleet median of 36, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Woodlands merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 75/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Ellenos plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Woodlands. 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 8 of 14 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in greek & icelandic yogurt. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Ellenos (orange) sits above the shelf.
Ellenos’ SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Woodlands’ 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. Woodlands profile →


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