Morton at Target
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Morton is a well-known brand specializing in salt products. Their offerings include a variety of salts for culinary use, such as kosher and sea salt, as well as water softener salts that…
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 6 stores.
Lead with Coarse Kosher Salt in Salts.
Target stocks salts thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 6 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is salts: Target stocks only 10 there, so Morton Coarse Kosher Salt stands out rather than blending in.
Target merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin salts shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 6 stores
Every category Morton 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 2 of 17 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
What to bring to expand
Morton’s 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 →
