Kimino at Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market is a natural independent running 10 Bay Area stores, large-format at about 30,160 sq ft each, indexing high on established names versus other Bay Area grocers.
Kimino offers a range of beverages crafted with simplicity and purity, using hand-picked whole-pressed fruits and Japanese mountain spring water.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 10 stores.
Lead with Mikan Sparkling Water in Sparkling Water.
Whole Foods Market stocks sparkling water 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.
The more differentiated opening is sparkling water: Whole Foods Market stocks only 5 there, so KIMINO Mikan Sparkling Water stands out rather than blending in.
Whole Foods Market merchandises 1 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 85/100.
enters a thin sparkling water shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 10 stores
Every category Kimino plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Whole Foods 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 1 of 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
What to bring to expand
Kimino’s SKUs Whole Foods Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
Presence and depth are measured from Whole Foods 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. Whole Foods Market profile →
