Morning Star Farms at Target
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 6 stores.
Lead with Original Vegan, Meat Free in Frozen Vegetarian Burgers.
Target stocks frozen vegetarian burgers thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 7 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is frozen vegetarian burgers: Target stocks only 1 there, so Morning Star Farms Original Vegan, Meat Free stands out rather than blending in.
Target merchandises 3 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
vegan against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin frozen vegetarian burgers shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 6 stores
Every category Morning Star Farms plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Target. 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 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
What to bring to expand
Morning Star Farms’ SKUs Target doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
Presence and depth are measured from Target’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. Target profile →
