Lucerne at Woodlands
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.
Lucerne is a grocery brand specializing in cheese products. The brand offers a variety of cheese options, including finely shredded cheese blends and cheese party trays, catering to both…
Lucerne isn’t on Woodlands’ shelf yet in any of its 3 stores. The opening: 21 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Fine Cut Mexican Style 4 Cheese Blend in Cheese Blend.
Woodlands stocks cheese blend 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.
The more differentiated opening is cheese blend: Woodlands stocks only 3 there, so Lucerne Fine Cut Mexican Style 4 Cheese Blend stands out rather than blending in.
Woodlands merchandises 28 of the 30 categories the brand sells.
cage-free against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 20/100.
enters a thin cheese blend shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 3 stores
Every category Lucerne 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.
What to bring to land
Lucerne’s SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
How to get on the shelf · Woodlands
enriched 2026-09-05Presence 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 →
