Reading the shelf…
Woodlands is a specialty independent running 3 Bay Area stores, small-format at about 2,336 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Kate's Real Food offers a range of energy and protein bars crafted with real, recognizable ingredients like oats, honey, and various nuts and seeds.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Bar, White Chocolate Macadamia in Granola Bars.
Woodlands stocks granola bars 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.
The more differentiated opening is granola bars: Woodlands stocks only 14 there, so Kate's Real Food Bar, White Chocolate Macadamia stands out rather than blending in.
Woodlands merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin granola bars shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Kate's Real Food plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Woodlands. 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 3 of 5 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 granola bars. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Kate's Real Food (orange) sits above the shelf.
Kate's Real Food’s SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Woodlands’ 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. Woodlands profile →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.

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