Reading the shelf…
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Hulapeño Kettle Style Potato Chips in Potato Chips.
Mill Valley Market stocks potato chips 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.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Hawaiian Kettle Style Potato Chips 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 5 of 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in potato chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Hawaiian Kettle Style Potato Chips (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Hawaiian Kettle Style Potato Chips’ 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 →
