Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with 85% Lean / 15% Fat Grass-Fed Organic Ground Beef in Ground Beef.
United Markets stocks ground beef thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is ground beef: United Markets stocks only 3 there, so Goodness Grazecious 85% Lean / 15% Fat Grass-Fed Organic Ground Beef stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 1 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
grass-fed, non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin ground beef shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Goodness Grazecious plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at United Markets. 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 1 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Goodness Grazecious’ SKUs United Markets doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from United Markets’ 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. United Markets profile →