Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 16 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Cucumber Roll, 3 OZ in Prepared Deli Sushi.
United Markets stocks prepared deli sushi 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.
United Markets merchandises 5 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Kikka Sushi 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.
On shelf here, but only 15 of 19 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in prepared deli sushi. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Kikka Sushi (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Kikka Sushi’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 →
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.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.