Reading the shelf…
World Market is a conventional independent running 4 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Elmhurst is a brand specializing in plant-based milk alternatives, offering a range of products made from nuts, grains, and seeds.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen, replicated across all 4 stores.
Lead with Unsweetened Coconut Cashew Milk in Other Milk Alternatives.
World 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: World Market stocks only 1 there, so Elmhurst Unsweetened Coconut Cashew Milk stands out rather than blending in.
World Market merchandises 2 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 World 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 3 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 8 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Elmhurst’s SKUs World Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from World 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. World Market profile →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
