Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Laird Superfood is a brand specializing in plant-based creamers, coffees, and hydration products.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 5 new doors to enter, replicated across all 6 stores.
Lead with Functional Medium Roast Ground Coffee in Ground Coffee.
Target stocks ground coffee 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.
Target carries ground coffee in real depth, 134 SKUs against a fleet median of 44, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Target merchandises 8 of the 8 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Laird Superfood plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Target. 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 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in ground coffee. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Laird Superfood’s SKUs Target doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Target’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. Target 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.
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.