Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Josey Baker Bread is a brand specializing in whole grain sourdough bread made with fresh-milled, local, organic grains.
Josey Baker Bread isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 7 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Dark Mountain Rye in Rye Bread.
United Markets stocks rye bread thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
United Markets carries granola in real depth, 87 SKUs against a fleet median of 41, 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 rye bread: United Markets stocks only 7 there, so Josey Baker Bread Dark Mountain Rye stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the rye bread, and position the granola as a finishing or gift item.
United Markets merchandises 7 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin rye bread shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Josey Baker Bread plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at United Markets. 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.
Where it would price in rye bread. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Josey Baker Bread (orange) sits above the shelf.
Josey Baker Bread’s SKUs United Markets doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from United Markets’ 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. United Markets profile →
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.
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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.