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 4 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Chili Garlic Sauce in Chili Sauces.
Mill Valley Market stocks chili sauces thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 9 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is chili sauces: Mill Valley Market stocks only 14 there, so Huy Fong Foods Chili Garlic Sauce stands out rather than blending in.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin chili sauces shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Huy Fong Foods 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 4 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in chili sauces. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Huy Fong Foods (orange) sits below the shelf.
Huy Fong Foods’ 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 →