Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
I and love and you is a premium pet food brand that focuses on natural and holistic products for dogs and cats.
I And Love And You isn’t on Target’s shelf yet in any of its 6 stores. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Chicken Me Out Pâté in Wet Cat Food.
Target stocks wet cat food thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 7 other Bay Area grocers.
Target carries dry dog food in real depth, 32 SKUs against a fleet median of 8, 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 wet cat food: Target stocks only 10 there, so I and love and you Chicken Me Out Pâté stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the wet cat food, and position the dry dog food as a finishing or gift item.
Target merchandises 4 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin wet cat food shelf as a point of difference.
Every category I And Love And You plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Target. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
I And Love And You’s SKUs Target doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Target’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. Target profile →
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.