Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Lipton is a renowned British brand known for its extensive range of tea products and instant soup mixes.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 16 SKUs across 5 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 5 categories to widen, replicated across all 6 stores.
Lead with Soup Secrets Noodle Soup Mix in Dry Soup Kits.
Target stocks dry soup kits thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 9 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is dry soup kits: Target stocks only 1 there, so Lipton Soup Secrets Noodle Soup Mix stands out rather than blending in.
Target merchandises 5 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin dry soup kits shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Lipton 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 7 of 15 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 4 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Lipton’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 →
On shelf here, but only 3 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
