Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Noka offers a range of superfood smoothies designed for convenience and nutrition, featuring organic fruits and functional ingredients like plant protein, prebiotic fiber, and flax.
Noka isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Organic Superfood Smoothie, Super Berry, Immunity, Protein in Squeeze Snack Pouches.
United Markets stocks squeeze snack pouches 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.
The more differentiated opening is squeeze snack pouches: United Markets stocks only 5 there, so NOKA Organic Superfood Smoothie, Super Berry, Immunity, Protein stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin squeeze snack pouches shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Noka 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in squeeze snack pouches. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Noka (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Noka’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 →