Hakubaku at Woodlands
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.
Hakubaku is a brand specializing in authentic Japanese noodles, offering a variety of organic options such as ramen, soba, and udon.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with World Market Hakubaku Umami Shoyu Fresh Ramen in Instant Noodles.
Woodlands stocks instant noodles 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 5 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
The full runway · across 3 stores
Every category Hakubaku 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 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
How it prices
Where it would price in instant noodles. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Hakubaku (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Hakubaku’s SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
How to get on the shelf · Woodlands
enriched 2026-09-05Presence 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 →
