Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Les Moulins Mahjoub is a family-owned brand from Tunisia, known for its artisanal food products that include olive oils, condiments, olives, and spreads.
Les Moulins Mahjoub isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Natural M'hamsa Hand-Rolled Couscous in Couscous.
United Markets stocks couscous 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 couscous: United Markets stocks only 9 there, so Les Moulins Mahjoub Natural M'hamsa Hand-Rolled Couscous stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 4 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 68/100.
enters a thin couscous shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Les Moulins Mahjoub 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.
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 couscous. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Les Moulins Mahjoub (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Les Moulins Mahjoub’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 →
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.