Reading the shelf…
World Market is a conventional independent running 4 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Kinder's is a brand specializing in a wide range of seasonings, dry rubs, and BBQ sauces designed to enhance the flavor of various dishes.
Kinder's isn’t on World Market’s shelf yet in any of its 4 stores. The opening: 5 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Mild BBQ Sauce in Barbecue Sauces.
World Market stocks barbecue sauces thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is barbecue sauces: World Market stocks only 4 there, so Kinder's Mild BBQ Sauce stands out rather than blending in.
World Market merchandises 11 of the 17 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin barbecue sauces shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Kinder's plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at World Market. 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 barbecue sauces. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Kinder's (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Kinder's’ SKUs World Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from World 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. World Market 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.