Reading the shelf…
Driver's Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Elmhurst is a brand specializing in plant-based milk alternatives, offering a range of products made from nuts, grains, and seeds.
Elmhurst isn’t on Driver's Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 6 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Unsweetened Coconut Cashew Milk in Other Milk Alternatives.
Driver's Market stocks other milk alternatives thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is other milk alternatives: Driver's Market stocks only 3 there, so Elmhurst Unsweetened Coconut Cashew Milk stands out rather than blending in.
Driver's Market merchandises 7 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin other milk alternatives shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Elmhurst plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Driver's Market. 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.
Elmhurst’s SKUs Driver's Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Driver's 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. Driver's Market profile →
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.
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.