Reading the shelf…
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
EPIC Provisions is a U.S.-based brand that specializes in meat-based snacks, offering a variety of products such as bars, bites, and trail mixes.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Wagyu Beef Steak Strip in Meat Jerky.
Mill Valley Market stocks meat jerky 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.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 6 of the 8 categories the brand sells.
grass-fed, non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Epic plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Mill Valley 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 16 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in meat jerky. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Epic (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Epic’s SKUs Mill Valley Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Mill Valley 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. Mill Valley Market profile →
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
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.