Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Miss Jones Baking Co. specializes in organic baking mixes and frostings, offering products made with simple, real ingredients for a homemade taste.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 7 new doors to enter.
Lead with Cookie Mix, Organic, Chocolate Chip in Cookie Mixes.
United Markets stocks cookie mixes thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
United Markets carries pancake & waffle mix in real depth, 26 SKUs against a fleet median of 11, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is cookie mixes: United Markets stocks only 5 there, so Miss Jones Baking Co. Cookie Mix, Organic, Chocolate Chip stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the cookie mixes, and position the pancake & waffle mix as a finishing or gift item.
United Markets merchandises 9 of the 9 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin cookie mixes shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Miss Jones Baking Co. 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.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Miss Jones Baking Co.’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 →
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.
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.