Reading the shelf…
Woodlands is a specialty independent running 3 Bay Area stores, small-format at about 2,336 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Organic Valley®: Organic Valley is the largest farmer-owned organic cooperative in North America, specializing in a wide range of organic food products.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 15 SKUs across 10 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 8 categories to widen and 14 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Organic Ghee Clarified Butter in Ghee.
Woodlands stocks ghee 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.
Woodlands carries meat jerky in real depth, 42 SKUs against a fleet median of 21, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is ghee: Woodlands stocks only 2 there, so Organic Valley® Organic Ghee Clarified Butter stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the ghee, and position the meat jerky as a finishing or gift item.
Woodlands merchandises 32 of the 35 categories the brand sells.
grass-fed, non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin ghee shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Organic Valley® plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Woodlands. 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 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Organic Valley®’s SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Woodlands’ 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. Woodlands profile →
On shelf here, but only 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
+ 11 more categories (mostly fully stocked or too thin to matter).

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