Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Lovebird Foods: Lovebird offers a range of cereals and granolas that emphasize organic, clean ingredients, free from refined sugars and high potency sweeteners.
Lovebird Foods isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Protein Granola Cinnamon in Granola.
United Markets stocks granola 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.
United Markets carries cereal in real depth, 171 SKUs against a fleet median of 56, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
United Markets merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Lovebird Foods 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.
Where it would price in granola. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Lovebird Foods (orange) sits above the shelf.
Lovebird Foods’ 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 →