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.
Equal Exchange is a brand that specializes in fairly traded and organic products, including coffee, chocolate, tea, and snacks.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 11 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 8 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Organic Breakfast Blend Coffee - ground in Ground Coffee.
Woodlands stocks ground coffee thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
Woodlands merchandises 11 of the 11 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Equal Exchange 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 6 of 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 4 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in ground coffee. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Equal Exchange (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Equal Exchange’s 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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).

5 named buyer contacts (Asst Store Mngr, Experienced Grocery Buyer, General Manager) are on file. Direct contacts are reserved for verified brand partners.