Mollies Own at Mill Valley Market
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
Mollies Own: "mollies own" is a grocery brand specializing in prepared meals and sandwiches.
Mollies Own isn’t on Mill Valley Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 7 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Butternut Squash Bisque in Prepared Soups.
Mill Valley Market stocks prepared soups thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
The more differentiated opening is prepared soups: Mill Valley Market stocks only 4 there, so Mollies Own Butternut Squash Bisque stands out rather than blending in.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 10 of the 13 categories the brand sells.
organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 40/100.
enters a thin prepared soups shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Mollies Own plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Mill Valley Market. 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
Mollies Own’s SKUs Mill Valley Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Mill Valley Market’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. Mill Valley Market profile →
