Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Silken Soft Tofu in Tofu And Bean Curd.
United Markets stocks tofu and bean curd thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
United Markets merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Morinaga Mori-nu 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 3 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in tofu and bean curd. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Morinaga Mori-nu (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Morinaga Mori-nu’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 →