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.
Kourellas isn’t on Woodlands’ shelf yet in any of its 3 stores. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Feta Cheese Pdo Organic Barrel Vac. in Feta.
Woodlands stocks feta thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
Woodlands carries other cheese in real depth, 28 SKUs against a fleet median of 11.5, 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 feta: Woodlands stocks only 7 there, so Kourellas Feta Cheese Pdo Organic Barrel Vac. stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the feta, and position the other cheese as a finishing or gift item.
Woodlands merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin feta shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Kourellas 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.
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 feta. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Kourellas (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Kourellas’ 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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
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