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 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen.
Lead with Carrot Cake, Drizzle in Snack Bites.
Mill Valley Market stocks snack bites 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.
Mill Valley Market carries packaged cookies in real depth, 148 SKUs against a fleet median of 67, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is snack bites: Mill Valley Market stocks only 10 there, so heavenly hunks Carrot Cake, Drizzle stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the snack bites, and position the packaged cookies as a finishing or gift item.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin snack bites shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Heavenly Hunks 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 1 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in snack bites. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Heavenly Hunks’ 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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
